Decibel-Places
Status: I got a kick in the butt from my editor. I need to deliver chapters & finish my book. Less time for DS for a while.
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I am trying to finish chapter 7 (out of 10) on my book about CORS today. I hope that I will be able to resume participation in DS by next year.It's been a roller coaster year, I am working for my 5th...
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note: I am okay. I've been busy with work, and looking for my next gig after my current contract ends in late July. That's like having 2 jobs. Last week my daughter and I started the process of...
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Jeannette was my best friend Mario's other best friend. They fought like spouses, or siblings. I used to tell him they should get married, a funny idea because they were both gay, but in many ways...
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As a technology professional, I monitor the pulse of new technologies, apps and services.I heard about Talkspace today, a service powered by IBM Watson (the super computer that beat Jeopardy champion...
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I went back to my new doctor Wednesday for results of my blood work. I haven't had a physical in 3 or 4 years, I was busy taking care of my mom and then my wife. Last time, things were fine.My doctor...
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I felt "good" for the first time in a long time 2 days ago. Then yesterday I felt "bad." I am diagnosed with Bipolar II, I'm used to mood swings, but they are still difficult. Today, I feel "ok"...
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I have been using the phrase "conscious recovery" to describe how I decided to stop being pathetic and dysfunctional, and made a conscious effort to be well and achieve my goals: support myself and...
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Haunting My Husband by Toni Clark Nothing much has changed. He looks right through me, doesn't hear a word I say, forgets all my instructions: where we keep the strainer, how to fold the...
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I had a pretty good time at the reunion last weekend, a better time than I had at the first reunion I went to 5 years ago. A couple of dear friends were there this time whom I haven't seen in 35...
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(another discussion topic I thought would be good in my journal)I didn't only lose my wife and my mother last year, I lost my best male friend.I met a man about my age at an Ivy Life networking event...
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I wrote this as a response to a discussion. I think it's a good journal entry too.My wife of 25 years died last July. I guess I don't count weeks/months anymore, except I counted them on my fingers...
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I found a new job after looking for almost 2 months. I am an IT consultant, so typically I am hired by the vendor providing the end client with services, and sub-contracted. Then when the project is...
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Social Security called me in for a review. I was not surprised, the past few years I have earned increasing amounts above $100K. Until my wife died last year, I needed the extra cash to pay for her...
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Oh boy I'm glad 2014 is over! My mom died in March, my wife died in July, my best friend died in September. Also in September, Faith the Dog died. I was her volunteer webmaster for the past few...
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The last two months interviewing for a new Web Developer job after my last contract ended in October were too stressful to make quitting New Years Eve a realistic goal. I'm starting a new contract...
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