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Today’s Business: 2010-05-13

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Shower.  DONE.
  • Cat duty.   DONE.

Log

08:30 AM: I’m up. Looks like yet another gray day out there.

08:35 AM: Read more of the      book overnight; fell asleep somewhere in chapter six, AGAIN!.  I wonder of osmosis (the learning of information from playing TVs and talking book players) really works.

09:00 AM: Facebooked a while and called [Emmy].  She’s awake and in good spirits this morning; surprising given that the Penguins lost last night.

11:00 AM: Posted the   Updating Dale: 2010-05-13  letter.

02:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   and last night’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   on the DVR.

04:00 PM: Nap time.

05:00 PM: I’m back up.

06:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil  on the DVR, that covered alienation of affection.

07:50 PM: Completed chapter five in the    Happiness Now   book.

09:10 PM: Worked the  Hard Drive Upgrades: 2010  project.  Ordered four 2 TB external hard drives.

10:40 PM: Talked to   [Emmy]   on the phone.

11:25 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   on the DVR.  Interesting piece they did about a couple of the women who host the Today show.  Well, today, they appeared without any makeup.  Amazing how different they looked.  In television, makeup indeed has a positive effect on appearance.  It dulls very shiny skin, hides blemishes and wrinkles, and provides more uniform skin tone.  But I do not support makeup’s use, because it gives our young the wrong ideas about how humans are supposed to look.  Plus, it misleads about what the user actually looks like, and may trick potential suitors into attraction, only to learn once the makeup comes off, that there was really no attraction at all.  Makeup might solve the immediate problem of looking one’s best on television.  But it creates much graver issues I believe.

11:30 PM: Now, I’m done for the day.  So good night, and I’ll chat at you some more tomorrow.

Tom Hesley

Received Mail and Shipments

  • Misc. money papers.
  • Dental bill (Mom).

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Diary Revisions: 2010-05-13

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Documents Revised Over The Past 24 Hours

Revised Post Count: 8

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Today’s Diet: 2010-05-13

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

I keep this food diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, with the hope that it decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.    It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi  throughout the day. 0 calories.
  • 02:00 PM: 2 roast beef sandwiches.  900 calories.
  • 06:00 PM: Pork roast and vegetables.  400 calories.
  • 06:10 PM: Spaghetti and 1 meatball.  400 calories.
  • 06:15 PM: Candy.  200 calories.
  • 08:30 PM: 1/2 cup raisins.  260 calories.

Total calories: 2160.

Tom Hesley

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Updating Dale: 2010-05-13

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Dear [Dale],

I’m so glad to hear that you’re still happy at work.  I’ve talked to several recently who were laid off as a result of that outsourcing of which you speak.  So how do they utilize all that vacated development space these days?  Do they still even have local developers?  Do you still see people like [George], [Kyle], [Theo], or [Tracy]?  Haven’t found them on Facebook yet.  :-)

About me: I’ve become a full-time writer and blogger; so far I’ve earned $10 total.  :-)   But bandwidth is picking up (about 6 GB / month), and in addition to the writing, I get to dabble in PHP and PERL code quite a bit.

I also play music for parties, wedding receptions, reunions, and such; though that business turned out far less lucrative than I’d hoped.  But I have 67000 recordings computerized, and the searches take less than a half a second to complete.  Songs can be retrieved by year, artist, title, lyrics in some cases, and genre.

I also take on the occasional PC from local customers to upgrade, which brings in a few dollars now and then.  But though I make significantly less money than when you and I worked the web products and document delivery components, I’m much happier – nothing against YOU of course.  :-)   I guess that ultimately, I just wasn’t cut out for the sort of work I was doing when I ended my employment with you all.  Indeed, writing seems to be a much better fit.  I just hope that I can, in some degree, duplicate the success with the blogs that I enjoyed as a software engineer working along side you.  We’ll see.

It’s hard to believe that your kids are practically adults now.  But if they made it this far, then you did good!  :-)  I never had children.  In fact, I’ve never married, though I did meet someone special, within a few months of the day I left the company.  We’ve hung out ever since.  Sometimes, we date.  Other times, we’re best friends.  But we always enjoy getting together every month or two, and we’ve accumulated lots of great memories through the years.  She’s been a wonderful friend, and my only regret is that I didn’t meet her while still living in Ohio.  If I had, I might have stayed.

Only a handful of days have passed since I began talking to some ex Ohio coworkers.  In fact, until I signed up with Facebook, I’d spoken with practically no one from Dayton in seven years.  But it’s wonderful to be back in touch with some of you again, and so I hope my keen appreciation of your letter is obvious.  Thanks very much for writing, I wish you well, and hope you’ll write again when you have a minute (Do they still keep people overly busy at the company?).  Anyway, take care and we’ll chat again sometime.  Say hi to the cafeteria, the bridge tunnels, and the fountain in front of the main building for me.  :-)  See you.

Tom  Hesley

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