‘Personal’ Archive

My weight loss journey so far. December 27, 2011 No Comments

I am 28 y/o and 5ft 11in. I weighed myself in August and I had finally crossed the 300lb mark (305lbs at 5ft 11in) for the first time in my life.  I had flirted with that weight for several years, but never crossed it to my knowledge.  But, I never was a fan of weighing [...]

10,000 days August 30, 2010 No Comments

According to Wolfram Alpha, today is my 10,000th day alive. Interestingly, if I reverse the logic, the calculation falls 7 days short. But, this calculator, also says 10,000 days. So, I guess I’ve lived “approximately” 10,000 days

These are the droids I’m looking for August 27, 2010 No Comments

Yes, this is a blog post with a cheesy title probably used on a thousand other blogs. But, it is very appropriate. After being abused by AT&T for over ten years, I finally gathered up the courage to pack up my things and leave. It was an abusive relationship, one that I will not recount [...]

27 and Life July 18, 2010 No Comments

Can we have the ’80s back please. “Ricky was a young boy, He had a heart of stone. Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone. Just barely got out of school, came from the edge of town. Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down. He had no [...]

To Infinity and Beyond October 24, 2009 No Comments

I have been working for over three months at CGI Federal. From the start of the hiring process all the way through my orientation day, I was under the impression I was being hired as a C++ maintenance developer – which I can do but don’t particularly enjoy. Fortunately, for me, I was assigned to [...]