Well, I'm a jobless bum this weekend, since I left my job and haven't started my new one yet. My wife said I can just hang around and be a bum. How utterly nice :)

I start my new job tomorrow - I am nervous, excited, apprehensive, and exhilerated all at once. I liken it to the first day at a new school - you hope that you make some friends. You also hope nobody stuffs you in a locker LOL.

Well I have had it with my job. I love the library but the people running the show seem content to screw me, not advance me, pay me 1/2 what my colleagues make, etc. I really can't wait to get my business off the ground - but a very large corp here in town who happens to use AIX (one o' my specialties) just shot me a very attractive offer. I promised that I'd never, ever go to work for this company, but what the hell - they may not have as noble a mission, but the actual people there are givi

ya know - weirdest thing: shortly after writing my last entry I found that my dining room table could not in fact hold 2 monitors, 3 workstations, printer, network switch, boxes of software, peripherals and books. After coming home from work one day, I hauled myself out of my easy chair to see why my daughter was going on and on about something being "all broken." What I saw was horrifying: my table, purchased new for Christmas in 1999 and meant to be a family heirloom, was in pieces on the f

At first, I was just researching pricing. I wanted to know what the "norm" is for charging customers, and for what services. But collaterally, I discovered some equally useful, if not disturbing, information.

Since I have committed myself to opening up a LAN/RPG/console/etc gaming esatblishment, and I have my wife's support, I thought it might be fun to chronicle our progress. So here is the first installment.

In the last 2 weeks, I have done some preliminary research on the business in general.

I have been burning the candle at both ends trying to distinguish myself at the University Library. I took the initiative on several high-profile projects. I designed and built them a new state-of-the-art data center (which was a wonderful experience), I took the design lead on the web site redesign, and now sit on many technology advisory committees. Only problem is that I still see my career going nowhere.

Well I have been a /. member for a long while now but have never used the journal. I thought that might change now that I actually have interesting stuff to write about. Or maybe I always did, who knows. Well lets get this first entry going with some particulars.

My name is Chuck. I am 34 years old, a 1998 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Illinois State University with a degree in Technology, Industrial Computer Systems.