I've spent the last two weeks traveling.

One for work and one for fun.

Little blogging and lots to do.

Work is mostly sitting around in meetings wondering what I'm doing there (in a cosmic and literal sense) and when it will be over.

I was beginning to feel like Bean in Ender's Shadow.

Lots of food everywhere.

I also made this form for the Cerner interview process based on my observation of their employees.

Is the applicant young, attractive, and well-spoken?

-Yes= Hire immediately

-No= Offer a warm handshake.

It seems like those are the basic requirements for their employees. Closely followed by being tech-savvy and cordial.

There were a lot of cookies around that office though. I wonder how they keep all that up?

Just found this little gem on the internet. Like all things on the internet, could this be for realz?

It's supposedly a memo (few years old) posted by the Cerner CEO, chewing his middle management out for poor productivity.

Must have gotten that straightened out, these people were great to work with.

I guess David wasn't joking about the beatings though...

Cerner even has their own "facebook" (complete with iPhone app.) Crazy world in it's own. Our building was an old Casino on the Missouri River. It was quite fancy and a little weird to have meetings in.

The buffet was good (as previously stated.)

Also, on the mention of Facebook. I've deleted myself, removed as much as I could, contacted the Admins and submitted a request to be deleted.

I'm through with social media (well...sort of.)

Facebook was going to get me in trouble (again) eventually (again) and I decided I'm done with it. Not interested enough in most people's lives. This way if I really want "social interaction" I'll actually talk to someone, not look at pictures of their dog without their knowledge.

Besides all that pseudo-friendship probably isn't good for society.

This way I can spend more time blogging!!

If you want to contact me you'll have to email, call, text, or write me.

Ha.

Ode to a Kindle

I should really, no really be doing something else right now.

I mean honestly, when you have to purchase receipt paper rolls to create your weekend to-do lists, you really shouldn't be dinking around the internet. I blame this on my parents.

Weekends were more like Workends at my house, but we all loved it. There's no way to excape it either. It was always a "Hurry up! We need to relax!"

Anyway. I've kind of broken that mold a bit. Here I sit, Saturday morning. After sleeping in until 7am. I snuggled with a cat. Made a cup of coffee, wrote in my journal, then... picked up my Kindle.

A pageless turn, a weightless thing

How could I so swiftly discard my others?

Speakers yes, but no backlit screen

It lays on a table, not bookcase with brothers.

It feels so light, yet heavy with knowledge

So simple to transport, and hard to escape

I acquire new adventures must faster at current

Visit endless worlds, with hardly the baggage

If my arms grow weary, I switch it to landscape

Buy, trade, and share? Books even for rent.

I like it. Its easy to carry and find new books without having to GO anywhere. I'll probably read tons more now that I have one. No longer confined to what the library has, or what is a decent price at the bookstore.

I don't really like acquiring things. You always have to store things, and keep up with them, etc. I never seem to want to read the books I have on my shelf, because they're always there. There's no sense of urgency. I rarely read library books I get because I don't want them to get damaged when I carry them around.

I do see the negatives of a Kindle though.

The snoop factor is gone.

When people come to my house, they can't really snoop through my books. Potential conversations are lost. Also, when reading in public no one can see what you're reading. Good and a bad thing. But then again, potential conversations are lost. No one is going to be like, hey that person is reading a book I've read. Maybe we're similar enough to have a pleasant moment. Nope. Moment gone.

Also. I'm spending a lot more money on books now. The nice thing is, Kindle books are much cheaper...