What was that?

Scary to me and this is how I see it (My Pessimistic Self). The US is in the process of undergoing some very serious and very dangerous changes to the way we do business every day. One of the most alarming is the way that we will endure through rough financial times. Throughout the history of the US we have been a nation of entrepreneurs, survivalist and ingenious handymen. When times were tough we made due with the things that we had. From the time of the pioneers though out modern era the ability to adapt and make our own way has defined the American spirit. The early days of the United States fostered the concept of the handyman. The ability to fix a broken wagon wheel or to hunt and kill the food you needed, to cheek a cabin to keep the weather out, were important to surviving a tough winter and making a life that was your own. Through out our history and into the modern age these skills have changed from fixing wagon wheels to replacing the brakes on your car but they have not b...

I have heard a few jokes in my time with the Government that have been directed very poignantly at some of the problems that the supervisors and management deal with on a daily basis. One of my favorites is “The Giant Orange Head” A man goes to work on Monday morning and walks by his friend’s office. He looks in at his friend and is startled to see his friend with a head that looks like a 3 foot giant orange with a face on it. He franticly asks his friend what in the world happened. His friend replied, “Its kind of an interesting story. I was walking along the beach Saturday morning and saw a bottle lying in the sand. I picked up the bottle and rubbed some of the sand off of it an out popped a genie”. The genie said “Thank you for releasing me from that bottle, for your kindness I will grant you three wishes.” I said “Sweet, My first wish is to be rich, I don’t ever want to have to work again”, “done” said the genie. The genie then asked what I want for my second wish. I thought ab...

It has been more than a year since my last post. It is hard to believe that time has moved as fast as it has. I did not get the new job that I was trying for the last time I posted. I kept motoring on though. I had finished my masters degree and I felt like things were about to change for me. I was right it took a little while but I have had some major change at work. I have had two new positions since I last talked. I am much more at ease in the position I am in now. I have goals again and I hope to be able to move up in my position. Through it all nothing really changes though. It is the same old thing. I work hard to provide so I can go home and live my life. I do not trust the people that I work with and do not think I will ever be able to again. I am so paranoid, I listen to every conversation because i think that things will happen the way they did before. I know that I should not be but I hear them plotting and planning the fall of others. it is never far from my min...

It has been quite a while since I last posted here. A lot has happened since then. I have finished my MBA and have started the process of moving on. My brother has a wonderful new wife. My new house is finally finished. I will post more soon I hope to have a new job so hopefully soon. thanks Anti Hero!

There have been a lot of changes in the overall last year. I was essentially censured at my place of work for what I feel were dubious circumstances at best. I have moved my family to accommodate work and commuting. In this I feel that I have made some very large mistakes. 1. I went down without a fight. I took the advice of a superior in the work place and bit the bullet. I think that I made a very serious mistake by doing this. It has taken me a long time to get over that. I have had a hard time looking at myself in the mirror. I feel as if I have lost any semblance of self respect. I should have stood up for myself as a man and not begged for my job. The primary reason I did what I did was for what I perceived was the good of my family. I have since discovered that they would have rather had me explain where they could stick the job then to live for a year with me moping around. I made a mistake that I will not ever forget. I will never kowtow to a person to preserve a...