About four years ago, I gave up the phone line that was tied to my house, and have been happy with my cell phone as my main telephonic device. This has proven to be a bit restrictive in ways that I didn’t really consider at the time; the most immediately obvious being my selection of [...]
Read more →As soon as I accept a long term contract with a “soulless multinational”, I get calls from all sorts of recruiters with interesting sounding jobs… I’ve had a couple per day since I started on Monday, but while they sound interesting enough, I can’t justify jumping ship at this one at this time “Nice chatting [...]
Read more →Since I was out of my long term contracts at roughly the same time, I figured I may as well look at full time jobs just to see what’s out there; it’s been 3-4 years since I looked. One thing remains constant, it would seem, and that’s that people don’t want to pay. Nobody puts the amount they’re willing to pay, either, so you end up going to an interview, talking to three people, all with no idea of how much they’re budgeting for the position. …
Read more →Squirrels swarm and kill… They are said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh. I’ve said that I’ve seen the Black and Grey squirrels in Vancouver plotting some sort of action, but I’ve always been dismissed as the kook. I’ve seen their blueprints, and they’re sick of eating [...]
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