My grandfather passed away a week ago Saturday. He will be missed, as he was always loved ( Read more... )

I'm sorry, Teddy ( Read more... )

VOTE.  All of you, go and vote.  And vote for the Democrat.  I don't care if you don't vote for Coakley, but vote for progress, vote for Wall St. regulation, vote to get the bailout money back, vote for health reform, vote to stop climate change.  Whatever reason you need to fill in the oval next to her name, use it, go out, and vote.

We cannot ( Read more... )

I was stumbling about the grocery store today and saw a copy of "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein. I picked it up and thumbed through, and I remembered this gem from when I was younger; it made me smile ( Read more... )

RIP Teddy. You will be missed.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die."

I wish I had more to say.

Edit: I just had to add a link to this.

Last week, I accepted a job offer at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis. Great pay, great benefits, good security (that is, you know your job is secure when the company you work for has enough money to purchase a street in downtown Indianapolis, wall it off, and turn it into a walking path/courtyard for employees with pretty landscaping).

It's gonna be

So, having had my new car registered for less than 24 hours, I got a speeding ticket today ( Read more... )

I'm in DC 'til Friday, interviewing with the NSA.

Wolf rescinded their informal offer of employment.

My Taurus just kicked the bucket.

And I just bought a Mercedes. :)

Erin is being discharged from the Army.

Which means I can take her with me wherever I go.

This is a bumpy start to my last quarter, but all in all, not too bad.

Yeah, yeah. You can complain about the commercialism of it all, but really, if it takes a commercialized holiday to inspire stuff like this, then I'm all for it.

Go read it. It's wonderful.

As of noon today, I'll be able to say "President Barack Obama."

I like the sound of that.