Saturday, October 05, 2024
Saturday
Friday, October 04, 2024
Big Ole Hairy Friday
Thursday, October 03, 2024
Photo Flashback Thursday
Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out, time to look at some of the 30,000+ photos that I have stored on my computer. Little lost moments in time that I either captured with a lens, scanned or just stole from someplace on the internet. I like to find just one and post it up and recall or relive the picture to the best of my ability. Sometimes this is a pretty easy task and sometimes it's not that easy, one thing it has always been a lot of fun.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Tuesday's Tidbits
* A very busy Monday has been completed, now it is time to just simply do a tidbits. Is it Really October??????
* It has been 22,195 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new, new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar.
* It has been 7,448 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Has it really been that long? Wow.
* 6,035 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. 10,000 BC, I could have picked a better movie but not a better partner.
* 5,246 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. She knew it was coming, and it was still the best decision I ever made in my life.
* It was 5,284 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, it was a great day with friends and family.
* I have now lived 2,421 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong, slowing down but still going.
* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 1,079 days ago today.
* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 938 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again!
* I have 2,680 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows though, doing what I do I may never retire.
* Pitt comes back to Morgantown in 348 more days. I can't wait. Revenge time.
* There are 309 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary together.
* There are only 170 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.
* 125 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. He and French Creek Freddie agreed on their predictions this year, now let's just wait to see if they come true.
* 99 more days to go until my Goodbye 2024 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year.
* There are 85 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. Time to start thinking about it.
* There are 69 days until I hit the age of 61. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21.
* There are 11 days until Brittany and Matt enter into the bonds of matrimony. It's getting closer.
* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) days that I have hated both Pitt and Penn State.
* I have written 7,698 blogs in what is now 20 years since I started blogging. Two decades ago.
* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.
* Jim and Chris had a pretty good auction this weekend, I'll keep you updated when the next one is.
* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 6th place among friends and family. I'm trying to catch up.
* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This weeks TikTok, Justin Nunley is one of my Favorite TikTokers, the guy is hilarious.
* My first day as an Official Parsons employee is in the books. Oh the monstrosity of a workstation that they sent to me. I'm familiar with everyone I work with, so that works out really well.
* Have a great day.
* Hi ho hi ho
Monday, September 30, 2024
Monday
Even though I have been working for them for the last 15 months, I am no longer a contracted employee from an outside firm and I am now an official Parsons employee. My Orientation will be today (doing I-9's and all that fun kind of stuff) even though I'm already familiar with the culture and where I need to go. It's a remote role that could lead into bigger chances down the road, as they hire a lot of GIS people and they usually put their job posting up internally for Parsons employees first, so I am in the door so to speak rather than being a contractor on the outside looking in. When I first started at NETL, Parsons along with SAIC (who I worked for) and EG&G who is now Amentum and I also worked for up until my time ended there, were the three primes that had the whole site contract. This should open up some great opportunities for me to day the least. I already was offered to go to Malstrom this month, but it conflicted with Brittany's wedding so I passed this time around.
In case you are wondering, I'm still keeping my day job with AliPro and contracted to EPE, another world wide firm with a number of opportunities.
In the GIS field the most lucrative areas are Military and Power (electricity) and I have them both covered with Parsons and EPE. I did work in the gas field last year, but no where near as lucrative as the military or the power industry.
I did have a very short-term thing come up for Hurricane Helene, it would have been only a couple of weeks for Geospatial Support for the aftermath of the Hurricane. It was all because I worked with FEMA when I was at NETL I had three FEMA Certifications. I told them to keep my name for future opportunities.
Have yourselves a great day.
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Sunday
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