I didn't make it to the game this weekend, but ISU's offense was a lot more productive than it was last weekend versus the Panthers. Of course, Ohio isn't really all that much of a football powerhouse. I don't think we'll really know how good or bad the Cyclones are until they face Iowa next weekend.
Today is our one-year anniversary! Yep, one year ago today, Holly and I were married, it doesn't seem like it's been that long, but at least now we can eat that nasty old cake that's been sitting in our freezer for a year. Mmmm... I'm sure it will taste just great. Tonight, we're going out for dinner, and maybe a movie. though I've been teasing her about her present for the last two days, so I'd better give it to her soon.
I was incredibly surprised to see the announcement that a new Heinlein novel is going to be published soon, apparently the first one he ever wrote, which was deemed too racy to be published back in the 1930's. I found it on Amazon, already available for pre-order, and have ordered my copy. Just today, from all the Slashdot traffic, it's jumped up to #17 on their best seller list. It's not everyday that your favorite author, who's been dead for 15 years, comes out with a new book. In this case, it's called "For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs".
A bit sore this morning, not too bad in the leg muscles, no real pain, just some weakness there. Fortunately we don't have class again until Monday, so I have some recovery time. I may have injured my taint, however, so I'm walking a bit funny today. And I don't have any analgesics (no pun intended) here at work right now either. Ow.
I had a phone interview today for another position here in the University, it'd be working over in the Network Services division of our central IT division. Unlike any sane corporate IT place, IT within our University (and many others) is a decentralized affair. Many divisions, colleges, and departments have their own tech people, and they may provide redundant or conflicting services in many cases. This probably isn't the most efficient way to go about it, but a lot of the administrators like it, because if they have a problem, they have the power to do something about it, and they have people under their control. So, in any case, if I got the position, which would primarily involve running the backup system for the university (I think it's Veritas) and assisting with Active Directory administration tasks for our forest, I'd be moving out of here. I'm not so sure I really want the job so much, as it'd be more stressful, and in an environment with less creature comforts and machinery that isn't as nice as ours, but, there's the potential for a significant salary increase, and I'm all about the Benjamins. Hopefully I'll find out next week if I make it on to round two of the interviewing process, I heard that there were 65+ applicants for the position, just to show you that tech people are hurting for jobs in this economy too...
