Well, National set me up with a Chevy Trailblazer. It is not a bad car, but it’s a bit like driving your living room around. Comfortable, but vague. At least it has a hand-activated e-brake so the potential for “rental car fun” still exists.<\/p>\n
I thought that the years of working from 9’ish until past 10 were behind me, an aspect of the dot-com boom that I could remember with fondness from a safe distance. I was wrong. I started a new job almost a month ago (as anyone who reads this blog at this point almost certainly knows) and have been working those same hours again (tho’ this time my weekends have been mostly<\/i> free, which is good, I’m sure my girlfriend would kill me otherwise). There is a lot to learn and plenty to do (the lack of which are both reasons why I left my previous job), but it’s a pretty severe change from working for a “big company”. I miss my 2-hour lunches…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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