CUAgain

Working this weekend…for the job…not writing, riding (other than the commute), the house etc…just working.
The only point in my being here is…that I get paid to be here.
Is that supposed to be enough?
Mundanity. New term.
Describes today perfectly.
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer

I expect to be out of touch a bit. I’m juror # 5.
Can’t talk about it whilst it’s going on…perhaps later.
Y’all have a good week!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer

Cash reserves help in times of reduced or no income.
But inflation eats cash reserves, returning nothing. As prices rise the money can buy less. Any interest earned only offsets a small fraction of the loss of buying power.
Have I put you to sleep yet?
History and basic economics suggest our economy is headed for recovery, but [...]

Ton of bricks > me.
Caught the avian swine bubonic ebola zombie plague virus…or something like that.
Monday…one nostril decided it was allergic to something…little stuffy…just one nostril…no big deal. Tuesday felt better.
Wednesday, I was so sick and unsteady that I couldn’t get out of bed.
Did the only sensible thing. Emailed the boss that I wouldn’t be [...]

Belo Tech layed off a bunch of folks Friday…that’s the division I work for in AH Belo Corp (parent company of The Dallas Morning News). I support newpaper publishing operations for three major papers.
Out of my immediate group they took 20% of our workforce. We are very good at what we do. We’ve won awards [...]

Y’all have been reading about bailouts…yep? Those of us that know about robbing Peter, the other shoe, or have even a cursory understanding of economics all know that the business leaders will profit, and the working man will pay the price.
Happens sooner than I expect.
So, had to do an upgrade this weekend at work. This [...]

When I woke up this morning I felt fine. By afternoon my chest was a little “scratchy”.
I’m working nights this week, so, at work, by 11:00pm I felt like I’d been hit by a train.
Full blown chest cold/flu stuff. Aches. Pains. Sudden violent cough.
Boy did THAT come on fast. The bubonic, ebolic bird flu [...]

Well, it’s time. The end of the year approach(ith)…and that means interesting things in the newspaper industry.
Let’s see, it means we’re busy. Lots of advertisers and sales and news to accompany it.
It means we’re frantically trying to get too many projects done. Some started due to the budgetary cycle (management suddenly deciding to spend money), [...]

Last weekend, my friend and co-worker Robert, whilst taking a leisurely jaunt about the hood, t-boned an attacking dog with his bicycle. The short of it is, He fought the dog, and the dog won.
Robert went down hard and broke his hip. He’s since had surgery, yah know…screws and plates and a forever hassle [...]

Must my reach always exceed my grasp? Must my dreams always push me beyond my current capabilities? Finiancial, equipment, time, market, employment…always, something is just not quite there.
Yeah, a dream is available. Yep, I could probably swing it for the purchase. It’s a small, friendlier town…off the mains…the perfect place to carry out my writing [...]