.: What’s Bruin :.

Yesterday, I got a letter from UPS finally. They can “no longer offer any encouragement” to me for the position.

Losers. They don’t know what they’re passing on.

Tags: Career, work

I was surfing the verizonwireless.com web site as I normally do to see if there are any good deals I can take advantage of. And boy did I find a good one today.

My previous phone plan was for $79.99 for 1200 shared anytime minutes on America’s Choice. For $20 each, I have two other additional phone lines ($40/month for two extra lines). Of course, you have the unlimited IN-network calling + unlimited nights and weekends.

So here’s the new plan. $79.99 for two phone lines for 1000 shared anytime minutes + $9.99 for the third phone line. Everything else is the same.

So basically, I am now saving $30 per month! I lose 200 shared minutes per month, but we were only using about 800 minutes per month anyways.

Can you hear me now?

Tags: cell_phones, geek_stuff, Verizon

I had read about this disturbing story on Friday. Yesterday, while driving around on errands I heard Bill O’Reilly on the radio mention this story again. And it hit me. I started to cry. This baby has no name.

What’s your name little baby? I won’t know what to call you when I see you.

I’m sorry your selfish parents ended your life before it began. You’ll never know their love. They did not deserve you anyway. Don’t think about them. They will suffer a life of torture on earth for what they did to you. They think they have escaped consequences and perhaps they may escape earthly consequences since it’s legal in this country to kill little babies like you. And even though they had the right to kill you, they did it in such a horrible way. Yes, little child, they will suffer for a very long time.

And now you are with your Heavenly Father, with all the angels and saints who have gone before you in times past. You are with all the billions of little ones who were murdered before they were born. The temporary pain you felt–excruciating to you as I can only imagine, but never know– is now replaced with indescribable joy.

And while your earthly parents did not love you, I know you are enveloped by the infinite love of your Father. He chose you. He knows every hair on your head. He formed you in your evil mother’s womb. He knew you before your were even there in the womb, when you were just a thought in His mind. He calls you by your name, little child. I know that Jesus gave you a beautiful name. When I see you, please tell me what it is.

Tags: Spiritual

FOXSports.com - More Sports - Second quarter 3-pointer proves decisive

I think I would die of BOREDOM.:lol:

Tell me this was a girl’s baskebtall game. Apparently it was not. Can you say “what a bunch of wussies”.

Hard to imagine a 3-pointer in the second quarter of a high school boy’s basketball game would turn out to be the winning basket — unless it’s one of only three made in the entire game.

That basket, along with an earlier field goal, was all Bellows Free Academy-Fairfax needed to beat Milton on Wednesday night. The final score: 5-2.

Fox Sports

Tags: basketball, Humor, Sports

FQ1: What happened the last time you needed help?

I last needed help when we were coming home from our recent vacation. We did not want to spend money on taking a shuttle home from the airport. But we ended up doing just that.

FQ2: What happened the last time you helped somebody else?

Yesterday, I helped a friend who recently became unemployed and is looking for work. He is going on an “informational interview”, so I faxed him some materials and sample questions to ask. I also gave advice. Hope it helps and he finds a new job soon.

FQ3: What happened the last time you helped yourself?

I helped myself by leaving a career I did not like and found a new career.

FQ ASSIST: Do something to help somebody today!

Got a few extra dollars? Donate it to the Tsunami Relief Efforts (like the Red Cross at Amazon) or some other worthy cause. Don’t have a few dollars to spare? Take a minute and use a FREE “click-to-donate” site (like The Hunger Site) or other worthy activity. How did you help today?

I have not helped anyone yet as of this writing. Not sure that I will today. I helped my co-worker carry three heavy notebooks to her car at the end of the day.

–Meme from FridayQ

Tags: Participation

Open Ranks, March!

Good old C.L. was in town for a financial conference at the La Costa Resort. And he stopped by to visit and meet everybody. I dug inside a box in the garage and found *gasp* the pictures from ROTC. Wow. Amazing how thin and young we all looked. Certainly, we all had more hair back then too. I’ll be posting the pictures soon so everybody can see.

Update:
Here is the link for the pictures. I have a few more, but I have to find them. For now, I think 169 pictures are enough.

Drill Team folks. If you come and look, please feel free to leave a comment, especially on the pictures. Here is the site where you can comment on the pictures. I’d be interested in your reactions.

Tags: Friends

Here is an example of an unprofessional email that I received at work today with the Subject: inconsiderate owner/driver of Green Ford truck

Will the owner/driver of Green Ford truck Lic# 7C81199 parked inches from my driver door preventing me from entering my vehicle, please call me or just move your truck between the lines so I can get into my car.

Email

Then about an hour later, another one.

I shimmyed in on the passenger side and moved to a vacant spot.
As expected the offending party cowered in their office and never moved their vehicle.
All beware of this parker.

Email

What a bunch of lame asses here, both the person sending the email and the person who did not park properly.

Update 1/17/05: Finally, someone with a brain that acts professionally.

Parking will continue to be tight,. We have meetings scheduled which will bring personnel from off site locations. Remember, there is overflow parking at the Fountain View location. Turn left when you exit our parking lot and go three - four driveways down. Please take time to park properly so we maximize the spaces available. Calling out your fellow employees for not parking properly is frowned upon. Please forward any and all complaints to me and I will investigate.

Thanks
Ed

Email

Tags: Career, Rants, work

Yesterday, my manager was telling me about a conference that is happening at the San Diego Convention Center. I started to take notes, but he said: “You don’t need to take notes because A is not going to pay for you to go.”

And then he proceeded to tell me about the AFCEA Conference. And how I could go if I wanted to on my own time. And be sure to stop by the company booth and say hello. And be sure to pick up some free stuff for the company.

What a cheap ass company this is. Why the hell should I go? I’m gonna have to burn my own vacation time or take leave without pay. FTS = fuck that shit.

Update:
And get this. My name was not mentioned as being included in receiving the training on the software that we may be using. And Molly gets to go to this conference to sit at the A booth, but not me.

Tags: Career, Rants, work

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > North County — Collapsed crane injures one, blocks freeway

:mad:That was a lovely two hour commute. It would have been three hours if I had not decided to get off the freeway.

I left the house at 6:30 AM and it took half an hour to go about 50 feet from the onramp to the 15 South. I got off on the first exit at Valley Parkway. Then with my wife’s help via telephone, I took Rancho Santa Fe (back roads) to the 5 South, then to the 52 West, and then back onto the 15 South. Made it by 8:30 AM.

My meeting, which was scheduled at 8:00 AM, was postponed. Dick had a family emergency. And Molly had to bring her daughter to the airport.

Tags: Rants, traffic, transportation

International aid organizations:
UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)
United Nations’ World Food Programme
Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders (donate!)
CARE International
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

UK/Europe:
Disasters Emergency Comittee (DEC) - comprises a raft of aid agencies, including the below and others
British Red Cross
Oxfam
Save the Children UK

North America:
American Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
Save The Children
Oxfam America

Anders Jacobsen: Webloggers: Give to tsunami victims and I’ll give too!

Tags: Announcements, Blogging, general_stuff

I used to really like U2 back in the day, in the 80s. But in the 90s their music was crap. But I have to say that their new album ROCKS!

Tags: Music

We went to church again for the first time in a long time. It was awesome. We almost did not go… last night. We were rushing, putting away groceries from Costco when Josephine knocked down a bottle of apple juice. It dirtied the kitchen floor so we had to clean it up. So then we decided to go this morning. But it was pouring rain. We thought people would not show up because of the rain, but we were wrong. The church was packed as usual.

The worship was really good. They played two of our favorites: “Amazing Love” and “Blessed Be Your Name”.

Then there was a baby dedication. One of the babies being dedicated was a little boy who was born with some respiratory problems and was not given very much chance to live. And his dad had come from Iraq to be there. What a blessing and a miracle of life. The dad was crying some tears of joy (I shed a few tears also.) Caleb was the baby’s name. I pray he grows up to be strong in the Lord like his namesake.

The sermon was the first in a series of four messages. This one was based from Mark 5:21-43.

It’s the story of Jesus raising the young girl from the dead, the daughter of the synagogue official. And then there is a “side-story” of the woman with an internal hemorrhage. It was the “side-story” that made the biggest impression on me. “Unfortunatley”, I was unable to control my tears during the service. Here are the significant points why.

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Tags: Spiritual

FQ1: What’s something you often must do that’s a complete waste of time?

I have to commute in heavy traffic about two hours per day, five days per week. It’s boring.

FQ2: Who’s a public figure you wish would stop wasting everybody’s time?

Councilwoman Donna Frye in San Diego. The election is over. The results were certified. The mayor was sworn in already. Drop all the lawsuits and CONCEDE the election. The people who “voted” for you and could not follow directions should not be allowed to vote. They were too stupid to read and follow the directions, directions that YOU taught them through all your spending on advertisements around the city, radio, and television.

FQ3: What’s something you’d like to do more of if you had extra free time?

I would like to do more traveling, especially in Europe, taking pictures of all my adventures.

FQ CLOCK: What time is it where you’re at right now, and what time zone are you in?

It is 8:05 AM in the Pacific Time Zone.

–Meme from FridayQ

Tags: Participation, traffic

Something cool happened at work this morning. Yesterday, our auxiliary customer in Pensacola emailed us and our primary customer that we had not done any changes on a final deliverable.

Mrs. R and Mr. D,

None of the redline changes we submitted for the AN/UYQ-34 was incorporated in the version of the LTG we received in December. Our lead reviewer here for that subject matter is SSgt Vxxxxx. She has a copy of all the redlines we submitted. Please giver her a call (xxx-xxx-xxx). If necessary, I will mail a copy of her redlines back to you.

Email from Auxiliary Customer

Of course all of us here were a little perturbed, especially after receiving the following message from our primary customer.

M,

What happened here?

C

Email from Primary Customer

I had spent several hours finishing this product and making sure that I did all that our customer had asked for.

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Tags: Career, Humor, work

:mrgreen:Something cool happened at work this morning. I’d let the general public read about it, but I wouldn’t want to get “dooced.”

Tags: Career, work