: About Me

I am a twenty-five year veteran of the computer industry, having worked as a programmer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, technician, and a trainer since I was nineteen years old. At present, I am a Database Administrator for the Delaware Department of Transportation who, and at the age of forty-four, is starting over in a new life after a rather painful divorce.

In my younger years, I thought myself a highly rational mind with some flair for the creative, but in my adult years, I came to understand that this was not accurate. I am instead an innately artistic person who focused on becoming a logical, organized thinker - with somewhat mixed results - and am working on recovering that overshadowed creative aspect of my soul.

My passion is ...

understanding.

I know too much about ...

many things, few of which interest most people.

My parents always told me ...

that I was lazy, selfish, and unwanted. Not always in those words, but...

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an astronaut.

My favorite memory ...

is of falling in love for the first time.

Why I write ...

I write because I have much to say. It is hard for me to write because I am unsure that anyone wants to hear what I have to say...

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Many things. Best / Easiest answer: National Public Radio.

My first job ...

was handling newspapers at a local press.

My best moment ...

was probably at my thirtieth birthday party, understanding that all of these people - many of whom had high-priority conflicts in their schedules - were there to honor me.

My inspiration ...

is rather absent at the moment. I am in need of direction.

Business > Staffing Issues Should US employers hire the millions of unemployed people with severe disabilities instead of illegal immigrants?

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The question is poorly phrased, and promotes inadequate or biased responses. I would cite a hypothetical example of an employer, a general contractor, who needs to hire a carpenter. Before him stand two applicants, one an illegal immigrant and the other an American citizen with one or more "severe disabilities". What are his disabilities? The contractor, according to the wording of this question, does not know or cannot make that distinction. But the contractor, if answering "yes" to the question, will unquestioningly hire him over a tall, strong man from Nicaragua. This is fine if the Ame...

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