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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
I was pretty disappointed by the actions of Seung-Hui Cho on April 16, 2007. That's a pretty heavy topic, though.Comment
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
In as much detail as you can disclose, describe your job/worklife.Comment
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
What's your greatest fear? Do you consider it an irrational fear?Originally posted by ImmortalSixComment
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
Up front, I'll tell you guys, I went to school for Geospatial Analysis --- GIS, mapping, etc. Right now, what I'm doing is mostly "comms" focused --- everything from mapping (as in, showing the geospatial extent of) commercial telecommunication infrastructure dependecies to telecom analysis all the way down to circuit level and equipment level as in "What port on an ESS 5 switch will be used for this circuit?"Originally posted by Ken View Post
It's not perfect for my brain, but it keeps my wife well taken care of.
I spend a lot of hours figuring out what homes to what (parent-child analysis) and figuring out what telecom facilities will serve a given asset --- e.g. a DHS facility on 123 Main St. gets it's voice and data service from what end office (EO)? What signalling transfer protocal equipment (STP's) does that EO rely on for signalling service? What access tandem (AT) does that EO use for inter-LATA trunking? Stuff like that.
I'm a consultant, though, so I move around to different tasks.
I used to work at FEMA Headquarters, making maps of wildfires, incoming hurricanes, flooding. That was a cool job but I quit it to become a consultant where there's more room to grow.
I used to work at The Pentagon, where I did just exactly whatever the hell I was told. Loved that work environment --- nobody's afraid to hurt your feelings in a military setting, and it's very efficient as a result.
I know I'm not fulfilling my total potential, but I yam where I yam.
One day I'd like to get into localized energy production, but I'll need to tuck some more education under my hat before I can go charging off in that direction.
-HunterLast edited by ImmortalSix; 05-11-2009, 10:49 AM.Comment
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
^ Does your head hurt often?!?
Apart from music, what do you do to relax?👣
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
I never think about what my "fears" are. I certainly have a list of things I 'd never like to experience (death by getting dragged under a bus, for example) but there's no single thing that, if it happened, I'd say "There it is, my worst fear, realized!"Originally posted by Pink Unicorn Horsey View Post
I don't have a capstone "fear" but here is a list of things I don't want to do / experience:
Death of a child
Untimely death of my wife
Getting dragged under a bus until I die
Death by fire
Getting tortured
Involuntary eyeball removal
Pretty localized stuff, most of which is, ahem, avoidable.
I am not one of those people that fear they may lose all their money, or lose the love of their family --- my life will happen as I influence it's course with my decisions, and I'll be glad to take everything I get.
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
Yeah, the job is pretty techy / nerd stuff, and yes, there are many days where I come home and grab a guitar and a beer and just sit there and do "nothing" for about 15 minutes to let my brain defrost a little bitOriginally posted by Redmist View Post
To relax, and this may sound totally crazy to some of you, I really like to just be by myself, with no hurry or vectors of need pulling me in any direction.
I feel like I always have to be some place at a certain time or I have to do something tough, or I have to go to the **** grocery store, and I really, really just like to have a few hours (minimum!) to just do anything or nothing or just whatever the hell I decide.
My wife was out of town this weekend and I got home after the musical I'm playing in on Friday night, and I put in a concert DVD, turned the A/C down to refrigerator temperatures (she hates that!), got a beer and just sat there and enjoyed the solitude. Some guys want to go crazy when nobody's watching, but not me, I just want a little R&R.
So much of my life, as a husband, an active musician, a consultant, is dictated by what other people want. It's truly relaxing to be the only one controlling my actions for a spell.
-HunterLast edited by ImmortalSix; 05-11-2009, 11:05 AM.Comment
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
Ms. Spelling
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
To watch with her: Arrested Development on DVD --- she's got the brains to enjoy it, and I appreciate that. How I Met Your Mother --- it's a well written and funny show that she enjoys as much as I do. 30 Rock, The Office.Originally posted by sosomething View Post
Love but she hates: the usual guy shows: King of the Hill, Family Guy, The Simpsons. I love to put on King of the Hill because it reminds me so much of my dad (=Hank Hill), but she just doesn't "get" the humor.
We are strictly internet tv watchers --- no cable in our house, and we get terrible, terrible, terrible over-the-air reception at our place. We get all our TV from hulu.com and the stations' websites.
I'd don't know'st. I hate that too, I'm glad somebody else in the universe has "the didn't problem" too!Comment
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Re: The Well 69: ImmortalSix
Fun Fact: I hold a Class B CDL (Commercial Driver's License), and I used to be a bus driver.
I could thread a needle with that thing man, I loved driving the bus!
Every so often, we would have a "Roadeo" and run a challenging course with our 42 footers --- you'd have to back up around corners, do slalom, diminishing clearance at speed (hold a speed within 2 mph and the cones get closer and closer together), drive your rear duals over a tennis ball without knocking it over (there was enough space between the 2 tires to not knock it off if you did it perfectly) and all sorts of other fun tests of skill.Comment
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