[Ramius]

Budgeting hint: If you want a new city owned car, or a new hosted web service application... or whatever... ask for a submarine, for environmental (of course) research purposes.

The submarine needs to cost at least 15-50M for purchase and about 3-5M/yr for maintenance.

Once they find out that you can "get by" with merely a new car for your group or a cool web application that "only" costs about 500K to kick off... you're in like flint.

Trust me on this... :-)

[2Jedismom]

Looks like I'm flying out on Thursday, coming back on Monday...

I got the boys "Terminator 1 and 2" to watch while they're camping. It's been sent (from Walmart DVD club) so I hope it gets here in time.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Oh...I wish it was asking for things, instead I'm cutting staff. I have two exercises: to reduce by 10% and 20% -- and that means letting people go.

And of course I forgot to save everything I've done in the last hour and now have to do it all over again.

This job WILL be the death of me yet.