It's been a rough few days.
My kids wer both sick during the week. I hate it when my kids are sick.
Last weekend I took the kids to the park. I wasn't paying attantion and was hit in the face with a throw from Kevin. I've got a nice bruise on my chin. It's kind of embarrassing to be seen with this nasty purple spot on my face. It's starting to fade, but it will be a while before it is completely gone.
I haven't found a new job yet. I have had solid calls on 3 different jobs. One in Colorado Springs, the other 2 in Denver. It would be nice to land a job in Colorado Springs so I wouldn't have to make that long drive everyday. I was called about the job in the Springs. They offered the job to the first person they interviewed. I was told if the guy doesn't accept the offer they want to interview me right away. I'm not holding my breath. I am hoping for the Raytheon job in Denver.
Friday, March 11, 2005
Thursday, March 10, 2005
New friends...
I met a new friend on-line the other night. She has a blog on here as well that I ran across. The subject matter was very intense. I had to comment on it. She has an amazing way of wording her "stories" that kept me completely captivated. I started by reading her latest entry, then ended up going back and reading every single entry and all the comments on them. She sent me a thank you e-mail and we haven't been able to stop chatting ever since.
Although she completely blows me away every time we talk (about absolutely everything), and she is absolutely gorgeous, alas she is married.
She has inspired me to write about various parts of my life. Some of this being very personal.
Thanks again T. You are wonderful
Although she completely blows me away every time we talk (about absolutely everything), and she is absolutely gorgeous, alas she is married.
She has inspired me to write about various parts of my life. Some of this being very personal.
Thanks again T. You are wonderful
Sunday, March 06, 2005
Latest Movies
I think I have seen more Academy Award nominated movies this year than any other year before. I think there is only one that I have missed (and I can't remember which one it is, and frankly I don't care).
I went to see Million Dollar Baby on Thursday. Excellent movie, but by the end I was just plain depressed. Hilary Swank was excelent, Clint and Morgan were great... as usual.
On a sad note I took the kids to The Pacifier yesterday. What a half assed piece of crap. Other than Lauren Graham, who I think is gorgeous, I could have passed on the whole thing. Do the people doing non-animated movies at Disney have any imagination, or the ability to pay attention to detail?
I am looking forward to both Robots and Hostage. I hope Bruce doesn't let us down.
I went to see Million Dollar Baby on Thursday. Excellent movie, but by the end I was just plain depressed. Hilary Swank was excelent, Clint and Morgan were great... as usual.
On a sad note I took the kids to The Pacifier yesterday. What a half assed piece of crap. Other than Lauren Graham, who I think is gorgeous, I could have passed on the whole thing. Do the people doing non-animated movies at Disney have any imagination, or the ability to pay attention to detail?
I am looking forward to both Robots and Hostage. I hope Bruce doesn't let us down.
More On Baseball... or should that be Moron Baseball?
I took the kids to the park today to get them warmed up for baseball season. Kevin's friend Colton came along.
We started off just throwing baseballs around. Erik decided he wanted to go play on the swings and such. Well the wind picked up a bit and I saw some trash blowing, coming near us. I started to call to Kevin to pick up help me catch the trash, and I hadn't realized he had thrown the ball at me. I turned to look at him just in time to take the perfectly thrown ball in the chin. I'm sure it'll look impressive tomorrow. It hurt like a Mother F....., but I'll survive.
I worked Kevin and Colton pretty hard playing catch, pitching, fielding, getting good throws. I positioned them in the backstop and threw balls at each of them that were not on target to get them used to reaching for the balls and then throwing it back to me accurately. They both did excellent. Colton is a year behind Kevin, and he doesn't seem to get to practice too much with his step dad (no comment from me there). Kevin is getting stronger with his throwing. He has always had a great glove. I always have a hard time getting the ball past him. That's what makes him a great catcher in my opinion. He's been working out at school in a weight training program. I can tell it is doing wonders for his strength and stamina. He has lost some weight and is looking really good.
Little League try outs are next Sunday morning. I am hoping Kevin will make it on a AAA team, but there are only so many spots available. Regardless of whether he gets that or not, he will do well. Both Kevin and Erik are really excited for baseball to start. Hell, so am I.
We started off just throwing baseballs around. Erik decided he wanted to go play on the swings and such. Well the wind picked up a bit and I saw some trash blowing, coming near us. I started to call to Kevin to pick up help me catch the trash, and I hadn't realized he had thrown the ball at me. I turned to look at him just in time to take the perfectly thrown ball in the chin. I'm sure it'll look impressive tomorrow. It hurt like a Mother F....., but I'll survive.
I worked Kevin and Colton pretty hard playing catch, pitching, fielding, getting good throws. I positioned them in the backstop and threw balls at each of them that were not on target to get them used to reaching for the balls and then throwing it back to me accurately. They both did excellent. Colton is a year behind Kevin, and he doesn't seem to get to practice too much with his step dad (no comment from me there). Kevin is getting stronger with his throwing. He has always had a great glove. I always have a hard time getting the ball past him. That's what makes him a great catcher in my opinion. He's been working out at school in a weight training program. I can tell it is doing wonders for his strength and stamina. He has lost some weight and is looking really good.
Little League try outs are next Sunday morning. I am hoping Kevin will make it on a AAA team, but there are only so many spots available. Regardless of whether he gets that or not, he will do well. Both Kevin and Erik are really excited for baseball to start. Hell, so am I.
Too Bored To Think
I am out of work right now AND I AM BORED. It's only been a week. I've wanted to go on a trip, just to unwind. I don't think of myself as a work-a-holic, but I feel strange taking time off, even when I am sick. Having an entire week off (so far) is driving me a bit crazy. I may need to take a trip to see some friends, just to break up the monotinay.
On a good note I am getting lots of contacts for new work. I am guessing it will be in Denver again, but who knows, maybe there's a company in Colorado Springs willing to pony up the dough for an SCM person that knows what they are doing.
Everywhere I go I tend to spend about 2-4 weeks cleaning up problems from previous CM personnel. I get things running smoothly, make some improvements in the tools setup, or the process they follow. Then I have to get into the detailed way in which they build and deploy their software. That's when I get frustrated. These people don't realize the problems and delays they cause themselves because of bad decisions that were made long ago. I saw some real pushes to improvements to how we build and deloy certain products at Jeppesen, but then implementation of these improvements, even though were minor as far as changes in the step, were not implemented due to fear of the unknown. People, it's time to take risks or forever be stagnant.
I made some great friends at Jeppesen. I was sad to leave and they were sad to see me go, but I am a contractor/consultant. I know that they don't necessarily want me there permanently (I know I am not cheap). It's unfortunate with the amount of positive change they have planned that I could not stick around for a few more months. It would have been good to see things put in place. If any of my Jepp friends read this, I truely hope you guys make it throughy all the changes in one piece. Change is never easy, but sometimes it is mandatory. I am here if you need any guidance or have any questions.
On a good note I am getting lots of contacts for new work. I am guessing it will be in Denver again, but who knows, maybe there's a company in Colorado Springs willing to pony up the dough for an SCM person that knows what they are doing.
Everywhere I go I tend to spend about 2-4 weeks cleaning up problems from previous CM personnel. I get things running smoothly, make some improvements in the tools setup, or the process they follow. Then I have to get into the detailed way in which they build and deploy their software. That's when I get frustrated. These people don't realize the problems and delays they cause themselves because of bad decisions that were made long ago. I saw some real pushes to improvements to how we build and deloy certain products at Jeppesen, but then implementation of these improvements, even though were minor as far as changes in the step, were not implemented due to fear of the unknown. People, it's time to take risks or forever be stagnant.
I made some great friends at Jeppesen. I was sad to leave and they were sad to see me go, but I am a contractor/consultant. I know that they don't necessarily want me there permanently (I know I am not cheap). It's unfortunate with the amount of positive change they have planned that I could not stick around for a few more months. It would have been good to see things put in place. If any of my Jepp friends read this, I truely hope you guys make it throughy all the changes in one piece. Change is never easy, but sometimes it is mandatory. I am here if you need any guidance or have any questions.
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