One Year Later...

Thought I would give this whole blog thing another go around. So here is the depressingly short update on the past year.

I am in snake limbo, I am undecided as to whether or not I will continue trying to breed boas. I still have the big female and could grab a male and give it another go but something about that idea sits funny with me. The psychoanalyst in me says that since my male died and the female gave birth to stillborn babies around the time my grandfather was passing I have balled the whole lot up into one big mess in my head. I truly have no desire to breed or even keep snakes right now.

I am however embarking on another business venture, this time with Steve. Well, really it is more like building a really expensive club house for grown men... but don't tell my wife. Steve, pending the arrival of his 2nd child, needed to relocate some super sweet recording gear. So, we are converting my detached 2.5 car garage into a studio. I plan on posting build pics once the construction gets interesting. I am also planing on going back to school for audio engineering sometime in the Fall.

I am still employed as a Network Systems Engineer but now I actually give a rats ass so I have been bringing my certifications up to speed. I am currently working on my Linux+ exam and finishing off my exams for my MCSA. And again I plan on returning to school to get at least my A.A.S. in IT with a programing option. My hope is to sharpen my now extremely dull VB and C programing skills while building my network certifications.

Stuff not pertaining to me, my wife is kicking butt in culinary school and now working for the Brass Elephant downtown. My little brothers are playing little league, one sister is barreling into teenagedom and the other is now working and has her learners.

So that's my year in four paragraphs. I promise future posts will be more interesting.

Leave Mike Rowe Alone

Discovery channel has a show called Dirty Jobs. I think most people have seen it. It's a pretty decent show with some hilarious antics. The show is hosted by Mike Rowe, a wise cracking inept blue collar looking fellow who tries to take on the dirtiest jobs around. As it turns out Mike was once an employee of the same company I work for. And with the Alumni Crab Picnic just around the corner the whole company is sending Mike a video invitation or something. I am obviously not a part of this nor would I care to be. From what I have heard Mike was employed by my company for no more than 14 months and this was sometime around 1980. Why the hell would he come back to eat crabs in a parking lot to see 4 people he met in 1980? Mike Rowe, if you can read this, just stay at home.

Is That Your Bach Or Maybach?

I perform some basic desktop and network support for Mercedes-Benz on Wednesdays. Not the most exciting contract I have ever been on but there are some perks. Hot Pockets in the lunch room, use of the executive bathroom, and the occasional chance to drive a fancy car. Today I got to drive a 2007 Maybach 62. Now, I am no car guy by any stretch but this was a pretty cool car. It had all the fancy features you would expect in a high end luxury car. By far my favorite were the curtains in the rear windows and the voice recognition system. You can do almost everything just by talking to this car. It drove real nice and starting at $390,000 I am thinking of getting one once my Toyota Matrix dies...ha!! Also they had 12 of these at the warehouse I was at.