It's true!

So if you read about that teenager in South Carolina who was planning to blow up his school, some new information has emerged about him:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/29/teen.charged.ap/index.html

Yes that's right folks. He planned to die and go to Heaven and kill Jesus. I found this link through digg.com, and there were some pretty good comments. One person noted that "Jesus has a respawn time of 3 days." (a reference to video games, where your 'spawn time' is how long it takes for you to re-enter the game after dying).

Another insightful poster noted that Jesus is like some sort of "reverse-zombie", because "he rises from the dead, but the living feast on his flesh and drink his blood."

I miss Sexy

I'm bringing Sexy back....

I miss this blog!

I miss this blog! I'm bringing it back!

Not Quite Back-to-work

The New York Times reports that "About 48 percent of West Coast members are unemployed, according to guild statistics.".

So even though the strike is over, not all of the writer's are going back to work. Almost half are going back to looking-for-work.

What I was about to read

I picked up Unhooked at the library this past weekend. I thought it would be an interesting study of my generation and their dating habits, but then I got pissed. When was the last time someone criticized men about their sexual behavior? Give me a book that does that, and I will read it.

Hard Questions...

I haven't selected a presidential candidate to support yet. I am still trying to figure out what I believe would be the next best step for our country to take. I, of course, have more questions than answers. The first set of questions I have deal with the War on Terror.

9/11 happened seven years ago, and the United States has not experienced another attack from Al-Qaeda. I have been thinking of the following:

1. Did we grossly overestimate the threat Al-Qaeda posed to our country?
2. Was Bush and his administration correct by toppling the Tailban in Iraq and removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq?
3. Have we just been extremely lucky and it's only a matter of time before our country is attacked again?


What do you think?

Back when I had a job

It's amazing how quickly your whole life can change. Yesterday I was gainfully employed at a software development firm. Today I'm not.

The reason they gave for letting me go was that I wasn't "senior" enough for the position. Apparently through the interview process and my recommendations they assumed that I was a higher level developer than I really am. They were expecting someone who could work more independently than I have been capable of.

But seriously. No warning. You just walk in one day and it's "Hey man, we need to talk with you in the conference room". When my (now former) colleague gave me the news, I asked if he was joking twice. Twice!

So now the future is open to me. Do I search for a new job in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area? Do I jump right into my dream of living in California and move there with little more than a bookcase full of books and a prayer? Do I return to Boston with my tail between my legs and try to get rehired for my old position at Brightcove? Personally, I'd love to do the last one. But besides the fact that they might not take me back, I don't think it's a good idea to be breaking my lease (which isn't up until this November).

So I'm officially on the hunt for a software engineering job in the Metro DC area. Here we go again....!