IT Market sucks!

I met with my old boss yesterday ...we were pitching a consulting gig for a firm I used to work for...we did a good job, hopefully it will come through ... but the thing is.. he's been out of work for 2 years, except sporadically.. he used to manage 30 engineers at my level....great guy .. excellent background....no job... IT Market sucks!

British Scale....

So I went and took a bath and came back and stepped on my scale tonight...a Tanita digital scale... and the scale suddenly started showing multiple numbers, at the same time. I noticed a small st symbol next to the first one.... puzzled I thought about it ... then ... realized it was now displaying my weight in british stones !!!Insane... The scale does not even have a setting to change that.... a stone is equal to 14lbs...the stats check ...My scale has been possesed by something british ...how peculiar...LOL

Books & Escapism

I've been reading alot more sci-fi/Fantasy of late. After months of not really doing so, I've picked up the habit again. I suspect it's a built in reaction to having a steady job again, one quite so soaked in mundane reality. I am currently evaluating whether or not this might be a bad thing, beccause I could theoretically re-channel these energies into other non-ordinary realites, ones where I would interact with others.I'm not feeling very patient these days, though. This is unusual for me, in recent years. It might be due to a low energy state. I need to do some energy raising soon...I doubt I'll do it from a book ....

Certifiable

Finally got around to finishing another one of my Cisco certs last month. I think I've mostly been draggin my feet because the concept of certifications is evil... They don't really test the proper skill set, they cost money, and they give employers false impressions... But what can you do in the current job market... feh!Regardless, I now have a CCNP cert (Cisco Certified Network Professional), and I'm going to actually bother with the Security and IP Telephony versions next. After that CCIE.This would be merely amusing if not for the fact that I've already been doing the jobs covered by these certs for years, and considerably better than the test writers, at least judging from the quality of their exams. There is a good 10% margin of error in the way they phrase their questions... With required test scores in the 70-85% range... 10% can be a big deal !

Sinking Feelings

It occurs to me that a bunch of folks don't know that I had a minor incident in late August, just after Pennsic, where the elevator I was in decided to drop, free-fall style, and stop suddenly, thereby giving me a good dose of vertical whiplash. I was running around periodically doped up on Vicodin, Valium and Ibuprofen for a bit, but mostly am down to a normal level stiff back, which should hopefully go away after a while...

Sinking Feelings

It occurs to me that a bunch of folks don't know that I had a minor incident in late August, just after Pennsic, where the elevator I was in decided to drop, free-fall style, and stop suddenly, thereby giving me a good dose of vertical whiplash. I was running around periodically doped up on Vicodin, Valium and Ibuprofen for a bit, but mostly am down to a normal level stiff back, which should hopefully go away after a while...

IA! IA!

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