Okay, I have taken that step. In an earlier post, I mentioned that I was thinking about writing a novel. Well, today I started it in earnest. Yeah, I had the outline done several weeks ago, but I didn’t even have characters, just events that would happen, but no idea to whom.
Today, characters came to [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Fantasy Writing
Posted in Work on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another rejection
Posted in Work on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another first interview that went great (the person basically said I was the first choice), and then the second interview apparently went poorly. I got the generic, “even though you were qualified, someone else was more qualified than you”. Somehow, I find that hard to believe. Especially for this particular position. The recruiter told me [...]
My ex always wins
Posted in Personal on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I had the pleasure of going to court with my ex. We have been apart for a long time, and according to the divorce papers, he got to claim our son on his taxes (even though our son lived with me) and I was supposed to get to claim our daughter (who also lived [...]
Take home test
Posted in Work on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had an interview on Thursday that included an “on your honor” take home test. The interviewer said one hour, and there were two sheets. I thought he meant one hour for both sheets. Once I got home and actually got to the point that I thought I would have an undisturbed hour to devote [...]
Depression Kicks In
Posted in Personal on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, I have been job hunting for nearly a year now. I did have two jobs in there, and one very close that I only missed because my security clearance didn’t come through in time. One of those jobs could have been a permanent job, but I gave it up for the programming job that [...]
New directions
Posted in Day by day, Work on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Several years ago, Bill and I went to Gen Con. Gen Con is a convention for gamers. When we went, it was still in Milwaukee. It was my first time on an airplane. To say I don’t fly well is an understatement. I am sure part of it had to do with my size. Back [...]
Kindred Spirits
Posted in Work on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had another interview yesterday. That makes two this week. Not a huge number, but it only takes one, right?
I have interviewed with this company before, but it was for a different project/division, etc., so this was nearly the same as interviewing for a new company, except that I knew were the building was and [...]
End of an Era
Posted in Day by day, Work on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TechRepublic has had a blog called GeekEnd for a while now. I have written about it in the past. GeekEnd was run by a friend of mine (well, he became a friend after I began writing for them) named Jay Garmon. Jay had a knack for finding/knowing great Geek-related trivia. He’d share that trivia with [...]
