My turn!

Well, there's good, and there's bad, and there's ugly.

The good:

I have a job.
I have a paying, very secure job.
My wife and I are getting along great.
We're finally getting out from underneath our debt load, incurred due to repeated unemployment and other mishaps.
I have a nice laptop.
Our kitty is in good shape. He's actually 20 pounds, but he's still in pretty good shape.
Siebel is going to release a version of their software that runs under a Sun Java client instead of the Microsoft decaffinated java.
I'm holding my weight steady at 200 (from 250), Susan has hit 130, and is aiming for 120. This down from a high of 230 about a year ago.
Debian is nice.
Finally got to play 3rd edition D&D as a player, instead of a DM, in a PBEM game. It's going nicely.

The bad:
Bonus structure is changing. No more $2k/quarter bonuses without really putting in some extra effort.
Housing prices haven't dropped up here despite everybody being out of work.
I'm rolling out Office XP via Active Directory Group Policy.
I'm WRITING the "What's New" documentation for the aformentioned Office XP rollout.
Serious burnout in my distance learning classes.
Bush still President.
Grandfather having severe blood pressure issues.

The ugly:
Student loans are coming due. This includes my wife's $70k student loans from the master's degree that is basically worthless due to changes in state certification law.
Mom called last night, totally freaked out by Ashcroft's latest attempt to threaten the U.S. citizen into giving up his civil rights. Offered to buy me a gas mask since I work in downtown Seattle. I swear, she's going paranoid schitzo on me - thank you Mr. Ashcroft.

Post #81,499 by inthane-chan 2/13/03 4:30:02 PM Reply	My turn! Well, there's good, and there's bad, and there's ugly. The good: I have a job. I have a paying, very secure job. My wife and I are getting along great. We're finally getting out from underneath our debt load, incurred due to repeated unemployment and other mishaps. I have a nice laptop. Our kitty is in good shape. He's actually 20 pounds, but he's still in pretty good shape. Siebel is going to release a version of their software that runs under a Sun Java client instead of the Microsoft decaffinated java. I'm holding my weight steady at 200 (from 250), Susan has hit 130, and is aiming for 120. This down from a high of 230 about a year ago. Debian is nice. Finally got to play 3rd edition D&D as a player, instead of a DM, in a PBEM game. It's going nicely. The bad: Bonus structure is changing. No more $2k/quarter bonuses without really putting in some extra effort. Housing prices haven't dropped up here despite everybody being out of work. I'm rolling out Office XP via Active Directory Group Policy. I'm WRITING the "What's New" documentation for the aformentioned Office XP rollout. Serious burnout in my distance learning classes. Bush still President. Grandfather having severe blood pressure issues. The ugly: Student loans are coming due. This includes my wife's $70k student loans from the master's degree that is basically worthless due to changes in state certification law. Mom called last night, totally freaked out by Ashcroft's latest attempt to threaten the U.S. citizen into giving up his civil rights. Offered to buy me a gas mask since I work in downtown Seattle. I swear, she's going paranoid schitzo on me - thank you Mr. Ashcroft. "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
Post #81,504 by boxley 2/13/03 4:38:29 PM Reply	a lot on your plate send the student loan bill the the state licensing board. Good luck and stay healthy. My contact for the seattle thing is on vaca so thats on hold. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #81,510 by a6l6e6x 2/13/03 4:52:47 PM Reply	Re: "No more $2k/quarter bonuses without really putting... in some extra effort". So, it's work hard and not work smart? That's too bad. It leads to deviant behavior. Had a boss once at IBM that made it a policy to be among the last leave every day. He would snag others in the department to keep him company. Didn't really do anything really useful then either. Ah, the joys of being an "exempt' employee. Alex "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."\t-- Mark Twain
Post #81,513 by inthane-chan 2/13/03 5:02:01 PM Reply	I'm hourly. :D "Extra effort" in my case means "Do something VERY special." Not quite sure how I'm going to top writing our own custom helpdesk ticket tracking software... "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

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