spent the past hour watching an amazing lightning storm. Love seeing the dramatic sky: the bright flashes and the discreet zags, all are great.
So, in 'honor' of British Petroleum (see Despair.com's BP shirt) I suggest everyone try to use 1/10 as much gas / petrol / oil as they currently do. That is likely to 'make up for' the spillage once all is said and done.
Oh, yeah; we'll still have to figure how to get it out of the marshes and oceans. pertinent Boston Globe article
Oh, yeah; we'll still have to figure how to get it out of the marshes and oceans. pertinent Boston Globe article
Back to work after the short paternity leave. Major crisis here and all I can think of is returning home to be with my wife and baby. Good thing, since this fiasco of a project would drive me insane if I thought more on it.
I've known about SG for a while thanks to WillWheaton and his great writing. Finally got around to joining and supporting the cause, so to speak, only to learn that people (close to) my age and experience are leaving. Sad to see. You older / more mature / longtime / Suicide Girls - stick around! It is because of your life experience that some of...
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niobe:
I have been on the site for 7 years. I have seen so many people come and go. The good ones seem to be the ones that leave. 
artfulodin:
I used to say that about where I work (back when I'd been there for 5 years); then I realized I was still there. :-) So, I agree, Niobe, it can feel that way. However, some good ones stick around.
"Some say God speaks to him in Unix" (a great pane from this weekend's Sunday Dilbert). I've a friend I used to work with that that could have been describing. Yeah, not me, though I do speak Unix some. Time to dust off some of those skills.
As for work, well, the good news it is the end of the day and I survived. The...
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As for work, well, the good news it is the end of the day and I survived. The...
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