Well, I think I’ve got a job. It’s not a good job, it’s just doing assembly work at a company my brother used to work for. This gig is only scheduled to be for two months and only pays $12/Hour. I can’t talk about what I’m doing there because of a non-disclosure agreement coupled with a lack of interest in the big picture on my part. If they want ( Read more... )

Thursday afternoon I had an interview with Woodward Governor in Ft. Collins CO (About an hour drive) I arrived just a few minutes early and sat down in the lobby to wait. The receptionist tried paging Roger Hybeck several times. About ten minutes after the scheduled interview time a man came out into the lobby, looked around and left. Another ten ( Read more... )

Today I went down to interview with W. L. Gore and associates. They manufacture ultrasound transducer elements, and their new product is way cool and nearly imposable. I would really enjoy working there, nice people, good environment, and groundbreaking technology that is really neat. The problem is the damned meds and the jittering, shaking, ( Read more... )

I still don’t have a job and the prospects I have aren’t great, but I’m willing to keep trying. I’m interviewing for a low paying assembly job Monday afternoon with W. L. Gore. Actually I think it will be interesting work building ultrasound equipment. I’ll still be in the medical device environment where I’m most comfortable. I don’t know what the ( Read more... )

( Tonight on ABC, the show 20/20 with Barbra Walters was about transgender youth. )

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I realize there are a couple new people who have added me friend as a friend after the post I did on Bobbie’s death. A(Welcome to LiveJournal) Sometimes I use LJ to vent my feelings on life, the universe, and other things, as I did when I heard that Bobbie killed herself. The other thing I use LJ for is to get some discussion and feedback on bits ( Read more... )

Last night I went to a suicide survivors meeting called Heartbeat.
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( This post concerns suicide )

Now that Microsoft has come out with Vista, I was looking for a site offering intelligent tech support for operating systems and this is what I found.

(  Dear Tech Support: )