The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[Ramius]

Well... another thing I've just learned that y'all probly already know: Don Adams died today. Dang. Maxwell Smart.

Bummer. :-(

Maybe its already come up, but I thought this was an interesting tidbit from the story:

There will be a private memorial service. Burial will be with Marine Corps honors at an undetermined location.

Interesting. He was a Drill Instructor in the Corps, and served in Korea. Imagine that.

Rest in peace, Marine. :-)

[ExGeeEye]

Apropos of nothing at all, how's the job situation down there? I wouldn't have left at my discharge in '99, but I couldn't find work...though I may have overshot my mark and assumed I could get hired as the same sort of mid-manager I was as a Sergeant.

But...I'm really off to bed now...any reply I'll see in the morning. Thanks :)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

He was a Drill Instructor in the Corps

OK... all I can think of now is him shouting at the raw recruits in some sort of bizarre crossing of Maxwell Smart and R. Lee Ermey.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

'99 was the front edge of the tech collapse, so that may have affected your job hunt. Things are finally starting to pick up again now though. You can check out the Austin American-Statesman's Job listings page to see what is available. Also, be sure to check job listing sites such as Monster, Dice, and WorkAustin.

Heck, there's at least 3 or 4 more job search sites that I should list, but that's 4 off the top of my head anyway.

[SuziQ]

108! Yowsers!
David went to the Austin City Limits outdoor festival thing on Friday night. He called on Sunday morning and was SO choked up! The dust kicked up by 10,000 or so folks irritated his bronchial tubes something fierce. He wanted to go back Sunday night to see Coldplay, but wasn't sure if he felt good enough to go. I hope he did, he sure wanted to see the band.

[JenB]

108? Sheesh.

Fall came here exactly when it was supposed to. I noticed trees turning yellow today and it hasn't been past 78 all week.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I heard some reports on the radio this morning about how bad the dust was at the ACL fest. There hasn't been any rain in weeks, and when Rita passed us by she sucked all the moisture out of the air, dropping the humidity and raising the temperature. It's been over 100F every day since last Thursday, and over 105F for the last 3 days or so. Counties are having to institute burn bans, because everything is so dry.

A cold front is supposed to come through Thursday night though, that may bring some rain and is supposed to drop the temps down into the 80s for highs.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Believe me, I'd much rather have cool temps and changing leaves over what we've got.

[JenB]

Maybe someday we will build the Hobbit Hole compound. Somewhere with nice weather. And seasons that aren't "wet" and "dry".

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heh, I'm going to go to bed and dream about that.

Good night!

[Ramius]

OK... all I can think of now is him shouting at the raw recruits in some sort of bizarre crossing of Maxwell Smart and R. Lee Ermey.

YOU LITTLE MAGGOT! DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THE CONE OF SILENCE? I DIDN'T THINK SO! CHIEF... I DEMAND WE PUT THIS MAN IN THE CONE OF SILENCE!

or...

MAGGOT! YOU MISSED IT BY... THIS MUCH.

:-)

[Ramius]

Nuts... missed it by... this much.

Nite nite.

[Lil'freeper]

Gooooood morning!

[Overtaxed]

Izzit Friday yet?

My boss has a 'Team member" workshop or some such deal going today and tomorrow. He thought "None of us is as dumb as all of us" was pretty funny.

[Lil'freeper]

It's Friday for me. :)

I think.

We might be changing our travel plans last minute. ~~stress~~

[Corin Stormhands]

mmmmm....stress....cain't get enough of it...

g'mornin'

[HairOfTheDog]

~blinking~

Good morning.

[Overtaxed]

~sip~

[HairOfTheDog]

Mine's not ready yet...

So what's the boss doing to your travel plans?

[Overtaxed]

It's Lilfreeper with the travel plan problem.

Nawww....my boss has a team training thingie today and tomorow.

I've got a stoopid meeting in about 20 minutes. Maybe there'll be doughnuts.