Status: Still alive, but very tired.

Viva Pinata: 98% complete.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance: Hard mode completed. Excelsior!

Gamerscore: Within 6 GRAND of the market leader.

Shakeup: Final round tomorrow. Thank you notes are in the mail. Other opportunities are pending.

Wife: Taking good care of sick Don.

Current activity: Working from home.

Bozanimal has created a series of great blogs for anybody looking for tips on life. Those blogs range from how to dress smartly to the soundest financial advice one can follow when buying consumer electronics. While I'm sure he has something up his sleeve for negotitating with potential employers, I'd just like to indicate keeping sick days separated from vacation days is the best thing ever.

Being confined to bed rest at the expense of your vacation is no fun. Once the vacation (PTO) reserve is gone, any time off is at the expense of wages. I had one employer that had the perfect policy: unlimited sick days. Sure you needed a doctor's note for three sick days in a row, but your time off was at your discretion despite being subject to manager auditing. . . because you never know when you are going to get sick.

[RANT] If somebody sends out an announcement to a large number of individuals DO NOT hit Reply to All with insignificant changes. Be polite to the receiver of the message and to the rest of us being copied. Only send it to one person. Chances are we disregarded the initial announcement, the follow-up to the original sender is of even less interest to the rest of us. [/RANT]