The e-mail about a mandatory meeting was suspicious. Anytime you have a surprise mandatory meeting, you know it’s not good. Well, the accounting department has been “consolidated” which is company-speak for we’re moving all the jobs to a central location. Which, of course, means that everyone you know is essentially being laid off. Even though…
Note to Self…
Today was my big test of the train version of my commute. Here’s what I learned. 5:00 AM is really friggin’ early. REALLY! It may be better if I check my bike as luggage on Amtrak. Waiting 1.5 hours for Metra sucks balls. Once I finally figured out the trick to carrying my bike, it’s…
The Test
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. Tomorrow I embark on an epic journey. Instead of driving to Chicago, I’ll be taking the train. This is a big deal for me. I’ll be adding a ton of extra time to my commute, but I’ll be saving quite a bit…
Introducing…
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. As I have hinted at in the past, Liz and I decided to get a roommate/tenant. At first we were hoping to get a grad student, and we had some interest from a few. Unfortunately, none of those really worked out. Grad…