• Can money buy happiness, or can you rent to own?

    There is a debate raging in my own mind. I am one of the least ambitious people I know. Combine that with an expensive taste in computers and you get a train wreck of budgetary proportions. Then out of the blue comes a promotional opportunity. One of the quirks in state government is that people are not singled out for promotion based on merit. Instead, promotions are applied for like a new position. There are interviews, work samples; and applicants are judged based on the results. In short, promotions are not a given; regardless of whether they are merited. I may or may not deserve a promotion in my agency. I may or may not get it if I applied. I may or may not want the job that is available, but I’m leaning towards “not”. The extra 5% in salary that will come with the new position may or may not make a difference in our budget, but I’m leaning towards “not”. Applying for the job after I assured several people I was not interested may or may not cause problems for me (as if!). This job may or may not be an important stepping stone in my career in state government, but it won’t be the last opportunity.

    What is a life long procrastinator with little ambition, and who likes his current job going to do? Are you really asking? Do you even know me?

  • High and Low.

    There can be no joy without despair, no love without hate, no laughter without tears. It is a given that there will be good times and bad times. There will always be a crest to any wave of contentment, and the ride to bottom can be sudden and swift. Sometimes all you can do is find solace in the fact that there will always be another wave.

  • The joy of portable computing.

    You haven’t lived until you have done some cordless computing away from home. “Ah, but doesn’t a laptop computer have less power than a desktop computer?” “Pshaw”, I say! Any fool can type at a desk. It takes a special kind of fool to type on an expensive piece of technological wonder balanced on one knee. And let’s not forget the cool factor of opening up your computer, wherever you are, and saying to the world, “look at me, I’m important, I’m doing computer work while you’re just sitting there wasting your time”. You thought cell phones were the billboard of choice for self importance? Nay, I say! Look at me, I’m really working cord free!

    Oh shit, my battery is dying. Where’s that power cable?