The Asylum

[Wybren]

As long as your still keen and eager, then that is good, there is nothing harder than trying to force yourself to do something you have lost passion for (been there done that have $50k in debt to the government )

You definitely deserve that 4 day weekend Gollum!

[Grimward]

Amen to that, Wy.

*Passes the pre-Easter chocolate around*

Especially if the weather is nice outside (I was never any good at doing anything related to school if outdoors was the setting and it was nice out....)

[Wybren]

* greatfully accepts chocolate*

Thanks muchly Grimly. Um when is easter anyway? I know it must be soon as we have all the chockie eggs out at work..

[Grimward]

April 12 if one is Roman Catholic, April 19th if one is Greek Orthodox.

Those are the two denominations I'm familiar with where Easter has different dates....there may be others...

And yes, the eggs and their less innocent brethren have been loosed upon unsuspecting grocery, pharmacy and other hapless retail shoppers with kids here, too...

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Grimward

Yep. Got to watch out for those Post-Grad in I.T. types...

Cheers Gol, how is?

Thanks all...

Hey, we're a "special" group us I.T Google boys & girls...

Well Grim, I just got out of bed before and I'm enjoying the sensation of not having to sit at the computer for the next 10 hours slaving away on documents. Those hours are not what I normally do, we just had to fast track things a bit as part of a major project where the milestones can't be missed or it's possible curtains for the project. A case of the project plan underestimating rather than overestimating time. A common occurrence in business projects actually.

[Wybren]

No there is only the Orthodox and the Catholic easters but it is the Catholic one that is the one that is given the holidays over here. If your pagan you celebrate Oestara at the spring equinox so in the north they are about to celebrate that while in the south it is Mabon that is being celebrated.

My work usually has the easter eggs on show on the 1st of january but this year they have waited.

[Grimward]

Tell me about it. Had two projects dropped on me this week where there aren't even specifications and they're "supposed" to be in the testing phase as of this past Monday....they weren't happy with my "Testing what?" reply.....

EDIT: I think they'd have them out Jan. 1 here too, Wy, if Valentines Day didn't get in the way....

[mirinda]

*sneaks in*

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Grimward

Tell me about it. Had two projects dropped on me this week where there aren't even specifications and they're "supposed" to be in the testing phase as of this past Monday....they weren't happy with my "Testing what?" reply.....

Actually I'll probably be involved in testing as well as I have a background in that area. Basically over 15 years in I.T. I have 4 main areas of expertise: I.T. support (incl. being a UNIX Sys Admin), training, testing and technical writer (main activity over the past 8 years). I have found that having several strings to my bow but with a specific focus in one discipline e.g. technical writing has helped me get jobs in the past because I can always value-add to a project or task. What I.T. company doesn't need at least 1 if not all of those 4 disciplines at any one time? My strike rate (that is jobs converted from interviews) in the past 15 years during which time I would have worked for at least a dozen companies incl. contract and permanent roles runs at about 80%, which I can promise you isn't too shabby for an old codger like myself...

Anyway, I must be going, restaurants to enjoy, bookshops to visit and therefore books to buy with all this overtime I've accumulated. A hard life but someone has to lead it....

Bye all....

[The Ace]

Freda scuttles over quietly and hugs Mir. She likes this new game.

[mirinda]

*hugs Freda and scratches her head.* *whispers* So Freda who are we going to pester?

[Wybren]

I must vamoose myself, I promised the Tiger Monkey I would take him to the indoor playground this morning and get him an icecream.

Take care all

* vanishes into the shaddows*

[HoopyFrood]

Bye Wybe, Goll.

[Grimward]

Bye Gol. Happy restaurants and book shopping!

Cheers Ace, and you too Ms. Druid.

*Fiery disks float expectantly in front of Miri*

EDIT: Bye Wy!

[The Ace]

Bye Wybe, yes, it's almost ice-cream weather again.