The People With a Sense of Humor (PWASOH.com) web site is the first of my domains to move to its new home at Dreamhost.com. The site got a small feature upgrade and a bit of a make-over but more importantly it now has mailing list capabilities which means that, yes you guessed it, the PWASOH joke of the day may very well make it's re-appearance for the first time since Yahoo killed it in March or 2004. Now my hope is that PWASOH and GeekRoar combined will not chew up my bandwidth allotment over at Dreamhost. My calculations say I should be fine, but I will be keeping an eye on things and am ready to throttle the site down if I get another sudeen rush in hits. GeekRoar.com will be moving soon and may get a bit of an enhancement as well though when it will move and how much it will change remains to be seen.

On Tuesday 8/2 I was laid off my job at Xerox. The layoff caught me partially by surprise, I knew they were planning on cutting 2,600 jobs, I even knew there was going to be a re-org on Tuesday morning, I just did not know mine was one of the heads up for the axe. I spent Tuesday morning in a bit of disbelief (mixed with some disgust at how they handled the affair) and the rest of the day in quiet repose and reflection. By Thursday morning the feeling of unease had turned to one of contentment and ease. At first I thought I was in some state of denial, but the more time went by and the more I think about it, the more I realize this could actually be a very good thing. Let’s take stock:

It is very long but very worth reading. If you have some time, read up on Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About.

I stubled across this beautiful piece of poetry set to animation: Dance Monkeys Dance and have been delighted by it since. Once you have enjoyed it please visit Ernie Cline's Spoken Word page (the author and reader) and listen to the other rants. They are airwolf!

I assume that by now you have all downloaded and wasted many hours playing with Google Earth (What, you haven’t? What the hell are you waiting for an invitation? Well you are invited, now go!) but have you seen Google Moon? Check it, and oh yeah don't forget to zoom in for detail on the landing sites ;-)