ever had this happen to you?
Good morning all.
Have you ever had this happen to you? You have a job that you're so good at, so efficient at, that you end up with time on your hands at your job, with nothing to do...literally nothing to do...?
That's what I'm facing right now with my new job. I like the work, don't get me wrong...but the job itself, I mean...these guys here are really doing a good job and we have it down pretty good...so good in fact that there is considerable downtime. Honestly, we have 4 people working on this project here, and we could get by with 3...maybe 2.
So I'm finding ways to keep busy...checking and re-checking things...things I would do once a week, I'm doing them 3-4 times per week. It's tedious, but at least I keep busy.
Relatively busy.
On another happy note, football Saturday is mere hours away now...Alabama v. Florida and Auburn v. South Carolina...both games should be entertaining.
Oh, and the Braves clinched a 14th straight NL East divisional title on Tuesday...ho hum...
Maybe if you're all lucky, you'll hear my take on the Braves and their improbable run...for now, though, back to 'work'.
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Back again...again...
Hey all...so yeah, I'm back at this again.
Don't ask me where it's been, don't ask me why I haven't posted...I just haven't felt like it. But lately, I've felt like I wanted to get this thing going again, so I hope that's a good enough explanation for everyone.
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So let's see...I would say there's too much to tell since last I blogged, but that would be an understatement...big time. I quit Cingular, got a new job, participated in several broadcasts with the Barons (some of which I was on the air doing play-by-play myself!), went on vacation a couple of times, and oh yeah there were those hurricanes everybody's talking about... and probably some other stuff I'm leaving out, but hey, that's it in a nutshell.
I was perusing MSNBC.com this morning doing a little catching up on the news, and read an article about how Carnival Cruises has made a deal with FEMA and the US Government to let them use 3 of their cruise ships as living space for FEMA employees and evacuees of the New Orleans and Mobile disasters. I read that we're spending $236 million on this, which I think is a bit much...but if it helps recover from this, then I'm all for it.
I do think that one of the big issues in the 2008 election will be how the federal government handled this crisis. I think it's interesting that I was talking with my family on Sunday about the election and this Democratic Senator Barack Obama...he seems to be taking the lead on criticizing the federal government in this whole cruise ship situation. I wonder if he's trying to position himself for a run at the VP spot on the Democratic ticket in 2008...?
Speaking of The Ticket, this week's episode of "The West Wing" was especially good! The beginning part which was 3 years in the future was especially cool. Those of you who aren't already watching this show...what is wrong with ya?!?
Anyway, that's it for now...thanks for reading. :)
