So today we were having a long discussion with a certain Ambassador and a certain fact emerged. Said Ambassador said he was sometimes known as a know it all.

And I deployed “You know the old saw, those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who do.”

It was funny as all hell.

So I’ve experience weather in a few places, like Rhode Island, Massachusetts and even places like Maine, New Hampshire, Florida etc.

We’ve been in the Atlanta area for six months now. And I will say it will be sunny and warm and then suddenly the sky will open up and dump torrential rain on you before dissipating and drying out a few hours later. This seems to be a common thing between Georgia and Florida. Just that say Atlanta has drainage infrastructure so it’s not too bad.

Today’s weather – it was sunny and about 85F and then around 3PM the sky darkened and a torrential rain fell upon the ground. Now at 7:30PM (That’s 19:30 hours for we 24 hour types) the ground and everything are mostly dried out. Nice!

So apparently there’s a rule here where we cannot cuss out another party. But here’s the thing, when I cuss at something it is almost never another person, but a group, policy or what have you.

With that in mind I was thinking of curses I know in other languages. Such as in Italian and Spanish. Va Funcuolo (Go fuck yourself) Capo di Merde (Shithead in Italian) Cabeza de merde (Same thing in Spanish) But one Spanish curse that tickles me is apparently there’s a rule here where we cannot cuss out another party. But here’s the thing, when I cuss at something it is almost never another person, but a group, policy or what have you.

With that in mind I was thinking of curses I know in other languages. Such as in Italian and Spanish. Va Funcuolo (Go fuck yourself) Capo di Merde (Shithead in Italian) Cabeza de merde (Same thing in Spanish) But one Spanish curse that tickles me is Espero que te jodas por un pez which translates to I hope you get fucked by a fish.

And the weather in beautiful Atlanta – torrential downpour right now. No wonder it’s all green and blooming flowers on trees.

We started on the Bible again. The speaker mentioned Genesis Chapter II, to which I responded “What is more interesting to me is Genesis Chapter IV, verses 16 through 20. I’d like to know who the people in Nod were.”

The presenter gave a vacuous answer but I hope I was the little poison pill. I do so enjoy two things in life, being the devils advocate aka poison pill and deflating ego. Nothing give me more pleasure.

The place where we’re staying – you have to check in daily. I was told this evening that my blind spouse didn’t check in. I said I know for a fact that they said his assignment and mine and gotcha. So from this point forward I will have to stand and check what they write down.

I told the party who said this to me that we can chalk this one up as clerical error.

Soon enough we’ll no longer have to put up with this shit. And I might add you don’t want to cross me.

So I’m known as knowing IT very well around here. My reputation is one where nobody crosses me.

I’ve presented a class on the History of Computing and Counting Systems. Got quite a few compliments on that one. Next I want to teach them to code, likely using Python. It’s great fun.

Start the new job on the 24th of the month. I’m sort of excited by the prospect. Even had another interview over Skype with a headhunter – it was supposed to be for 30 minutes but she and I went on for a full hour. I had her laughing like crazy – I suppose had I been a straight guy I would have gotten a date. But alas, that’s not to be.

So after dinner this evening we had a rather lengthy discussion with a fellow gay man.

Some of the things this man espouses – that the moon landings were faked (I KNOW they weren’t) that Reptilians control us, that he’s seen UFO’s in Kansas and Nevada (Near a high military presence area no less.) or even how genetic testing isn’t accurate etc. My favorite though is the whole alien visitation thing. Now I’ve put forth it’s either aliens traveling vast interstellar distances, or it could be time travelers from the future but then I realize the latter would violate another of my beliefs that we cannot travel to the future because it hasn’t happened yet.

Then of course the spouse says myself and the other guy are coming at it from opposite ends of experience. Yeah like I had family members involved in the Apollo missions, I have actually stood inside a fusion reactor, and worked in a genomics lab where the process of retrieving and amplifying DNA sounds a lot like color film development, which I’ve done in the past.

It just makes my brain ache and weep because I know deep down we’re all maleducated dolts.

1. Alway, I mean always be nice to headhunters even if they are an added layer of parasites in the job market.
2. Always get to know the HR folks. Seriously – any trouble coming down the pike they’ll let you know.
3. Always get in good with the financial and accounting folks. They’ll tell you the real story.

I start in two weeks. I ‘ll be a Senior Linux Engineer for a big retail company. Glory fucking be!

Now this one moved very quickly. Had an echo laden Skype call with their I.T. leader on Sunday. They brought me in for an in-person interview on Monday. Today I got the news that I got the job.

One of the things during the interview – I was thanked for recommending various other tools that could be used to monitor availability beyond ICMP Ping. And I noted one of the two people interviewing, every time I’d answer a question would nod in agreement. I sort of knew I had them.

The job itself is in Marietta, GA about a hour commute via MARTA from where we are now. So not bad. One comment I will make about MARTA buses and trains – they’re spic and span clean. I was shocked. I’m used to dirty ass RIPTA and MBTA gear.