The New Year is always seen as a fresh start by me and seems to be true for most other people. I know it is just a convenient calendar thing but it is as good a reason as any. I have an excuse to start the year with a fresh beginning. How well I stick to that resolution is another story. I approach and somewhat hide from the fact that I am getting near the...
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Freedom Lessons from TEDEX
I have been doing some posting in the TEDEX forums. It seems no one is paying attention these days but there is no way I can tell for sure. Internet security issues require a totally private membership so it is hard for sincere new blood to contribute. TEDEX seems to be a closed society. That was and is not my intent. Thankfully, real people still email me directly. The private correspondence would make good fodder...
Continue reading...Paid Time Off
I am using up my excess PTO before the end of the year. That is Paid Time Off for the non corporate world. That started back when corporations of the Dilbert variety combined sick days and paid vacation into PTO. No more need to call in sick just to take a day off. Corporations buy each other and merge benefits. That happened to me. I didn’t lose how many PTO days I can earn (at...
Continue reading...This is Only a Test
Somehow we have survived again. I am referring to the nationwide test of the emergency broadcasting system that happened at 1:00 PM CST (local) here. It was supposed to shutdown or interrupt all radio and TV broadcasting in the USA for about 3 minutes. The concern was that some folks would think it was some kind of real thing. Little fear, but they would have had a real panic if they shutdown the Internet (or...
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