What is this all about?
http://www.dwr.com/contestcorkaward.cfm
Thanks to New Skool for point this one out.
In other news: it’s raining!
It has been raining, it’s raining now, it’s going to continue to rain for the foreseeable future.
A month into the year and 1/3rd of our annual rainfall has already fallen. The reservoirs are filling up nicely and we are accumulating a nice dense snow pack in the mountains. I don’t think there will be a water shortage this year.
Friday was the last regular work day of the fiscal quarter for us. We were greeted with an email from our corporate bosses that our building is one of several in the company’s world wide inventory of building space that is to be sold to cut costs. It’s no secret that our building is under utilized. And there has been talk about trying to lease the excess space. But the announcement caught our local management by surprise. There were a couple of hurried conference calls before we were all called together and the facilities manager told us what he’d been up to and what his plans are for the near future. Ideally, we would like to sell the building and lease back the space we are using right now. We would get out from under the maintenance, upkeep and taxes on the portion of the building we don’t use. Reduce our expenses considerably. That’s at the top of the possibility list. At the bottom is the question of how far will we have to go to find just the right amount and kind of cleanroom space to fit our current needs and future needs along with office space for the rest of us.
And, if that wasn’t enough, Friday was the last day the Cafeteria served hot meals at work. Starting Monday a “roach coach” will be stopping by to supplement the extra vending machines that are supposed to be installed. I normally take my lunch but have gotten used to supplementing it with a cup of soup every so often. It’s good to have something hot on these cold, rainy days. I guess its time for Plan B.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Greetings!
I got a summons in the mail today:
Greetings:
You are summoned to serve as a Juror in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Washington County.
I haven’t had much experience with juries and jury duty. A bunch of years ago I got called for federal court jury duty. I wasn’t selected and the whole experience lasted maybe three hours. It gave me my first look inside the federal building in downtown. Pretty nice place, the rooms are big enough for the serious purpose they are used for.
A couple of years ago, two or three, I was called for this very same circuit court in Washington County. That time I reported, sat through the juror orientation, got selected for a trial to start in the afternoon. They let us go for the several hours until we would be needed. I walked around wonderful downtown Hillsboro and eventually bought a book of Damon Runyon stories: Little Miss Marker, The Apple Lady, all the characters and stories that were later turned into movies. I went back to the courthouse and started reading. Before too long, the Court Clerk came in to dismiss us, we weren’t needed after all. It seems the defendant was playing a little chicken with the prosecutor. The defendant blinked. He took the deal offered, what ever it was, to avoid the trial. We (the jurors) were no longer needed to dispense justice. The rules of jury duty, for circuit court at least, say that when you show up and have been dismissed by the court clerk, you cannot be called for another two years. Well, it must have been two years for me.
This time, if I do get selected for a jury, I hope I at get to see the inside of a courtroom at least.
In other news of the Northwest: it’s raining. It has been raining for a while, it’s raining now and it’s forecasted to rain for some time to come. All this rain has exceeded the runoff capacity of our back yard.
This is the view out our downstairs patio door a couple of days ago.
Even the birdbath was surrounded. It was like the levee broke or something....
Please note the fence in the background with the nice layer of moss on the bottom. Thats one of the ways you know you're in Oregon.
The water recedes fairly quickly, especially since we took out the swimming pool. All that new dirt soaks up a lot of water. About six or eight years ago we had a period of heavy rain followed by an unusually warm spell that melted most of the snow pack in the hills and mountains. That pushed the rivers over the flood stage. We had our own problems with the lower floor of the house flooding. But, we survived.....
Greetings:
You are summoned to serve as a Juror in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Washington County.
REPORT ON FEBRUARY 03, 2006
I haven’t had much experience with juries and jury duty. A bunch of years ago I got called for federal court jury duty. I wasn’t selected and the whole experience lasted maybe three hours. It gave me my first look inside the federal building in downtown. Pretty nice place, the rooms are big enough for the serious purpose they are used for.
A couple of years ago, two or three, I was called for this very same circuit court in Washington County. That time I reported, sat through the juror orientation, got selected for a trial to start in the afternoon. They let us go for the several hours until we would be needed. I walked around wonderful downtown Hillsboro and eventually bought a book of Damon Runyon stories: Little Miss Marker, The Apple Lady, all the characters and stories that were later turned into movies. I went back to the courthouse and started reading. Before too long, the Court Clerk came in to dismiss us, we weren’t needed after all. It seems the defendant was playing a little chicken with the prosecutor. The defendant blinked. He took the deal offered, what ever it was, to avoid the trial. We (the jurors) were no longer needed to dispense justice. The rules of jury duty, for circuit court at least, say that when you show up and have been dismissed by the court clerk, you cannot be called for another two years. Well, it must have been two years for me.
This time, if I do get selected for a jury, I hope I at get to see the inside of a courtroom at least.
In other news of the Northwest: it’s raining. It has been raining for a while, it’s raining now and it’s forecasted to rain for some time to come. All this rain has exceeded the runoff capacity of our back yard.
This is the view out our downstairs patio door a couple of days ago.
Even the birdbath was surrounded. It was like the levee broke or something....
Please note the fence in the background with the nice layer of moss on the bottom. Thats one of the ways you know you're in Oregon.
The water recedes fairly quickly, especially since we took out the swimming pool. All that new dirt soaks up a lot of water. About six or eight years ago we had a period of heavy rain followed by an unusually warm spell that melted most of the snow pack in the hills and mountains. That pushed the rivers over the flood stage. We had our own problems with the lower floor of the house flooding. But, we survived.....
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