Changes

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.