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The Horsham "senior designer" job is now listed as closed, but I haven't been able to reach the HR person there. I don't know if they've found someone, or given up again (this is the second time they've run the listing) or what. What I do know is that there's a nifty little typo on their contact page, whereby the phone numbers for the Horsham office and the Dallas office are the same. :) If I can get in touch with them, maybe I'll tell them. (With my luck, they'll offer me an editing position.)
I'll start looking in earnest again on Monday, but for now I'm going to aggressively enjoy the holiday weekend.
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I came across this awesome quote from Merlin Mann:
Once you know a tree is falling on you, you don’t take a meeting to drill down on strategies viz. arboreal exit strategies. You just run.
I love Merlin's turns of phrase. Between him and Douglas Adams, it's a tough race towards who influences my writing more. :)
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In a few, I'll have some print/posters up in the zazzle store with some art. Excellent examples of my illustrative emphasis - colored pencil images which I produced for my company's calendar in years past. :) I've never had a decent online place to sell this sort of thing, and now seems a good time to focus on it for a little bit. With some luck, and some marketing, I might be able to pay a bill or two by selling art. Imagine! :o
-ir out.
- Location:home
- Mood:meh
- Music:the pool fountain and kids splashing
Just got the word from my company that the Manhattan position I interviewed for on Monday is not going to pan out. Interestingly enough, the reason given is because I don't have sufficient web experience (???) or project management experience.
That second one I'll give them... But I've been elbow-deep in the web since 1993. I think the hiring manager didn't want to say "I don't want to give this guy the job because his commute would be hellish," and it was his way of getting around that.
So, upside: I don't have to commute to Manhattan! Downside: I need a new job.
Upside of the downside: severance looks like it will allow me 5 additional weeks of pay, and the rest of my benefits through the end of July. I speak to my HR person tomorrow about the details, and if there's anything else at all we can do... Or if I'm just twisting in the wind as of Monday.
Fivepence of a further sixpence: If anyone knows anyone who needs freelance illustration or design, I will be somewhat available staring next week. I already have at least two projects I'll be able to finally focus on (unicornpearls' book cover and the new Tadgear store) as well as time to prepare for Pennsic. Not that I'll have much money with which to prep, but at least I'll be available. :)
Oh! I forgot to mention that I have a smidgeon, ink. Zazzle store up now, with a few things in it. I have two product lines, Hello Logic and Gothesque. If you're of a mind to, stop by and pick up some amusing wearable artwork. Do it! The power of cute logic compels you.
-ir out.
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- Location:US, New Jersey, Mercer
Oh, ew.
The hot tea I left in my car at 9:30? Still hot. It's 4:30.
-ir out.
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- Location:US, New Jersey, Mercer, Trenton
Both of my laptop batteries have reached end-of-life. I can get about half an hour out of each of them, then my machine shuts off.
Not sleep, not hibernation awaiting fresh power, but death. Fun! Especially if you're working on something and haven't saved... Or were in the process of saving.
I'm good though, I've been saving every minute or ao, so morning's quote page work has not been lost. :) Priorities!
-ir out.
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- Location:US, New Jersey, Middlesex, Edison
Just passed a bunch of rail workers carrying signs. As they were walking along the other side of the track, some were holdin up their signs - a red disc marked with a "w". They all had them, and I assume it's short for "WTF".
I'm guessing only a few of them had seen something along the trackbed that made them say "WTF", and so hold up their sign to alert everyone else to the presence of weirdness.
-ir out.
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- Location:US, New Jersey, Middlesex, Edison
Not that this is terribly unusual thesedays, but I just got word that ML no longer needs my services. My "site" closes Thursday.
So, that's the downside. The upside is that Williams Lea, the company I actually work for, has a position to move me to, assuming I fit the job. Of course there's another downside. That position is in Manhattan.
I'm scheduled to go in and meet with the site manager on Monday, and we'll see how it goes. Then I'll make the requisite assessments and choices about what in my life stays, and what goes.
What burns me is that my ML manager didn't even have the guts to tell me.
-ir out.
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- Location:US, New Jersey, Mercer
I caught the end of an unfamiliar Red Hot Chili Peppers song on my Pandora stream, and I thought it was pretty damn trippy:
"Don't wanna till / I love your snail"
That's Donovan-level weirdness right there.
However, the longer I thought about it, the less sure I was that those were the words - the Peppers are known for some twisted and/or clever lyrics, but this seemed out of the ordinary. I googled "This Velvet Glove" and was rather put out to find the entirely pedestrian "Someone to tell / I love your smell" instead.
I'm so disappointed, I could shoot a safe.
-ir out.
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Hopefully, I'll be able to use that to force myself to write here more often even when I don't feel like it.
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Also, Happy Birthday,
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tonypatriquin-ir out.
Had to give Mason-bunny a shot tonight, which required annyswolf to administer and me to hold the rabbit. This went ok, and Mason and I had some hang-out time before I put him back in the enclosure. We gave him a sweet potato chip for a treat, and I spoke quietly and calmly to him, and then he bit me.
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Most people believe rabbits don't communicate, when in fact it's only that the don't have a common vocalization (like a bark). They talk, though. You just have to know how to hear it. Or read it, I guess.
Mason reached the "put me back now" point, but I was slow to act on it - so he said it one step louder, with his teeth. Now, I've been nipped by rabbits before, but I've never had a rabbit slowly and deliberately close their teeth on my arm and hold the bite. I hadn't acted fast enough, and he needed to let me know. It wasn't aggressive, more Hey! Are you listening?" It didn't break the skin, it just left tooth dents. And it still hurts.
-ir out.
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Usually, it's merely superfluous, but here it's downright game-changing:
So, only kids belonging to Sunday eat free? Way to save money on the promo, guys. Bravo.
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Happy Birthday,
beckishadow! You eat free! (But only if I change my name to Ian Sunday)-ir out.
I needed something from the hall closet, which is tucked in between the stairs on the left and the dining room wall on the right. There are always a few baskets in front if it, so you have to step over and past those to reach the closet... and I was stepping over and past when my left knee made planetfall on the corner of a step.
Gotta tell you... I limped randomly for almost two hours before the knee got down to the serious business of aching and causing me to wonder if I'd ever fence again. :) To quote Brain, "YES!! That's a pain that will linger."
-ir out.
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Weirdness by request.
1st,
merricke wanted thispassed along - because it's totally metal.
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2nd, a little ditty composed in honor of Pat Robertson. Maybe "honor"
isn't the right word.
O.o
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Third, and this is where I depart from previously emailed similarities, the margin-text quote for today is "Poor Karachi! I'm sure you're a lovely city." The strip is Nobody Scores.
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This is Becczilla's self portrait. I have no words, other than "Dayum, girl! That is off the hizzook!" Seriously, I know adult artists who would kill to be able to whip this image up. :) I bet you're thinking "Next he'll say it's made of awesome." It's OK to admit it. But I'm not gonna say that.
I'm gonna say, "welcome to Awesomeville, population Becczilla."
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See how I did that? Embroider the text and it's like it's brand new. (Work with me.)
-ir out.
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Today was party two of four for the weekend, Katie's birthday party over at
collin_m's place. The party was fun, but it was apparently AJ's turn to fail her behavior roll. She spent much of the time we were there mad at annyswolf for how her own birthday went down this year - which was entirely due to her own behavior, but hey. It's easier to blame it on your mom, right? Right.( Cut for length and tireditude, mostly. )
- Location:Home, which is impressive after all that rain
- Mood:partied out - almost
gingerpeaches' sarcastic nut display. It amuses me.
You can't get the full effect in a picture, but in real life, the sarcasm is completely apparent.
Sort of.
-ir out.
- Mood:
tired
Random lyrics:
"I sound like Michael Stipe and I dream like Carl Jung/
And I look just like a show girl who sleeps with her makeup on"
Oddly enough, that first sentence is at least partly true - the singer does, in fact, sound similar to Michael Stipe.
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Sophos' Enterprise Anti-virus has been re-written in Kling on and is released as Klingon Anti Virus ... For dealing with "Romulan incision into the Khitomer system", among other threats. o.O
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Hey, baronan: Part of this complete breakfast.
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- Location:US, New Jersey, Mercer
First, one from a while back that I completely forgot to post. This is from AJ's school's pinewood derby
I can't figure out why they need to race ta the Hos, the library's not that far away from the sign. I'm pretty sure with the crowd there for the race, teh Hos ain't gettin' very far.
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Next, also from a while back, here's the sign for the church we hold FKD at. This made us say, "Huh?"
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This one I found on a walk this evening with K-man and Becczilla. This sign sits on a bench in a neighbor's yard, and it's actually a very nice landscaping job on a quiet little side street. However, from several paces away, the sign's typeface began to make me wonder what "torth" meant.
And they seem to have mispelled "treachery."
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Also! Happy birthday,
katnboots! I got you some exclamation points. !!!!!I hope they fit.
-ir out.
dimityhubbub![Note: this was probably funnier in my head]
[Further note: makes no difference, you got to read it anyway.]
[So there. :P]
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Mowed more! Our electric mower seems to be able to make it through about 3/4 of our (admittedly small) yard before needing to charge again. So, it's a good thing that I did the back yard and 1/4 of the front the other day. :)
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Tomorrow is FKD again, and we're likely to hit the new diner again. For anyone who's looking for it, this diner is situated such that you'll trip right the heck over it in 47 seconds if you head from practice towards the Boulevard, and miss it entirely if you go towards 95. It it literally at the corner of Cottman (73) and the Boulevard, on the right coming from practice, just before the Mickey D's. It says "DINER" on it. This is good, for I don't remember what it's called yet.
If I'm lucky, I'll get the Tad directions page updated, oooooooh.
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I was discussing a misspelling which went uncorrected by the spellcheck on my phone with
annyswolf and AJ. The word was "crutical," which was alternately supposed to be "critical" and "crucial." I apparently subconsciously elected to go with both at the same time, but he phone didn't offer to correct me. AJ declared that my phone suffered a crutical fail. My daughter = teh awsum. :D
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