This isn’t the first time I’ve been through airline contract negotiations. This is, however, the closest I’ve been to a strike. At my last job, I quit (to come here) about 2 months before the strike. That strike was the longest major airline strike in two decades (89 days). The … Continue reading
As if I need to waste any more time on anything else… Maybe I’m a little slow, but I’m discovering just how addicting those stupid little puzzles are. Dang it. I bought a book here in Taiwan with 200 of them in it. Hopefully, I’ll have enough common sense not … Continue reading
Yah, this will be boring so I’ll keep it short. I’ve now roasted my second IBM / Hitachi Travelstar (notebook) hard drive. The first was a 10 Gig model that came with some laptop I once owned. The second was a brand new (1-month old) 100 Gig drive that I … Continue reading
Last week I had a lot of exciting phone calls. Tonight, I got one possibly even more exciting. It came during the movie “Munich”… saw it with Edi on a date tonight… which came after a full day of homeschool fun at the library, lunch out, work, and more… Anyway, … Continue reading
So I’m not normally a huge football fan, but I had to watch the Patriots start their post-season drive to their record 4th Super Bowl victory in 5 years. They set several new NFL records last night on their way to clobbering the Jaguars 28-3. Was a nice way for … Continue reading
