Oct 31 2009
pulled from an old blog…enjoy: Friday, October 10, 2008 I hate Halloween Current mood: apathetic Category: Life I have to finally admit it – I hate Halloween. Looking back, I never got a kick out of going door-to-door and getting candy, dressing up as Spider-Man or the Incredible Hulk. Even now, I could really care [...]
Oct 29 2009
Wildwood Preserve Hike. I met up with 10 friends and we walked our Wednesday night walk. This looks as though it may be the last one for the season because of the sunset issue. By the time we were done, the sun was just setting. We stuck around for a while discussing future meetings and [...]
Oct 28 2009
I’m working on a website for a client and the easiest way to get this content organized is in a wordpress template. So, to get this material together, I thought installing wordpress in a test directory and then changing content and installing themes, etc would be the easiest. Ugh. It only took me about eight [...]
Oct 27 2009
I am trying to learn new skills to not only add to my skill set, but to keep my mind active until new work comes along. I don’t want to get stale and lose my “quick thinking” during the downtime. First thing I want to get back is some things in WordPress. I know there [...]
Oct 26 2009
It is the start to a new week. New possibilities. Job hunt continues. Trying to keep positive about things. There doesn’t seem to any new postings – it looks like a lot of the same. I’m hitting the job postings on a daily basis. Unemployment benefits sent out this morning. Every time I get notification, [...]
Oct 25 2009
I heard about this commercial, but today was the first time I actually saw it. I know this is part of DirecTV’s ad campaign with inserting advertisements into footage of movies, and they have used it in the past. I heard of controversy with the “Poltergeist” ad and using the Carol Ann actress who had [...]
Oct 24 2009
Today was National “Make a Difference” Day. A national day of volunteering and doing something positive. It lands every 4th Saturday in October. It was created by USA Today in 1992. Well, I decided to volunteer some time at the Toledo MetroParks at Oak Openings. Since I have been using the park system a lot [...]
Oct 23 2009
Since the season is pretty well underway, these are the tv shows I watch. FYI – I canceled my cable months ago and am operating off of OTA television in western Toledo, OH. Monday 8:00 p.m. – How I Met Your Mother (CBS) 8:30 p.m. – LAUNDRY (I’ve given up on “Accidentally on Purpose”) 9:00 [...]
Oct 22 2009
Good Morning all. I went to the unemployment office this morning for “Individualized Assistance”. I was chosen for this program because I was laid off in an “declining” industry. This program entitled me to an initial orientation of the programs available at the unemployment office as well as an individual assessment of my job search [...]