Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

**Room 217 Caretaker** · 03-22-2013 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by bdwyer19

Sorry to hear Ralph. Hopefully you find something soon as well. What line of work are you in?

IT Director/Consultant for Education

**John Blaze** · 03-22-2013 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by mcdonaldj

No real place for this one - I recently attended the Game of Thrones season 3 premiere in Hollywood. At the after party at the Roosevelt Hotel everyone else was looking to meet the actors from the series - I went looking for the author

Second chance meeting George R. R. Martin - what a great guy and awesome writer...the season premiere on the big screen with surround sound was great as well!

Awesome!

**Ari_Racing** · 03-22-2013 10:05 AM

How cool! I'd love to meet George Martin!

**killbourne** · 03-22-2013 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Room 217 Caretaker

Originally Posted by bdwyer19

Sorry to hear Ralph. Hopefully you find something soon as well. What line of work are you in?

IT Director/Consultant for Education

Ralph, bdwyer19, SOrry to hear that. Hopefully, you two will have better luck than I have since December. Myself, veteran with a PhD in Physics. Finally got my PhD in December and only had nibbles here and there with some job interviews..

**Ben Staad** · 03-23-2013 03:29 AM

Originally Posted by bdwyer19

Rough day today, as my company laid down the hammer this morning, and I was one of the unlucky many getting my walking papers. My last day officially is in mid-May, so at least there will be some time to get my interviewing skills refined. Still, even though I've seen this coming for several months, it's very difficult to process.

Sorry to hear this. Keep your head up and I'm sending good thoughts your way.

**Sir_Boomme** · 03-23-2013 05:08 AM

wow... what a first week... I'm back from dallas; the new job at IC Enable is going to be challenging but that'll be fun. The chip design I'll be working on is really cutting edge.... if, I stay there.

Last night a buddy of mine that works at ARM semiconductors says his boss is going to contact me on Monday to give a job offer. I've been interviewing with them for the past month... had the onsite interview over a week ago...and I didn't really feel like I interviewed that well, so I was expecting a rejection email. But apparently I interviewed better than the others.

So, gotta see what Arm offers me as opposed to IC Enable. It'll need to be substantually more $$$, since all my buddies that I've worked with the past 15 years are also at IC Enable- and IC Enable's new office is a 12 minute drive, as opposed to a 45-60 minute drive I'd have do for ARM.

almost 6 months and not a peep from the dozens of resumes/apps I've sent out... now all of a sudden I have two good jobs to choose from in a two week period...

**jhanic** · 03-23-2013 12:03 PM

Congratulations, Terry! The world works in mysterious ways sometimes.

John

**Bethany** · 03-23-2013 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by killbourne

Originally Posted by mcdonaldj

No real place for this one - I recently attended the Game of Thrones season 3 premiere in Hollywood. At the after party at the Roosevelt Hotel everyone else was looking to meet the actors from the series - I went looking for the author

Second chance meeting George R. R. Martin - what a great guy and awesome writer...the season premiere on the big screen with surround sound was great as well!

Cant wait!! I would have wanted to meet the man as well.

He's very nice. We talked NASCAR lol.

**biomieg** · 03-24-2013 07:20 PM

It's 4.20 AM here right now, haven't slept yet and just came back from a trip to the hospital through the freezing cold - I 've been having severe belly cramps since last evening and regular painkillers didn't work. On top of that I had an intense 'Lardass Hogan' moment on the way to the hospital. I had a checkup and it's probably 'just' a stomach flu but boy, it hurts like hell! Got meds, now waiting for them to kick in. So whaddayado then? Yep, you post annoying autobiographical stories on TDT.org!

**Ben Staad** · 03-24-2013 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by biomieg

It's 4.20 AM here right now, haven't slept yet and just came back from a trip to the hospital through the freezing cold - I 've been having severe belly cramps since last evening and regular painkillers didn't work. On top of that I had an intense 'Lardass Hogan' moment on the way to the hospital. I had a checkup and it's probably 'just' a stomach flu but boy, it hurts like hell! Got meds, now waiting for them to kick in. So whaddayado then? Yep, you post annoying autobiographical stories on TDT.org!

Hope you get feeling better, Michaël.

**Bad Penny** · 03-24-2013 11:19 PM

Get well Michael ... chicken soup ... mate

**jhanic** · 03-25-2013 03:33 AM

Hope you start feeling LOTS better soon, Michaël.

John

**biomieg** · 03-25-2013 04:31 AM

Thank you all! After the meds started working I slept from about 5 AM to just now (1.30 PM) and I feel better (but spent). I'll be all right I guess but wow, I never felt so physically miserable before...

... okay, time to get back to books!

**killbourne** · 03-25-2013 01:12 PM

What was the publication date of IT(mm/dd/1986)?

**killbourne** · 03-25-2013 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by killbourne

What was the publication date of IT (mm/dd/1986)?

Ok, found out it was published in September 1986....does anyone know the day?

**Mr. Rabbit Trick** · 03-25-2013 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by killbourne

What was the publication date of IT (mm/dd/1986)?

Ok, found out it was published in September 1986....does anyone know the day?

15th

**killbourne** · 03-25-2013 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Rabbit Trick

Originally Posted by killbourne

What was the publication date of IT (mm/dd/1986)?

Ok, found out it was published in September 1986....does anyone know the day?

15th

Many thanks for confirming that date for me!

**Robert Fulman** · 03-25-2013 04:18 PM

Been super stressed out at work lately; I've had barely any time at all to think about books. However, for my birthday last week my wife got me a book & traycase kit from Hollander's, and I had a lot of fun putting it together. Everything you see here was hand folded, glued, and otherwise assembled by me. Even the book (a blank journal) is made of hand-sewn signatures. I now have a better understanding of what can make books so darned expensive sometimes. (In case you're wondering, I didn't get to pick the paper designs.)

Here is the closed tray case:

And the open traycase with book inside:

And a close-up of the hand-sewn signatures and decorative tail-band:

Now I just need to send a sample to CD so I can get on their traycase maker list

Overall, this was a fun and educational experience. I made some rookie mistakes, but most of the problems I had were Hollander's fault (boards weren't cut precisely enough, they didn't send me enough glue).

**Shannon** · 03-25-2013 04:33 PM

Interesting!

**Merlin1958** · 03-25-2013 04:35 PM

Looks like a job well done, Mr. Fulman!!!

**Coulrophobia** · 03-25-2013 04:44 PM

Great Job!!!! It looks fantastic!! Now you have to write a story in it titled ECHO.

**Patrick** · 03-25-2013 11:18 PM

Brian and Ralph, sorry to hear about your layoffs. I hope you both find something new quickly.

Terry, congrats on having choices.

mcdonald, how wonderful to go hang out with GRRM.

Nice traycase, Robert Fulman.

**herbertwest** · 03-26-2013 07:03 AM

Tonight : THE SHINING at the cinema

**Scoogs** · 03-26-2013 05:05 PM

I find it really annoying when you specifically request to have a book shipped in a box and it shows up wrapped in a manilla envelope.
It certainly didn't arrive in "as new" condition...

**ChristineB** · 03-27-2013 06:21 AM

Family, sometimes they can be your worst nightmare.

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