Happy 2009! May old acquaintances never be forgot and the lottery will be mine! Wait…that isn’t how the song goes does it? 
Been slacking a bit as of late, but can ya blame me? I was one of the lucky few at work who got the entire winter shutdown off through to new years. Granted I’m almost maxed out on accrual of vacation time and even taking 4 days off in December, I checked my email this morning and saw that I got another warning that I was hitting my limit again!?!? How da hell does it accrue so damn fast???
And how did I squander the time my manager gave me? Sleep…blessed sleep…and going to the zoo with Femmie and Connor, hosting our annual Xmas dinner at the house, getting the Camry serviced, getting my back worked on, helping a friend with fried memory on their computer (warning kids…do not put your computer in front of a heating vent and don’t forget to blow or suck out all the dust bunnies lest they superheat your memory sticks!!), paid the bills, and FINALLY completing the last level on Command and Conquer Red Alert 3!!! Still on the “To do” list are installing a new light switch so we can adjust the brightness in our bedroom and to get the central heating upstairs fixed, a haircut, catching up on my comics and another chiropractic adjustment.
I also (finally!) uploaded new pics of Connor. Yeah yeah…these were taken back at the end of October!?!?! Been pretty busy with work and finally got around to doing the things I needed to do.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92964061@N00/sets/72157612025840485/show/with/3161345746/
Hope this brings a smile to your faces!
2008 was a tough year and 2009 doesn’t look too cheery to begin with either. SUN is planning on announcing layoffs in January 2009 (unofficial scuttlebutt sez 22nd or 29th) and it won’t be a “peanut butter” layoff. Yes…there are descriptions for the types of layoffs/Reductions in Force/Career Readjustments/Resource Shifting and Reallocation/whatever you want to call it to hopefully not make it more painful psychologically for people. For those not in the know a “peanut butter” layoff means that it won’t be spread evenly across all groups. From the scuttlebutt, it’ll be targeted at certain groups. Probably those that won’t be part of the corporate portfolio for products and services, those that aren’t meeting their goals or targets for generating revenue or future revenue and those that aren’t revenue generators or consume more revenue than they either create or save. The only confirmed piece is that approximately 18% of the global workforce will be impacted. We’ll see if I’ll be making a career adjustment in the coming month.
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