Hi All Y'all (shades of a Southern Friend of mine),

Having just survived an 84 hour power outage without alternative energy or heat sources - I have to tell you how incredibly important it is to have a support system in place.

I managed to "avoid" moving my frogs the first two nights with a combination of methods: 1) First Night I used the heaters that we use for shipping, 40 hour heaters. I placed 2 of them in mason jars, put window screen over the top, and...

Hold on to your hats people. Or your wallet.

But especially, hold on to your house.

Eric G. wrote in a thread recently about overbuying early on - and then doing everything he could to hang on to the house through a bad time. I'm paraphrasing here - but his thoughts were spot on.

Do whatever you have to do to stay in your homes. Foreclosures are up ridiculously. I hope *you* are not one of them (and I hope I'm never one of them).

Get an...

Starting another contract with Robert Half this week. Sounds like I'll be a bit busier - which is just fine and dandy with me. Nothing worse than being bored at work - the day drags on forever.

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I don't know about you folks, but when I left High School, I had no intention on ever revisiting it.

It just was not a lot of fun to me. I'm not sure why. I seemed to be a lot more serious about school than some people. I actually realized that once I went to college and actually regressed a bit and had a bit more fun.

I actually think I got that process backwards - I should have had more fun in High School, and concentrated more in college.

Anyhow -...

Thank you for the comments friends. I appreciate that I'm not necessarily ranting in silence.

The temp contract job is definitely ending this week.

The good news is the old company is contracting with me for 200 hours of work at a very nice rate. This delays the "problems" a bit longer.

I'm actually thinking about trying to find work down in Boston - with the caveat that I work from home the majority of the time. The Amtrak Northeaster has...