I work third shift at IBM as an operations duty manager. Essentially, I am a corporate fire jumper. When a WAN router to between Shenzen and Kuala Lampur loses its brains and sends traffic to Helena, Montana instead, or Bulgarian hackers compromise a cruise line reservation system and steal ten thousand black amex numbers, i coordinate the 'recovery management', which is to say I direct the technical teams where to go and what to do.
Its a 24 hour world now. I came into work Monday and learned that two experienced contractors had just been let go. Literally, just then. They came into work, were told they were being terminated, and that this was their last night on shift. I had known these gents for years and they were professional, experienced vets. Once everyone was seated, they explained that corporate headquarters was streamlining its processes, optimizing the workforce structure, clarifying its business vision, focusing on Here's a much better capture of the rainbow.
I posted the last one from my laptop in a coffee shop while in a huge hurry, which are hardly optimal circumstances. After the second day of apocalyptic white-outs -- flying, stinging, choking, blinding dust -- and rain, a rarity indeed, the playa was graced with a spectacular double-rainbow Friday afternoon.
My first thought when I saw it was: "Stupid rainbow. I looked again a few minutes later, though, and actually noticed it in its entirety. Then I booked it to the top of an RV. To the right you can see left side of the Cirque Berzerk Big Top. See the complete galleries at www. I bet you're expecting a man full of sin, one who doesn't care for moral rights or laws.
One who can walk the line of both worlds, and still not be scarred. If this is what you predicted, then you're dead wrong. I do walk both lines, but both lead to different trails. It all started with her death.
