Back in my gourd
It’s done, the background check is complete. I’m off to Microsoft and Seattle.
Author: Michael
Out of my gourd
Background check. It takes forever. I barely have enough work to do, and what I have I’m not really energized to do. So instead, I spend at least two hours a day surfing profiles of women in Seattle, and I can’t contact any of them, because I’m not there. I…
Blog: Day to Day in Iraq
On The New York Times editorial page today, the Gray Lady touted a multi-author blog called Day to Day in Iraq. Simply put, the blog is written by regular Iraqis about daily life. Most of the authors are young men in their twenties. The entry that struck me the most…
Photos from Carnaval
My photos from Carnaval came in this Friday, and I got my first glance at them Saturday night after dinner with Susan, Anya and Christine. (photo gallery) My favorite shot (click to enlarge) of the entire parade was of this woman to the right. Her warm smile, shy turn of…
The Gremlins give up the ghost
All the emails Aimee tried to send earlier this week finally arrived at 10:59 am this morning. I’m working from home, so I didn’t even bother trying to be stealthy. I logged onto the Microsoft Recruiting system to accept the offer from my work computer while connected to Oracle’s network…
Gremlins in the Microsoft machine
Four email addresses, and still no offer. Not sure what’s up with Microsoft’s system, but Aimee simply can’t seem to get the HR system to send me the offer letter. Oh, I know the particulars, but actually seeing the letter is so key. Not like I expect anything in the…
Last bits of Vegas: Ice Box Canyon with Dennis
It’s been ages since TheServerSide Java Symposium (TSSJS) in Las Vegas, but I have a last bit of photography to record. The final day of the conference, Dennis and I took a hike in Red Rock Canyon (photo gallery), specifically Ice Box Canyon. Yeah, we were supposed to be at…
One day you’ll wake up…
Dennis said that one day, you’ll just wake up and realize you’re dealing with it better. I thought I’d hit that day months ago. I thought the eulogy I delivered had helped me grieve. When Mom and Chanel talked about dreams and memories of Dad, I felt I’d moved passed…
A verbal offer
Aimee called me this afternoon and told me the Visual Studio group wanted to hire me. My blood pressure skyrocketed, my heart started racing, and I couldn’t breath. Thankfully, Aimee just wanted to schedule time to talk about offer details. I would’ve been useless to actually discuss what I wanted.…
Feedblitz
Another Web 2.0 experiment: Feedblitz. This blog widget should monitor my blog’s feed and, whenever I post something new, send an email of the new feed to subscribers. I’m checking it out, because I think my sister should create a Ramos-O’Neill blog featuring the adventures of Finn and Ellie, but…