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What happened in 2019?

I like to do year-in-review posts every year or after specific milestones, like changing jobs or having big projects finish.

So, if 2018 was a triumph, 2019 was its hangover.

Family

Both my parents are still alive, and are ornery as ever.

Throughout most of 2019, our relationship with our son was estranged, most acutely when we flew up to Kentucky in May to see him graduate Franklin County High School when he refused to see us before, during, or after graduation.

Could this be extended for security frameworks too…

Shubhashish - Nov 0, 2009

Could this be extended for security frameworks too.

In the beginning, man created paper, and it was good. It was permanent, stateful, and could be used for warmth if the auditor got too close. Man could transfer the paper to another man, certain his message would get across. Man could doodle and mark-up the paper. For a backup solution, there was carbon paper. And, there was much rejoicing.

And, lo, God saw Man enjoying paper, and said, ““If as one people they use the paper, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.” And so, God invented e-mail and the Blackberry. And suddenly, man’s communication was much faster, yet intent and meaning was lost. Yet, there was much rejoicing. (?)

You know, growing-up I had three examples of “real life” to go by: My mom, my Dad, and my Aunt Norie. Each led vastly different lives: Mom was a schoolteacher; Dad was a travelling salesman; and Norie did payroll for the local office of the D.O.T.

Like most schoolteachers, Mom’s life existed on two levels–the “regular” hours that looked so attractive, and the reality. On paper, it was a sweet enough deal: Work 7 to 2, 5 days a week, get Summer Vacation and lots of “snow days”. Reality wasn’t so rosy, with Mom doing lesson plans in her off time, grading papers ’til the wee hours of the morning, and running extracurriculars all the time.

I totally understand it all.

Susan - Jan 5, 2009

I totally understand it all.

I totally understand that blog.

So, here I sit, amid a meeting with 14 people, trying to achieve a consensus on a topic with two sides…

…and no one here can make this decision. And no one will. What remains is for Daddy to berate the misbehaving children back into line.

Atop all that, there’s 14 people talking OVER one another, emotionally.

::sigh::

10:45 am: Remark that things look like vaporware, and that functionality and scope has been cut enough that HALF THE ROOM questions the usefulness of the thing we’re discussing.

But hey, so long as we’re on time and under budget, right?

Thank Heaven I only have 1 of these turdly meetings today.

Well, at least you’ve still got the bad haircut……

Whitney - May 3, 2008

Well, at least you’ve still got the bad haircut…. Still haven’t gotten my tip from last month’s “Stylist Appreciation Day”….

:-)

…so, in 2001, I started working on our top-notch java app, avoiding working on Drivers & Printing, and a surefire job in Inkjet Firmware.

Fast forward:
2007: Working on the Printing stuff.
2008: Working embedded with the Inkjet Firmware.

Still waiting for the guys in this meeting tomorrow to go, “Say, aren’t you that fat kid with glasses and the bad haircut?” :D