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Well, nothing like hearing that three of your teammates lost their job today while you were given new responsibilities in a spin off/start-up to change your whole attitude. . . Sometimes being whiney just seems so out of place.

Just getting more and more broke. . . This is a bummer. It used to be that a good job prevented this sort of thing from happening but that's no longer a guarantee these days. You work hard and you earn your pay and you spend more than you want just to eat and pay the bills - leaving you with next to nothing. ....
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Well, Erik just announced the closing of Buell Motorcycles. . . 25 years of making the only American sportbike and the year that they win the AMA Pro and Daytona pennants and the company is shuttered by Harley Davidson. Buell was a truly innovative motorcycle company - developing some innovations that have found their way to BMW and other high-end marques. It's an ignoble way...
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Well, work is a drag. It's that time of year when I am working with managers to cut budgets and this time this means that we're reducing the workforce. I am working with managers to determine who loses their job in the next 15 months and then I get to keep it a secret until it happens since I don't know who might know any...
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Well, it's Tuesday - funny how this seems to work. . . Not much going on these days. Some acquaintances from high school want to meet up but I'm 20 years past that (and them, for the most part). I'm trying to help out a friend who sells Team Colors hair products - if anyone needs a good-sized order of colorful, temporary hair color let...
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Tuesday seems to be the day when the world settles down enough for me to catch my breath and jot out a few notes. . . I'll have to check into why that is precisely.

Seeing a little lull in the work volume at the primary job but have plenty of papers to grade for the University. I have two classes running right now which...
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Whew - been a busy weekend! Saw Kooza Sunday night under the grand chapiteau and have to say that it was well worth the pricey tickets to see the show live! I haven't seen my daughter's jaw drop open like that since she was three. Fantastic Cirque performance!

Ordered the Thor's Keepers patches for the motorcycle group. They've stopped making the venerable Blast and we've...
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Charity kickball tournament tomorrow to kick out domestic violence! If you're in Colorado support the tournament in Littleton and always remember to help put an end to violence in the home!

Whew - been a busy few weeks. . . This is the busiest time of year at my 'primary' job (the one that pays all the bills) and I have been working 16 hour days to keep on top of it all. Hoping to get back to a more balanced life in the next few days - I know that my students (my other, 'fun'...
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The car is pretty much dead. . . Oh well, it lived a nice, long life and took me across the country (literally) three times as well as making countless trips from sea level to 9,000 feet repeatedly. It's been a great SUV and I had hoped it would live for a few more years but a decade and 130,000 hard miles have done her...
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Yikes - completely stopped writing. . . This is the busiest time of year for me at work and I have had no time to write at all. I've been working at home in the AM and evenings just to keep on top of everything. It's a bummer because the story was going great! Well, I hope to pick up the pieces once the budgeting...
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Damn, life got in the way of writing again. . . I fell off my pace but am up at 31 pages after a week. Back to the grind the slavemaster says!