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Confessions of a Narcissist

In which I share an amusing thought with HR and am [...]

Welcome to Htrae

I wondered why he was hanging around my house.

I thought I’d return home from my deployment and find things as they were, but clearly something happened on the flight home and I’ve returned to Bizarro World.  I should have known: my kitchen/dining area is nice, open and light instead of the dark, laminated cave [...]

Avoid missing ball for high score.

I’m out of a job in the Reserves and off my project in my civilian job, yet all this uncertainty isn’t a bad thing. It’s like hitting the reset button – giving me a chance to go in new [...]

A tale of two fails

My decision to stop posting weekly project status reports did not go unnoticed by my government [...]

Work harder, not smarter

The real reason people have been losing their jobs is the work has all been pushed onto me.

My wife will tell you, more accurately, that in fact I keep signing up to do more.  That’s not completely correct but it’s a reasonable characterization.

So what’s been going on these days that’s keeping me so busy?

I’m hitting the [...]