It's been awhile
Wednesday, 18. March 2009, 01:58:06
So I am sitting here listening to music and enjoying old tunes, new tunes and everything in between.
So update. Liz and Dennis came out and visited New Haven finally. It was good to see them after 60 days. We all miss each other and are growing tired of the given situation, but life could be worse. I have a steady job, compared to thousands of other americans, that's a nice thing. I have really been trying to hang in there given the new work environment. Some days I feel that things are great and others I just don't understand what I may be doing wrong.
We have been concentrating our housing search in Waterbury and New haven. both cities have downpayment assistance plans that will help us through a home purchase. It sucks having gone through a home purchse, choosing a conventional 30 year fixed loan. Getting a decent rate and then staying current with our mortgage, to then find out because of all the risk takers out there have FUBAR'ed the situations for us. I have been repairing my credit steadily and still have a few more dings to overcome.
I'm frustrated by the new stream of politics. Everyone got so cascaded into accepting 'change' and its annoying to see the deception even more blunt than ever. I am still curious to the Committe of 300 that really run the show. What societies from the New World Order and the machine behind those engines. I prefer a method that will allow for choice to occur and industry or information trafficking to occur in the light of day where morality and integrity persist. I have seen a few friends turn to politics and I hope they fare well.
I'm heading to Philly for a conference this weekend and early next week for the HIgher Ed Student Information System known as Banner that is peddled by Sungard. I am amused how the various shades of acceptance of this product occur. In many ways people tend to believe that a computer system will solve their problems. People persistently forget that automated systems are governed by the human behavior they are trying to emulate and subsequently emulate. I chuckle when I see a perceived problem grow exponentially when due process and testing wasn't employed to verify that results are validated as expected. Then there is regression testing as enhancements to these systems occur. With each layer of added complexity comes the attached or inherited levels of maintanence that no one is willing to incur.
Oh well. Took a long nap today so we'll see how early I am able to get this corps naturel to bed. I was thinking back, yesterday it has been 13 years to date that I got home from Paris France as a missionary. Time flies. Anyway, the wife just logged into IM so i need to spend my attention there. She bought Dennis a bike today, and that is frustrating as that's a dad activity...Aurgh...hopefully we sell our house soon.
So update. Liz and Dennis came out and visited New Haven finally. It was good to see them after 60 days. We all miss each other and are growing tired of the given situation, but life could be worse. I have a steady job, compared to thousands of other americans, that's a nice thing. I have really been trying to hang in there given the new work environment. Some days I feel that things are great and others I just don't understand what I may be doing wrong.
We have been concentrating our housing search in Waterbury and New haven. both cities have downpayment assistance plans that will help us through a home purchase. It sucks having gone through a home purchse, choosing a conventional 30 year fixed loan. Getting a decent rate and then staying current with our mortgage, to then find out because of all the risk takers out there have FUBAR'ed the situations for us. I have been repairing my credit steadily and still have a few more dings to overcome.
I'm frustrated by the new stream of politics. Everyone got so cascaded into accepting 'change' and its annoying to see the deception even more blunt than ever. I am still curious to the Committe of 300 that really run the show. What societies from the New World Order and the machine behind those engines. I prefer a method that will allow for choice to occur and industry or information trafficking to occur in the light of day where morality and integrity persist. I have seen a few friends turn to politics and I hope they fare well.
I'm heading to Philly for a conference this weekend and early next week for the HIgher Ed Student Information System known as Banner that is peddled by Sungard. I am amused how the various shades of acceptance of this product occur. In many ways people tend to believe that a computer system will solve their problems. People persistently forget that automated systems are governed by the human behavior they are trying to emulate and subsequently emulate. I chuckle when I see a perceived problem grow exponentially when due process and testing wasn't employed to verify that results are validated as expected. Then there is regression testing as enhancements to these systems occur. With each layer of added complexity comes the attached or inherited levels of maintanence that no one is willing to incur.
Oh well. Took a long nap today so we'll see how early I am able to get this corps naturel to bed. I was thinking back, yesterday it has been 13 years to date that I got home from Paris France as a missionary. Time flies. Anyway, the wife just logged into IM so i need to spend my attention there. She bought Dennis a bike today, and that is frustrating as that's a dad activity...Aurgh...hopefully we sell our house soon.
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