Yes, I know, it’s the wrong time of year for it, but I was waiting on some investment paperwork and filed a six-month extension, and would you look at that, six months has gone by. Anyway, I’m getting a fair amount back, so that’s cool. I also cleared out some space in the garage and moved things around so we have room for 2 cars again. And made cookies. woo hoo!

Interview at the Y went really well, and I am quite hopeful. Quick version: the job is on the User Database team (UDB is the thing that stores all the “user data” stored along with a user’s Yahoo account, including customization and settings for most or all of Yahoo’s various features (properties). People I already know on this team are Edgar W. (former AV) and Greg H (former SGI). They seem impressed with my abilities and background. Something like 2 or 3 other candidates need to also be interviewed, but I’m pretty confident we’ll be moving on to the Price Is Right phase soon. ...

Truck vs. House (not ours!) Luckily, this is NOT, repeat NOT a picture of my house. The following is known about the accident: Driver fled the scene, truck presumed stolen Initial impact was not at angle shown, driver probably turned trying to pull out In order to hit the house, driver had to make it over a curb, bushes, sidewalk, more bushes, and another curb. Gas main had to be shut off (probably why house windows are open) ...

We adopted Godzilla at a recent gaming/scifi con and brought him home. Doesn’t he look like he’s about to tell a joke? “You know I had a gig in Osaka last week, and I really killed. Brought down the house, you could say!” “So I was standing outside in Tokyo the other day… ‘cuz you know, can’t fit into most buildings?” “Fear me! Rar!… Eh? Nothing? …. Ah well, it was worth a try. Good night, drive safe, tip your waitstaff!”

Interview coming up this afternoon with Yahoo! Wish me luck! Also, updated my resume based on input from waterowl, bhoneydew, etc. Thanks!

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New from Weird Al: “White and Nerdy” Enjoy!

OK, I have a few friends who happen to be sysadmins, or at least in tech jobs, so to help in my job search, I’d like some feedback and opinions on the following. Theory: I am outgrowing the label “system administrator” and running out of challenges under that umbrella. So, to find the “next big thing” I should probably look for something that doesn’t have the Senior Sysadmin label on it. Probably something like “Perl tools coder” or the generic-sounding “System Engineer”. ...

Latest set of kitchen pics is here: Almost Done - Sep 2006 At this point everything is done except backsplash, floors, and painting. Granite is pretty.

I found this in the Metro last week, and I thought a few people on my flist would be interested in it. Here is a link to the electronic version. 9-11: Unquestioned Answers Nonconspiracy theorist David Ray Griffin takes aim at the official 9/11 story Quoting from the article: “However,” he continues, “when the official account of 9/11 is stripped of its halo and treated simply as a theory rather than an unquestionable dogma, it cannot be defended as the best theory to account for the relevant facts. When challenges to it are not treated as blasphemy, it can easily be seen to not correspond with reality.”