In October, I mentioned that I had changed jobs and at the time I was more than a little apprehensive about this change. I'm not one to welcome change, especially when it involves leaving a stable and steady job that I had enjoyed for a little over four years.

As with all change, it was the unknown which brought about the apprehension. That unknown has been slowly replaced by things which both challenge and excite me. I make it a point to tell my former co-workers that they really should follow me to my new employer as it is by far the best place that I've worked.

I'm not one to toot my own horn so to speak. I don't go around claiming to know it all. I usually try to stay out of the spotlight.

I'm a behind the scenes, under the radar kind of guy. I know what I'm capable of and I do, on rare occasions, challenge myself to do more than that. This is one of those occasions.

In recent months I've been working with a really smart group of people on a project called NOWCastSA (http://www.nowcastsa.com/). In the beginning I was more of an indirect observer but I've recently become a co-conspirator or technical mentor if you will.

A few weeks ago one of my co-workers finally got around to catching up on my twitter and blog nonsense. He made sure to point out several flaws which I've yet to address including this one which I am now addressing.

What is AIH? AIH is Adventures In Homeschooling.

As a follow up to Crisis Level Epsilon...

I went to court today with my wife to attempt to get some of the charges dismissed as a result of my own mistakes.  The judge listened intently as I explained how the last couple of months had gone between the gallstones and the kidney stones and everything else.  I made sure to emphasize that this was my responsibility, period.

Just a quick follow-up to my previous post.  It would appear that my plea went unheard.  This could be for any number of reasons but it appears that one of my primary social communication tools had a melt-down (aka, The Great Twitter NoReply) at around the same time.

I managed to secure funding, albeit in a less than desirable way.  I had to pay my fines in the form of a bond so that I could get a new court date.  My wife didn't have to pay and got a personal recognizance bond and a new court day as well.

Justice is neither blind nor equal.

As I began cleaning up the stack of papers and other assorted junk that has accumulated over the last few months as a result of my mounting health problems I came across a ticket that I had received two days prior to my emergency gallbladder removal.  FML.

In my attempt to be a nice citizen and try to make arrangements to get it taken care of I was told "$1538.00 or go to jail."  FML.

As I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown I was told "$1538.00 by Thursday or go to jail."

So here's why I'm posting this...

There's a very specific reason for this site...

A few random thoughts from today...

Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting ... http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1887486,00.html?iid=perma...

That might explain a few things.

For the record, I'm somewhere in the autism spectrum closer to the Asperger side of things. I've been mis-diagnosed with a number of things including traces of ADHD at one point.

I've also learned how to "Fake It" for the most part. I still hate crowds and when I'm not running at full throttle I'd rather avoid people in general.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/education.school.year/index.html

Duncan said American students are "at a competitive disadvantage" because the United States has shorter school years than other countries such as India and China.

The competitive disadvantage is that our public schools are a failure. Longer school years will not change this. Changing what we teach and how we teach it is the only way to solve this problem.