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Just got done with a IM session with a friend of mine it’s like October 2007 all over again! the rumors are really wild this time everything from closing down MTC and DTC to whacking all of SI and IPE’s I was through that mess once.. I really feel for my friends back at AOL. [...]

It has been a long time since I posted anything as one of my friends keeps telling me. Ok, so for him here it is… get off my back. Well so many things have changed in the past few months, let me try to fill in the highlights. I left mail storage and moved over [...]

So my manager was laid off along with 749 other people last month. It has taken almost a full month for my tech director to decide how to split up the team. My thoughts, as with many, is that myself and the other web technology guy would go to the Portal team and the other [...]

Today was the beginning of a huge layoffs at AOL. It was a very sad day to be at work. I watched as my friends and coworkers packed up their cubes and left the building. Even my manager was among the approximatly 750 people that are laid off. Most of everyone I have talked to [...]

It was a really busy week at work. We have been preparing for our Toys for Tots Kickoff Luncheon and now it’s finally here. This week, we had a situation that happened where people in my office were misquoted. Those quotes were passed along to the press and, of course, the situation became very controversial. [...]

The Marine Toys for Tots is an organization worthy of your support. During this Christmas season, we need to think about those that for whatever reasons are not going to be able to celebrate Christmas. The Marine Toys for Tots has made Christmas possible for thousands of people, but they cannot do it alone. It [...]

We celebrated the Marine Corp birthday at the office. This was a first for me. The General had a birthday cake. It is typical for marines to cut the cake with their sword. I also found out that if the marine is disliked, they place the sword back in its holder without cleaning it–a bad [...]

I found a job that I absolutely love. After spending three months with the worst company I have ever worked at, I finally found the job that I know I’m going to absolutely love. I do want to add that it wasn’t the job that I disliked at my prior job, but the environment conditions. [...]

This summer, after coming back from a funeral, I took a job with a construction company, whose name will remain anonymous, in Sterling. I was offered the job before we left for the funeral, but took some time to think about it. Initially, my plan was to reject the offer, and I should have listened [...]

Today we ended our school year. We went to Redding Park for a picnic. We had one of our parents in charge of games and food, and they did such a wonderful job. It was the best picnic we could ever ask for. The weather was beautiful, the planning of the games, and the food [...]