Post #264,183
8/8/06 11:53:20 AM
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Greetings one and all!
I haven't been posting in iwethey for quite some time... life, unfortunately, has been very distracting over the last few years. I was diagnosed with [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_tremor|Essential Tremor] a couple years back, I lost my job in April (yay downsizing!) and have been overqualified ever since. I am now attempting to learn PHP, Javascript, and mysql to give me a little more control over my website and to widen my job search a bit (since this whole web 2.0 thing seems to be an exploitable craze as far as the job market goes).
Anyway, since I've been lurking and posting again I thought it only polite to say hi.
Hi!
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #264,187
8/8/06 12:11:44 PM
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good to see you lurking about
hope the job search thing goes well, are you still in the hinterlands of New York State?
thanx,
bill
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
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Post #264,188
8/8/06 12:13:35 PM
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I am -- still in Troy
unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a lot of need for Technical Writers with 15 years of experience in the Albany, NY area. And when there is, they also want people with programming experience, which has worked pretty solidly against me so far. *sigh*
Still hittin' those bricks, though. If I could figure out how to get freelance writing work as a tech writer, I'd go ahead and do that. I'm not particularly good at networking, though...
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #264,190
8/8/06 12:15:55 PM
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Hoy!
Or rather, re-hoy!
Glad to see you back, Chris. Sorry to hear about the crap, though.
I keep following your strip, and I'm glad you've managed to keep that going with all the other stuff going on.
I [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=232292|know how that goes] with weird neurological syndromes. At least you know what it is and you can get on with life.
I can't help much with the PHP, but feel free to shoot any Javascript questions this way.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #264,194
8/8/06 12:40:21 PM
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Good to hear from you again!
jb4
"So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't."
— Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06
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Post #264,206
8/8/06 1:22:00 PM
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Tremors? I've got that
It gets worse as I get older and seems to be genetic. My dad could barely open a bottle of aspirin by the time he was 65.
Annoying as hell but not quite incapacitating. Oddly enough, my dad used to love to build and paint tiny little models, damned if I know how he did it.
[link|http://www.blackbagops.net|Black Bag Operations Log]
[link|http://www.objectiveclips.com|Artificial Intelligence]
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Post #264,211
8/8/06 1:41:32 PM
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I was actually relieved to get the diagnosis...
... because both MS and Parkinsons runs in my family.
Compared to both of them, ET is practically a walk in the park.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #264,213
8/8/06 1:44:16 PM
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Not a very *straight* walk, but a walk nonetheless
I'm going to hell for that.
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Post #264,214
8/8/06 1:51:43 PM
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hehe
Althought ET usually affects only the hands, arms, and sometimes the vocal chords. It affects the legs very rarely.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #264,266
8/8/06 8:23:50 PM
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Welcome back
Again.
I had a sysadmin work for me who has it. Nice guy, really smart.
He used to be in the military and was a helicopter pilot.
So on weekends, he would rent a helicopter, and fly around.
Can you imagine the look on the face of the rental guy when he handed him the keys to the copter (the multi-million dollar copter) and he was shaking so bad he missed them?
Didn't slow him down at all.
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Post #264,269
8/8/06 8:38:43 PM
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knew a fellow named blinky who had it
flew bombers in WW2 european theatre, came home with it.
thanx,
bill
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
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Post #264,237
8/8/06 4:53:01 PM
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My SWMBO also has it.
My experience (3rd party though it is) confirms what Todd said.
jb4
"So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't."
— Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06
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Post #264,208
8/8/06 1:26:19 PM
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Heya!
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #264,225
8/8/06 3:17:55 PM
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Welcome back!
I'll keep you in my prayers and thoughts that you find something soon!
Brenda
"When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert
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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss
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Post #264,235
8/8/06 4:50:44 PM
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Good to see you here, Chris!
Sorry about life's challanges that you are facing.
Don't neglect looking in the Schenectady area as well. It may be a long commute, but they used to have technical activity.
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #264,268
8/8/06 8:37:13 PM
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Hi. :-)
It's always good to see you posting. Even when you've been crabby, I've enjoyed your contributions.
Sorry about the ETs. :-(
I assume you've looked at [link|http://www.rpi.edu/dept/hr/careers.html|RPI] and other [link|http://www.uscollegesearch.org/troy-new-york-colleges.html|local institutions]?
Best of luck with the search!
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #264,271
8/8/06 9:33:10 PM
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welcome back...
cue Kotter music...
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #264,273
8/8/06 9:47:51 PM
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Hola -
Love the artwork progression, too - snazzy without being Tooo technodazzly.
DNA suppositions can be scary because they seem so.. so.. programmed. But I guess I've heard enough contrary stories, to suggest a healthy dose/mantra of Naaahhhh, in the psyche (?)
[unsolicited content shill]
(Now if Binky #3 could just mention, en passant ... {in some contrived context} the name, Ed Curry .?. I think it's Good for such things to filter into beastly domains periodically. Lest they imagine we have Forgotten. Or imagine there is no such thing as Karma.. Y'know?)
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Welcome back from sabbatical ;^>
Ashton
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Post #264,278
8/8/06 11:05:04 PM
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Oh no! Another Chris!
Hi there. Nice to meet you. Guess you know who I am. Look forward to your input around here.
:-)
Smile,
Amy
[link|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?Amy%20Rathman|Pics of the Family]
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Post #264,280
8/9/06 1:08:32 AM
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Welcome back!
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Post #264,481
8/10/06 5:34:59 PM
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Re: Greetings one and all!
Welcome back. I am fighting heart disease and other things myself. I am trying to learn new technologies as well. I hope that you do find a good job, and I hope the IT jobs are coming back to our economy. It is good to see you making it back and with a positive outlook on life. Keep up the research, it will pay off one day.
"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."
Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
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