What the title says.  The commute to MLA has been worse than I thought it would be when I took the job back in June 2011; what with having to take Peggy to her job in the morning too (for those who don't know, it's a long story involving medical reasons for not driving, and train and bus schedules not lining up conveniently), I'm driving about two hours to get to work every morning.  It's grinding me down majorly.  (There are a couple other reasons, but that's the main one.)  So... once I'd given MLA the year my sense of honor required me to, I began looking for a new position.

I had my first real bite early last week, and it turned into an avalanche -- initial phone interview on the road home from work last Thursday night (8/2), a face-to-face interview less than 24 hours later (with supervisor, IT head, and CEO in rapid succession), an offer less than four hours after that, and me accepting (and emailing a scan of the signed offer letter) before 10 PM.  I gave my notice at MLA on Monday, and I start at the new place on the 20th.  The money's the same, but I'll be commuting far less, and spending less on gas and auto maintenance, so my effective take-home will be a bit higher.

Since everyone was so interested in my job search from 2009-11, I just thought I'd let you know.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Computing folklore has long held that Microsoft created MS-DOS by stealing the code for DRI's CP/M operating system.  An independent software forensics expert
with modern investigative tools has finally taken up the challenge of finding out the truth once and for all, and has written up his results for the IEEE's Spectrum magazine.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

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Terr is so popular, there are cheep knock off films about him?

Quote:I Am A Panzer Kunstler, Ask Me Anything. self.IAmA
Submitted (09/08/2014) by Valkyriesride2012

I am a cyborg, training with the Panzer Kunst Gruppe here ot Grunthal, Mars. I've been with the Gruppe since 2012, earning my blades in 2013. While I have to be careful about some things, in general I should be pretty much able to answer anything about how and why we train, how we fight and what we do here. Or, what life is like for those of us who've traded meat for metal.

I've included an image of one of my personal blades with the hallmark from the Temple of Syrinx. The serial number has been erased.

Edit 1: Further proof provided to the moderators. Including the origin IP of my posts.

If you know me from anywhere, it's probably because I'm Luc from TVTropes, or Lubaf from various other places.

I'm a longtime lurker, particularly of the Other People's Fanfiction forum. Probably gonna keep on lurking, but felt the need to join anyway.

Thanks
Luc "Delurk in order to breathe" French

As posted in the Hakone-Yumoto station:



(Okay, it's posted in the Evangelion souvenir shop in that station...)

Well... I don't mean to bring drama or anything... but I'm pretty sure I got some serious problems.
The most serious one right now is depression.  I know I've been prone to it and it runs in my family... but lately I've been concerned that I may actually need to get treatment for it, because in retrospect I think it has been a large part of why I've had so much trouble over the last ten years of my life.
I already know that I'm ADD.  I've been told by my mother that there has been a diagnosis for it, but I have no clue how to find the man that made that diagnosis - it was so long ago I don't even remember it.  My mother was at least able to provide the man's name and where he might be located... but it's a needle in a haystack.
I'm worried that I may also be somewhat autistic.  I have loner tendencies and I have extreme difficulty relating with people.  It's weird that I can be polite and sociable with strangers... case in point where when I was cranking for the mess decks on my ship and we made a major port visit to Vladivostok on the Russian's Victory Day - huge political deal, complete with Ambassadors visiting the ship for a dinner party hosted on the flight deck.  I chatted up a US Navy Captain and his wife while serving.  They were so charmed that they brought me over to my CO to say just how so.
And yet, there are times I put my foot in my mouth so badly that people give me these looks as though to say, "What in God's name is your malfunction?"
Anyhow... has anyone here on the boards had any experience in dealing with a mental health system of any kind?  Exactly how should I go about seeking treatment and what are things I should look out for?  I already know that there isn't much that my veterans benefits can do for me... my issues are most likely all pre-existing to my term of enlistment and they're mostly concerned with trauma inflicted on the battle field.  I already applied anyhow, but with the current backlog of applications here in Texas it's gonna be a long time until I hear back on it.

Ladions and Gentoids, I present to you a new solid material, Frigidium. It can be moved or broken by sustained force, but absorbs all vibration and impacts, rendering it effectively 0 degrees k, a perfect sonic insulator, and making it possible to produce photon liquid but rather hard to get an image of. So, what do you think it's good for, practically speaking?
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

1. Go to Google Maps.
   
2. Choose "Get Directions"
   
3. For "A", enter "The Shire".
   
4. For "B", enter "Mordor"
   
5. Click "GET DIRECTIONS"
   
6. Ignoring the results that appear, click the "Walking" icon.
   
7. Read the warning in the yellow box.
   

To wet the proverbial whistle:
Staff Weapon Pack: http://boards.cityofheroe...=4329232&postcount=1
Body Suit Costume Set: http://boards.cityofheroe...=4329304&postcount=1