http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat Just a little bit of everything about nothing. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:27:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I finally have fully joined the web 2.0 community. I have a Flickr site...more to come soon, right now its back to the world. http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=435 Consider this the grand re-opening of this blog.  I’ve tried several times to do a reboot here, talking about different things and topics but nothing seemed to stick.  I hate talking about myself, because I don’t live an interesting life or consider myself an overly interesting ... http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=432 So, last week, I got laid off.  It wasn't pleasant, it's something I wouldn't wish on anyone, but it is what it is.  It's really been a kick in the pants, really destroying my ideas of self confidence and self worth.  I know you are expected to experience these feelings ... http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=429 I'm a combination of pissed, unhappy, bored, irrated, and depressed...so I really don't have much to talk about right now.  I'll be back here in a couple of days. http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=427 So last night was filled with Empire: Total War.  I completely ignored everything else and just sat down played, and I can tell you that if the days continue like this I'm going to need as much de-stressing as possible.  As many of you know, I'm a complete history ... http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=425 So let me start off with some drama...work has decided, I should say upper management has decided to go back to UNIX and ditch the Windows-based application we have been developing and using for 2 months.  This is bad, I mean really bad.  I really don't know what is ... http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=423 So this past weekend was pretty good.  It can always be hit and miss when we travel south to visit family.  Normally, we are pulled in too many directions to enjoy the two days we are there.  But this time, like last visit, we both took off Friday to ... http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=418 Really, if you are like me and I hope you're not, you are constantly looking forward to the next something.  Usually it's just looking forward to the weekend or a big day, like someone's birthday, or a day you know you are going out for dinner.  For me, one of ... http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=415 So Friday brought us the Empire: Total War demo, which I've been looking forward to for a while.  I have to say that I was very nervous about the demo because I was worried about CA's ability to deliver a bug-free game.  And while there were some problems in the ... http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=411 So after I told Firethorn about the demo, he bought the game and told me about a 25% off sale, it's like the circle of life.  Being only 15 bucks, I threw down on it and wow, what a fun game.  It's got so much strategy going on in it ... http://www.ijsmp.com/jehoshaphat/?p=409