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Well I got my first rejection letter today reguarding a resume I sent in for a job. I applied for two jobs at this place and I really hope this was for the first job and not the second job. The second, I am perfect for. It looks like I was made for that job, so I still have my fingers crossed. I'm not used to being turned down like that in my professional life. My personal life I pretty much expect it, but at work I really don't. Well anyway, I going to get back to working on the site. Maybe tweaking my resume a bit....

Another Day, Another 50 Cents…….

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So I got up this morning, tested my blood (it was pretty good at 102), dropped Brandt off at school, came to work, updated a change on my resume, checked hotjobs and monster for new openings, and am now surfing the web. I've already got everything I had planned for today done. Does that mean I can go home now. I'm not doing any good setting here taking up space and breathing up their air. Well I guess that's not completely true. Later I may pull my pictures off the wall. I only have three of them. An autographed Jeff Gordon, a autographed Dale Earnhardt, and a C5 from my old squadron. I might also sort through all my pens and stuff in my desk and decide what I'm going to take with me and what I'm going to leave. See, the options are just endless. Well I guess I better get at it then. So until next time, "Game Over".

New Deal……

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So I had a little talk with my boss the other day. We have agreed on a new deal for my eventual termination. I'll be working until the end of March and then receive 4 weeks of severance. I guess that's not a terrible deal. At least I know it's coming so I can look for another job. If anyone knows of anybody needing a good network engineer type of guy please let me know. So basic this means that they will have time to restock the supply closet before I leave. BRING ON THE STAPLES!

I’m Back…..

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So I wanted Monday off, ya know seeing how it is a holiday and everything. I talked to my boss last week and told him I wanted Monday off but didn't want to take any Vacation, Sick time or Paid Time Off. He asked why and I just told him I wanted a long weekend. I mean, what were they going to do, fire me. He said as long as I kept my phone near by he didn't have a problem with that. BTW he didn't say I had to answer it. So I headed off to Rachel's for the weekend. I had alot of little projects I needed to take care of for her. Of course on this particular weekend everything I touched pretty much went to shit. It was extremely frustrating. I gave her a new PC and it took WAY to long to switch that out. I set her up with some satellite TV and that took 4 trips to wal-mart and a day too long to get up and it's still not completely right. She had a sink that was slow to drain. Well after trying to fix that I managed to get it where it wouldn't drain at all. Another day later I finally got it draining. So most things ended up mostly working in the end, but it wasn't easy. Then on top of that I'm sure I was wearing on my welcome being there an extra day but when it's all said and done I did have a pretty good time. Even with all the pulling out my hair. I also have to thank Rachel for really trying to make it easy for me to have good things to eat. Ya know with my diabetes and everything. So I'm back at work today and my boss wants to talk to me. I guess we'll see what he wants. Maybe they will fire me. :)

P.S. Good Luck today Rachel. We are all with you.

TGIF………

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So it's Friday, I'm loosing my job, and well it's Friday.... So I'm pretty much not doing ANYthing here at work. So I figured I'd post even though I have absolutely nothing to say. I'm head to Rachel's (who is my most favorite ex-wife in the world) after work. I need to install her some Satellite so she can have some real TV and also setup and configure her new PC. Well it's not new but it's new to her. Hell it is damn near new. It's a 1.3Ghz system. Not a race horse or anything but a solid system that still kicks the crap outta the one she has now. I've already taken my 3 hour lunch today so I'm pondering the possibility of getting out of here early now. I'd like to get home in time to work on my resume before I leave, but I don't think that's going to happen.

Anyone need office supplies…….

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So I've been told that after March 3rd I will be out of a job. Now that sucks and all that but do you really tell someone they are gone, but not yet. Especially someone with god's password who could, if so inclined, make a real mess of things if so desired. Why would someone do that. Now don't get me wrong I really appreciate the fact that they told me so I have a head start on finding a new job, but that just wasn't smart. So, in summation, if anyone need pens or paper clips please let me know........

Desktop Capture Added……

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Tonight, even with wiping out half the web site on accident, I was able to add a desktop capture to the site. You can check it out at http://www.williamhughes.net/desktop.html. If the screen is black then I'm not logged on..... I currently have the quality set pretty high for testing purposes. I'll have to turn it down after it's all setup. I don't want everyone to be able to read everything I do...... Anyway, check it out.....

Coolness……

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So I ordered these parts for my computer last night at about 8:30PM or so.... It's just after 10:00AM or so and I've already received the case. It shipped from Ohio last night at midnight and now it's here. Thank god I live in modern times and not the early 1900's or something. Shipping in 10 hours from ohio vs. not having any way to keep ice frozen. I think I'll take the now-a-daze rather than the good-ole-daze. It's a VERY cool case by the way. Definately worth the extra $20. It's all aluminumn so It's very light and still pretty strong and it's WAY blue.

New PC………

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So I've been having some problems with my ole beater of a PC. Well it's not that much a beater but it is a year old so it's pretty much over the hill now. I've troubleshot the problem down to most likely the motherboard. Well I figured if I have to buy a new MB I should go ahead and get a chip as well. Last night I ordered my stuff. I got a Gigabyte MB with a AMD XP 2400 cpu. Not a great MB but a good one. The CPU was just at the top end of the price break. I could have gotten the 2200 for a bit less but it wasn't near as much as the 2600. With the video card I have and adding a lot more processor I figured I needed a little more power than I currently have. I found the power supply I wanted and it was $119. That's pretty steep since I can buy a really nice case with that exact power supply in it for $140. Well I decided I needed a change of scenery so I went for the whole case. I'll be using most of the rest of my old PC in the new PC. I will be changing out my burner for a different one that's a bit faster. So as an overview I will be moving from the 1.3GHz/512MB RAM/170GB HDD to the new 2.4GHz/512MB Ram/170GB HDD machine. Not quite double the speed but still a nice upgrade. Unreal Tournament will thank me.......

Ouch……

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So the other day I go to the doctor to get this contraption remove from my inner most recesses. This was a very uncomfortable experience that I wouldn't wish on anybody. One thing you should know is I had a stint inside of me to hold things open in case I tried to pass another large kidney stone it would in theroy pass with much more ease than the first one. Now this stint has a string attached to it. This string is left so the stint can be remove at a later day by just pulling on the string. With this said you can only image where this string exits my body. Well the day before yesterday I go to have this thing remove and I'll tell you now it was about time. This was a sickening feeling to have this thing inside of you moving everytime you moved and just generally making you feel really crappy. This really hot nurse comes in and ask me to hop up on the table, pull my drawers down to my ankles an then cover up with this thin little sheet. Like that really mattered. She left so I could prepare myself and I figured the next person I would see would be the doctor. No such luck, it was the hot nurse again. She promptly stripped by this thin little sheet and started giving instuctions on what she was going to do. She said "Take three slow deep breaths and when you are finished with that I'll be done", "Oh yeah, it's going to burn just a little bit". So about the time I'm hyperventalating I managed to blurt out, " I thought you said this was going to burn a LITTLE". I've never feel a burn like this before in my life. She proceeded to pull on this string and pull this stint out. It seemed to take like 5 minutes. I'm sure that's because after the first couple of seconds I lost all feeling except for the continual burning. I couldn't tell if she was done, or still going, of if she even existed at that point in time. When she finnaly said she was done I started breathing again. That's about the time I realized she was a hot nurse again and I'm sitting there with my pants around my ankles. So next time you think you are having a bad day at least you can take heart and think, at least I don't have a string coming outta my thang...... I'm feeling much better now.

It’s Over… Well almost….

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So christmas if finally over.... If I can just get through new years I think I may live. Of course I have to do this with out Brandt, he's at his mom's for the next week or so. I had a pretty good christmas, I got lots of cool things for the house. Over all I think it's was a pretty decent couple of days. I'd change a few things if I could of course but I can't so I won't. Kind of sucks having to come back to work. But then again there are very few people here so there isn't much to do. Well there is always things to do, but there is nobody pushing to get them done. So I'm just sitting here surfin the web listening to "Popa Chubby" and waiting for lunch. Well... Gotta Get. I need to take a leak (Like that's any surprise to many of you).