I’ve had plenty of distractions to keep me from posting here regularly for the past couple of weeks. Between dying dogs, a 4 year old in the midst of a particularly unpleasant phase, and a variety of conflicting family and volunteer responsibilities, life has been pretty hectic of late. Somehow my volunteer work for Gallop [...]
Some of you will recall a couple of posts I wrote last year about the ongoing health problems of our dogs Maggie and Grover. The original posts can be found here and here if you would like to start from the beginning. Maggie suffered from a variety of ailments, including a tumor on her spine [...]
While grandstanding politicians and the mainstream media continue to fan the flames of populist rage over the AIG bonus scandal, little attention is being paid to other critical issues taking place in Washington. Even though GM and Chrysler have yet to submit their viability plans due on March 30th, the Obama administration has already announced [...]
You may recall from this post that my brief career with the Census Bureau didn’t work out exactly as planned. I thought I had witnessed the pinnacle of institutional incompetence during my one day tenure, but I was wrong. It gets worse.
I received a phone call yesterday from the same local Census office where I [...]
As a follow-up to My Great 30 Day Twitter Experiment, I wanted to give you an update now that I’m three weeks into the project. Am I a Twitter addict yet, or is the whole thing just as pointless as I had imagined? The answer is definitely, maybe, probably.
I’ve made it a point to post [...]
It’s time to mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Gallop 4 The Greenways on May 9th, 2009. The event is organized by Valley Forward to support our growing network of pedestrian and bike friendly trails. Net proceeds from the event go to Pathfinders for Greenways, to maintain existing trails and build new greenways throughout [...]
The ads that the Census Bureau ran in the local papers a couple of months ago promised hourly wages of $12.00 to $20.00 and the ability to set your own schedule. Even though the starting wage was less than I earned in my first job over 20 years ago, I decided to apply and see [...]
I just received an email to let me know that I was not selected to be one of the 30 Creative Connectors selected to participate in the 12 month Creative Communities Leadership Program. According to the message, there were 90 applications submitted, and 20 more inquiries after the deadline. The selected participants have not been [...]
It appears that President Obama actually spent more time worrying about what kind of dog to buy for his kids than about the contents of his economic stimulus package.
I’ve spent the last few days trying to get ready for a major lifestyle adjustment. After a very long period of unemployment, I’m getting ready to start the worst job of my life on Monday working for the Census Bureau. I never thought I would stoop so low as to become a government employee. Someone [...]