Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Gerard tagged us…because Anchoress tagged him.
The rules as I understand them —
It’s simple. Just list all the jobs you’ve had in your life, in order. Don’t bust your brain: no durations or details are necessary, and feel free to omit anything that you feel might tend to incriminate you. I’m just curious. And when you’re done, tag another five bloggers you’re curious about.
Oh-kay. Here we goes…
• Paperboy
• Babysitter
• Lawnmower guy
• Typist
• Data entry clerk
• Computer networking office know-it-all guy
• Database programmer
• Software consultant
• Kelly Girl
• Office phone answerer guy
• Affirmative Action statistics compiler reports guy
• Software Design and Maintenance Specialist
• Software Engineer
• Cloak ‘n Dagger Office Politics Shitstorm Tattletale guy (not my choice, long story, don’t ask)
• Lightning Rod for Wife’s Frustrations with Life
• Single-Wide Trailer Inhabiting Redneck Yokel
• Software Engineer, Again
• Software Consultant
• Office Scapegoat
• Design-By-Contract Requirements Coordinator
• Version Control Administrator
• LAN Administrator
• Database programmer, again
• Workstation Image Architect
• Client/Server Network Computing Engineer
• Senior Network Systems Engineer
• Y2K Mud-Wrestling Engineer (Guess what year it is, by now)
• HIPAA Team Lead
• HIPAA Project Lead
• Cryptology Technician
• Computer Forensics Technician
• HIPAA Project Manager
• DITSCAP Project Manager
• DIACAP Project Manager
• Single Dad
• Unemployed Bum
• Project Management Consultant
• Unemployed Bum, Again
• Waterer of Girlfriend’s Tomatoes
• Senior Software Engineer
• Guy In Parking Lot Yelling At You For Taking His Space When Christmas Shopping
• Christmas Present Wrapper Guy, and Folder of Laundry
Okay, happy now?
I tag…
Buck
Phil
Duffy
Becky the Girl in Short Shorts
Karol
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Kelly Girl, eh?
Damn, I’d like to see pictures of THAT 😉
- philmon | 12/24/2008 @ 00:33Y2K Mud-Wrestling Engineer (Guess what year it is, by now)
I played that game, too, but got out of Dodge before the Big Dance… retiring in October of ’99. I had great good friends that worked a mega-help desk for EDS on New Year’s Eve of 2000. I spoke with ’em around 0100 hrs EST on New Years and they were bored out of their collective skulls… not a single trouble-ticket all night. Not ONE. It was the biggest non-event in the IT world… ever. Or… best-ever remediation effort in the two to three years preceding the event… take your pick.
Thanks for the tag… this one was quick, dirty and fun!
- Buck | 12/24/2008 @ 16:32My recollection is that one web site DID say “January 1, 19100” — the official timekeeping site for the U.S. Navy. It was pretty busy in the lead-up, though…like two years, three years, maybe more.
I have heard the theory that things were so quiet precisely because of that abundance of preparation ahead-of-time. There is some truth in this, I think. But with common sense and the benefit of hindsight, it’s an unavoidable conclusion that this was a massive misallocation of resources, a direct consequence of people making decisions for the purpose of pleasing others, rather than out of a sense of logic and due respect given to the facts. Just in case the nuclear missiles *did* explode and the jetliners tumbled out of the sky like Chinese throwing stars, no IT director wanted to be the one spending the least amount of cash on the Y2K bug.
Everyone likes to think he’s such an independent thinker. Just ain’t so, in most cases.
- mkfreeberg | 12/24/2008 @ 16:59