10/08/05: ("He's going to tell! He's going to tell!) He's going to tell his tale!"

Pretty much was Life Changes. More to the point, commuting and web browsing changes.

For most of the last 7 or so years, I've been making a 1 1/2 hr. to 2-hr. (one way) commute. First couple of years, I was at a place where I could get by with snagging a look- see at the ol' Crankyland while there, but then I got caught up in a cutback when a customer responsible for 15% of the company's sales decided not to sell my company's wares anymore.

So, I ended up working on this hideously old (it could have voted, it was so old - and if it had lived in RI, it probably did!) and undocumented system that was bossed by a freakin' jerk. Oh, he was technically sound (though not structurally sound, programming-wise). But he had the managerial skills of a kumquat (and I apologize to all the fine kumquats out there). For example - he gives me a project, says use Field X of File Y as a flag for sort out the data by group for a report. I goes and does it, then he reams me out in front of the rest of the IT department for using Field X of File Y to do it! ARRRRRGGGHHHHH!

This was a period when TheMissus was in a particularly bad period physically, so there was a lot of Get up at 4am - go to work - work 9 hrs (with lunch hr.) - drive home (maybe stop off to do grocery shopping) - get home - cook supper - (maybe do some laundry) - make sure TheMissus got meds 'n' fed, maybe played on the computer for a while, then stagger to bed to do it all over again. Hoo-boy, Funzorama!

Well, they let me go after almost 2 yrs. and, after a tense 7 months of no work, I got a job down in Fall River (first, as a consultant, then later, took me on full time). But that was an 1hr. 45min. one-way. So, with the interest rates likely to climb and the feeling that I'd probably get killed if I kept up that commute, me 'n' TheMissus bought a place down in Lizzie Borden-ville. And I have a 10-15 minute commute now. Depending on traffic.

Plus, I've been wading through a lot of blogs, mostly political ones. But while I enjoy most of them, I've kinda missed coming here, so I thought I'd drop on back. And there was this caption contest, and I just couldn't resist....

TheWreck

("Who's just told..... his...... TALE!!!!!!!!!!!") (I do miss putting in my "wise-ass-remark" email addresses, though.)

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