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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Change of Pace/ Fore!
Things have been shaken up a bit for the Kid lately. See, I'm changing jobs. My old company encouraged me to come back and join them, and I've decided to do so. I've had a good run at my current company, but this was a good opportunity that I just couldn't pass up.
In my thoroughly extensive experience with accepting job offers (this is the third time I've done it), the new company always wants you to start right away. Things are happening. We need you to get in here and hit the ground running. The world is going to explode in 24 hours, and ONLY YOU CAN STOP IT! You know what I'm talking about. And, while you may be Jack Bauer, I am not, and I think the urgency, by and large, is a bunch of hooey. Since I got out of college last century, I haven't been off of work for more than a week in one stretch. OK, maybe about 10 calendar days. Either way, it's not a very long time, and I want a break. So, what with some vacation time at my current job and not starting right away at the new/old company, I'm not going to start until the 17th. I'm VERY excited about that.
People keep asking me what I'm going to do with my time off, and the question is positively pregnant with expectations. Am I going to travel the world? Build an addition on the house? Finally solve the mystery that is Amelia Earhart's disappearance? In a word, no, no, no. (Yes, that's one word. It's just repeated three times.) What I am going to do is relax. I don't want to go on trips or do anything particularly strenuous. I'm staying at home and chilling out.
I do have one thing I want to do with my time, though. I'm going to try to play golf at least every weekday until I start the new gig unless my body can't handle that much golf in such a concentrated dose. Or unless I just decide that I want to stay in bed or something. I broke 90 for the second time ever earlier this year, and I'm hoping that I might manage to do it one more time during the next couple of weeks. I'll keep you posted. Seriously, I will. I've decided that I'm going to write something about all the rounds I play before I start the new job. So if your eyes glaze over and you end up face down and drooling on your keyboard when I start talking about golf, you might want to stay away for a while. Otherwise, I'll be talking at you again soon.
Providing a marvelous segue (Look at that word. Don't you just love to see it in print? I certainly do. It's very cool, as far as words go. "Segue." There it is again! But I digress.) between working and my golf-filled time off, my last "working" day at the current gig was playing a round of golf in an outing that I had set up with the clients. It was marvelous, and we even played at a course that is one that I would almost never pay to play because it is too expensive. We played at Westfields. I had played there once before when I first started playing, and I shot a 75. On the front 9. So you could say that I got my money's worth if you think of it in terms of dollars per stroke. But I loved the course, which is just lovely, if quite challenging. So I was excited to play there again. This time I shot a 95 for all 18 holes. My normally wild driver did a good job of keeping the ball on the course off the tee, and I had three blow up holes that kept me from breaking 90. It was a marvelous Fall day, and ... well ... I'm looking forward to getting back out on the links tomorrow.
Have a great Monday. Hit 'em straight.
P.S. If you'd like to join me for a round in the next couple of weeks, let me know. I'm probably up for it.
In my thoroughly extensive experience with accepting job offers (this is the third time I've done it), the new company always wants you to start right away. Things are happening. We need you to get in here and hit the ground running. The world is going to explode in 24 hours, and ONLY YOU CAN STOP IT! You know what I'm talking about. And, while you may be Jack Bauer, I am not, and I think the urgency, by and large, is a bunch of hooey. Since I got out of college last century, I haven't been off of work for more than a week in one stretch. OK, maybe about 10 calendar days. Either way, it's not a very long time, and I want a break. So, what with some vacation time at my current job and not starting right away at the new/old company, I'm not going to start until the 17th. I'm VERY excited about that.
People keep asking me what I'm going to do with my time off, and the question is positively pregnant with expectations. Am I going to travel the world? Build an addition on the house? Finally solve the mystery that is Amelia Earhart's disappearance? In a word, no, no, no. (Yes, that's one word. It's just repeated three times.) What I am going to do is relax. I don't want to go on trips or do anything particularly strenuous. I'm staying at home and chilling out.
I do have one thing I want to do with my time, though. I'm going to try to play golf at least every weekday until I start the new gig unless my body can't handle that much golf in such a concentrated dose. Or unless I just decide that I want to stay in bed or something. I broke 90 for the second time ever earlier this year, and I'm hoping that I might manage to do it one more time during the next couple of weeks. I'll keep you posted. Seriously, I will. I've decided that I'm going to write something about all the rounds I play before I start the new job. So if your eyes glaze over and you end up face down and drooling on your keyboard when I start talking about golf, you might want to stay away for a while. Otherwise, I'll be talking at you again soon.
Providing a marvelous segue (Look at that word. Don't you just love to see it in print? I certainly do. It's very cool, as far as words go. "Segue." There it is again! But I digress.) between working and my golf-filled time off, my last "working" day at the current gig was playing a round of golf in an outing that I had set up with the clients. It was marvelous, and we even played at a course that is one that I would almost never pay to play because it is too expensive. We played at Westfields. I had played there once before when I first started playing, and I shot a 75. On the front 9. So you could say that I got my money's worth if you think of it in terms of dollars per stroke. But I loved the course, which is just lovely, if quite challenging. So I was excited to play there again. This time I shot a 95 for all 18 holes. My normally wild driver did a good job of keeping the ball on the course off the tee, and I had three blow up holes that kept me from breaking 90. It was a marvelous Fall day, and ... well ... I'm looking forward to getting back out on the links tomorrow.
Have a great Monday. Hit 'em straight.
P.S. If you'd like to join me for a round in the next couple of weeks, let me know. I'm probably up for it.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Templatey Stuff
Things are changing here at The Chronicles. Blogger has this new beta action going on, and I decided to try it out. As a result, we have a shiny new template and some other new features that we haven't messed with much yet. But I thought I'd tell you why things seemed a little different here.
Friday, June 03, 2005
Maybe not so "only"
So it would seem that my comments in my previous post about it possibly being the only installment of the Chronicles that I would ever write were incorrect. In fact, I set this site up so that I could update you all without spamming everyone. Of course, it will now be up to you to check for updates, but there's nothing I can do about that. Well, that's not exactly true. Because I am so generous, I've provided an Atom feed that you can subscribe to, if you're down with the whole syndication thing. If you're not, you can just check back here from time to time.
There are a few things I should tell you about this site, as well as a few questions inspired by The Week That Things Changed that I should answer. I will do so in the ever-popular question and answer format:
Why in the world did you create this site?
When I wrote the email about shaving my goatee, I received a surprisingly large number of emails requesting more of the Chronicles. I also received a surprisingly small number of requests to be removed from my mailing list. So those of you who would rather read about my boring life than think about your own boring or exciting lives are welcome to whenever you like.
You keep calling it a site, but it's really a blog isn't it?
I suppose this is technically a blog, but I doubt I'll update it enough to be a real blogger. I certainly can't imagine being as prolific as Lawton's sister. Still, I can already hear one person saying, "Now Abs is in the blogosphere." "Blogosphere" is a very important word to this person. You know who you are.
Do you really think people want to read about your life?
Umm, no. At least I didn't until some of you clamored for more. Truth be told, I'm sure it was less the story and more the powerful prose and bons mots in my message that left you aching for more. Nonetheless, we aim to please.
Why didn't you include a picture with your email about shaving the goatee? And why don't you have one on this page?
The reasons are many. When I sent out that email, there were as yet no new pictures of me without the goat. Those of you who knew me before I shaved it can probably look at some old pics to get an idea. Those of you who don't are completely SOL. As of right now, there exist a few pics of me with the smooth chin, but none of them are really worth crowing about. Finally, I think you should make an effort to see me in person if you want to experience baby-faced Abs. I feel sure it's been too long anyway.
When you shaved your goatee, did you find more than one chin?
Ha, ha. Very funny. Yes, I'm chubby. Thanks for noticing. Of course, I prefer to be thought of as sexy chubby, but there's no getting away from the chubby part. I was quite curious as to how the chin(s) would look sans goat, and I was happy that there didn't appear to be 2 of them. However, there is definitely more chin material there than I would like, and it shows up when I position my head in certain unflattering ways. So I can't claim to have the ideal 1.0 chins. I think what I'm really dealing with right now is about 1.5 chins.
My God you babble! Do you ever shut up?
Sadly for you, no. But I will wrap this up, because it's getting out of control. To sum up: new blog, less spam, bons mots, no good pictures, 1.5 chins, sexy chubby.
There are a few things I should tell you about this site, as well as a few questions inspired by The Week That Things Changed that I should answer. I will do so in the ever-popular question and answer format:
Why in the world did you create this site?
When I wrote the email about shaving my goatee, I received a surprisingly large number of emails requesting more of the Chronicles. I also received a surprisingly small number of requests to be removed from my mailing list. So those of you who would rather read about my boring life than think about your own boring or exciting lives are welcome to whenever you like.
You keep calling it a site, but it's really a blog isn't it?
I suppose this is technically a blog, but I doubt I'll update it enough to be a real blogger. I certainly can't imagine being as prolific as Lawton's sister. Still, I can already hear one person saying, "Now Abs is in the blogosphere." "Blogosphere" is a very important word to this person. You know who you are.
Do you really think people want to read about your life?
Umm, no. At least I didn't until some of you clamored for more. Truth be told, I'm sure it was less the story and more the powerful prose and bons mots in my message that left you aching for more. Nonetheless, we aim to please.
Why didn't you include a picture with your email about shaving the goatee? And why don't you have one on this page?
The reasons are many. When I sent out that email, there were as yet no new pictures of me without the goat. Those of you who knew me before I shaved it can probably look at some old pics to get an idea. Those of you who don't are completely SOL. As of right now, there exist a few pics of me with the smooth chin, but none of them are really worth crowing about. Finally, I think you should make an effort to see me in person if you want to experience baby-faced Abs. I feel sure it's been too long anyway.
When you shaved your goatee, did you find more than one chin?
Ha, ha. Very funny. Yes, I'm chubby. Thanks for noticing. Of course, I prefer to be thought of as sexy chubby, but there's no getting away from the chubby part. I was quite curious as to how the chin(s) would look sans goat, and I was happy that there didn't appear to be 2 of them. However, there is definitely more chin material there than I would like, and it shows up when I position my head in certain unflattering ways. So I can't claim to have the ideal 1.0 chins. I think what I'm really dealing with right now is about 1.5 chins.
My God you babble! Do you ever shut up?
Sadly for you, no. But I will wrap this up, because it's getting out of control. To sum up: new blog, less spam, bons mots, no good pictures, 1.5 chins, sexy chubby.
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