Tonight, as I try to fall asleep, I’m reminded of an episode of “The West Wing”, (from Season One, Ep 14, “Take this sabbath day.”) President Bartlett had to decide whether to “stay” an execution that was scheduled to happen in less than 48 hours, and he consults wth a variety of people (his staff, […]
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What I go through to show my love for the little girl
Jordan and Katie (Lailah’s mom & dad) drive over to the house this morning to pick something up for her. Jordan comes into the house, leaving the two girls (mom & daughter) in their running car, keeping themselves warm. It’s just too cold for them to go through the effort of unbuckling her, walking to […]
Chapter One.
“Red Avalanche, Grey Envoy”, a book of fiction by B. Scott Williams. Part one – “The Fjord” Chapter one – Southbound. The tall, overweight man stands with a dozen others, on the street corner, waiting for the next Southbound bus to arrive and take everyone to their suburban homes. He’s tired after a day at […]
Kelsey’s mom has passed away
My best friend’s mom passed way on Wednesday. She was 97. Please keep Kelsey and his family in your thoughts. Thank you.
Neighbor’s passing
Before I turned on my “find your device” app (see previous post), I was out in my truck searching for my phone. My next door neighbor pulls into her driveway, opens her car window, and calls my name. This is pretty rare for her. Although we lived next door for the past ten years, we […]
Lost my cell phone, or so I thought
So. I left the house to do some errands this morning about an hour or so ago. Right when I was turning off my street, I remembered I had forgotten my phone. No worries I said, I don’t need it. Did my errands, and came home, put away the groceries, dry cleaning, etc. Then remembered […]
IT departments – different standards, different policy/procedures
It’s interesting: “large” (Fortune 500) companies with IT depts, each of them have their own way of doing things, their own policies and procedures, etc. Unisys was a bit “loosey-goosey” with the app I worked on, allowing the developers to move new code into production (I.e., having privileged / admin access). While, both Wells Fargo […]
Home from Appleton, WI – Thrivent first week
Well folks, I’m home. It was a “longish” week, traveling to Appleton, WI for the new job (“on-boarding”, “orientation”, and meeting most of my colleagues). In a way, it was good that I got to do this – meeting my Appleton colleagues gave both myself and them a chance to put a face to a […]
