It has been a fantastically interesting job, one where they pay me to play in some of the world’s largest toy-rooms (for computers are toys to me). Mostly I am going to miss the wonderful people I have worked with here at AOL. I know the new job will be filled with new opportunities and […]
Sorry it has been a while since my last update. There has not been much to write about. I have been busy at work wrapping up projects so they can be handed over cleanly. Been busy at home cleaning house and at the dance studios getting ready for Fall Showcase (last weekend) and Atlantic City […]
Erci has accepted a job offer from NCI Information Systems and she’ll be working at the Government Accounting Office starting November 26th. She’ll be in the same building with both my brother (Steve) and my niece. In a strange twist of ironic fate, she is filling the same opening that her first boss at AOL […]
It was a bad year for a re-match. My favorite local candidates: Roemmelt, Rishell, and Pandak all lost to incumbents in effectively re-matched elections from one and two years ago. I am still trying to figure out why, because in all three cases the losing candidate is clearly and demonstrably more able, more likeable, and […]
Sorry for being quiet on this forum for several days, a major life-change decision was brewing and I needed to mull it over and remain quiet until I’d notified my boss and was sure of things. I can finally publicly state that I have given informal notice to my employer almost 13 years that I […]
I woke up to Newschannel 8 this morning with a start when I heard the words “Bull Run Mountain” in the same story with some sort of crime. I was too foggy headed at first, but that work me up because I live on Bull Run Mountain, so this story is very local. Once I […]
Since so many great people were canned in AOL’s irrational corporate action on Tuesday, we’ve been in a bit of shock at work, and remaining management is scrambling to figure out how to do the job with far less man-power (unlike previous layoffs, this one was random and hit many of the prime workers). I […]
Erci and I are headed to Evo Bistro in McLean to celebrate our anniversary and her new freedom from a job. In fact – today is the 14th anniversary of our wedding, the 12th anniversary of her hiring on at AOL, and now the day she was laid off from AOL. Update: On our way […]
Well – this evening sucks. I am hearing from people who are getting the “mandatory meeting at 9:30 tomorrow” emails and our assumption is that they are getting cut tomorrow. The scary thing is that many people in that list are absolutely critical and very much needed to get the job done. A second group […]
Saturday Erci drove us up to Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia to stay at the posh Rittenhouse Hotel for a couple of nights. We’ll be visiting with Tasha (she took us to a restaurant Jim recommended). This hotel is posh. We were welcomed with champaign and strawberries. Our suite is like a small apartment. They brought […]
