After applying to 266 jobs over 16 months, and going on 30 interviews, I finally landed a full-time job!

Was it a miracle?

Of course it was, it certainly wasn't based upon my qualifications and hard work. I finally hit the job search trifecta - right time, right place, right person. Yes sir. I even got the salary I held out so long for - $15 an hour! I hit the trifecta and the daily double! I am making $5 an hour more than I made in 1991 (26 years ago!) when I was...

I'm back.

Let the fanfare start [oh wait, no one cares].

Last time I wrote on my blog was more than a year ago. My blog was mainly about my job search experience. That got tedious and boring so I stopped writing entries in my blog. Today I woke up and decided to change my blog and write of my experiences living day to day as a misanthrope. Yeah, you heard it, I am a misanthrope. I don't like most people, never have and probably never will. Needless to say I have...

I am always interested in pop appraisals, for-profit "Estimates of Value," "What's my home Worth?" and other teasers utilized to bring traffic and sales leads to websites.
I just talk to too many people who put some level of faith in these numbers, both Buyers and Sellers.
These pop appraisals are generated from "AVM" technologies.
"Automated Valuation Models."
It is the technology used by your local property tax assessors and some...

Maybe this is an encouraging sign, that people are actually figuring it out now. It was a genius of an idea by the Federal Highway Administration many moons and traffic signal changes ago. If you'll recall, I did a post on this particular phenomenon a few years ago, but we've come a very long way since that keyboard scribble.

Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) really works. Not only that, but people are adjusting to these positive changes on the roads. Still, there...

I have not committed, but I certainly feel comfortable with either Infinity or Sierra.