So I just got out of another day in a course that I'm taking through work. The course is a 28 hour course in Project Management 101 and it's amazingly intense. While people may think they understand how to run a project (I thought so) I have to say that if you've never taken a course like this you have no idea regardless of how much experience you have.
On that note I think that project management might be something that I'd like to get into in the future so I'm going to start working toward my credentials. I need to have 35 hours of classroom time (This course gives me 28) then I need to spend 4,500 hours managing various aspects of projects. I figure that since I'm doing projects all the time at work all I'll really need to do is start tracking them and possibly volunteering for some bigger ones and I'll be laughing. In another year or two I should be ready to write the exam and then we can see where things go.
While it may not be the career that I'm after it's fairly lucrative and since I'm going to be doing the work anyway I might as well figure out how to double dip.
Till next we meet. . .
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
That was close
So yesterday someone tried to kill me. I don't think he intended to but that wouldn't have made me any less dead had he succeeded. I was riding on my motorcycle when a moron cut into my lane doing about 30 less than the traffic and hit his brakes, fortunately I managed to not stuff myself up his tailpipe but it was a close thing.
I've always wondered when people talk about situations like that and say "My life flashed before my eyes" because in all the times I've nearly died I've never had that happen. Rather I find that I'm too focused on fighting my hardest to worry about little things like the rest of my life. If anything I find the rest of time and space vanishes, leaving just this little pocket of here and now which is all that matters.
It makes me wonder how many people find themselves going into that long night when they could otherwise have avoided it. How many people see the grim reaper coming and find themselves frozen with fear, unable to do anything but await what they feel is the inevitable?
It also makes me wonder how many of us out there see the grim reaper coming and find ourselves appearing frozen with fear, so as to trick him into a false sense of security so we can kick him in the balls and run like hell?
Till next we meet. . .
I've always wondered when people talk about situations like that and say "My life flashed before my eyes" because in all the times I've nearly died I've never had that happen. Rather I find that I'm too focused on fighting my hardest to worry about little things like the rest of my life. If anything I find the rest of time and space vanishes, leaving just this little pocket of here and now which is all that matters.
It makes me wonder how many people find themselves going into that long night when they could otherwise have avoided it. How many people see the grim reaper coming and find themselves frozen with fear, unable to do anything but await what they feel is the inevitable?
It also makes me wonder how many of us out there see the grim reaper coming and find ourselves appearing frozen with fear, so as to trick him into a false sense of security so we can kick him in the balls and run like hell?
Till next we meet. . .
Sunday, May 6, 2007
And Miles To Go Before I Sleep. . .
It's been a busy week.
Wednesday I was bouncing, some idiot made me throw him out. It probably wouldn't have been that bad for him since I usually try and talk people out the door but he got violent, first with another customer, then with me. The long and the short of it is that I threw him out by his head. . . fortunately he wasn't hurt as that's never my intention.
Friday I did the Labyrinth walk at the Centre and then went and watched a movie with A. We rented Man of the Year and it was really quite enjoyable.
Saturday was riding on the bike, ended up randomly at South Cooking Lake. Saw a couple of other VTX's on the way and on Whyte.
Today A., my brother and I headed out to Red Deer after church. Basically we rode down, had some food, rode back. It was a great chance to highway test a bunch of the new equipment on my bike.
Seat = Needs more breakin time but it's still head and shoulders above the stock seat. The driver's backrest is a Godsend.
Kuryakyn Iso grips = Great, really cut down on the vibration and increase comfort overall. The throttleboss is a great piece of equipment to add to your Kury grips.
Highway Pegs = useful but I need to buy the relocators to move them forward a couple of inches. I'm too compacted with them where they are.
Throttle Lock = this is possibly the best invention in the history of motorcycling. It prevents my right wrist from locking up and makes riding far more enjoyable.
Well that's it for now folks.
Till next we meet. . .
Wednesday I was bouncing, some idiot made me throw him out. It probably wouldn't have been that bad for him since I usually try and talk people out the door but he got violent, first with another customer, then with me. The long and the short of it is that I threw him out by his head. . . fortunately he wasn't hurt as that's never my intention.
Friday I did the Labyrinth walk at the Centre and then went and watched a movie with A. We rented Man of the Year and it was really quite enjoyable.
Saturday was riding on the bike, ended up randomly at South Cooking Lake. Saw a couple of other VTX's on the way and on Whyte.
Today A., my brother and I headed out to Red Deer after church. Basically we rode down, had some food, rode back. It was a great chance to highway test a bunch of the new equipment on my bike.
Seat = Needs more breakin time but it's still head and shoulders above the stock seat. The driver's backrest is a Godsend.
Kuryakyn Iso grips = Great, really cut down on the vibration and increase comfort overall. The throttleboss is a great piece of equipment to add to your Kury grips.
Highway Pegs = useful but I need to buy the relocators to move them forward a couple of inches. I'm too compacted with them where they are.
Throttle Lock = this is possibly the best invention in the history of motorcycling. It prevents my right wrist from locking up and makes riding far more enjoyable.
Well that's it for now folks.
Till next we meet. . .
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
I'm back
Well, things have been hectic but I'm back again and I apologise for the unplanned intermission.
I don't actually have anything terribly interesting to report today but I just wanted to let those of you who read the blog know that I'm getting back on this horse.
Since the last time I've been on here I've received a bunch of new parts for my motorcycle including a touring seat, and new saddlebags. The bags are huge, you could put a small child in them if you really needed too. The seat is amazingly comfortable and comes with a driver backrest. I wish I had known earlier in my motorcycle career how great a good aftermarket seat can be.
Check out mustang seats
If you're interested in a fantastic motorcycle seat. The price is about average but the product and the customer service are both outstanding!
You can also check out my training log as I've made my first entry into that since January. . .
Till next we meet. . .
I don't actually have anything terribly interesting to report today but I just wanted to let those of you who read the blog know that I'm getting back on this horse.
Since the last time I've been on here I've received a bunch of new parts for my motorcycle including a touring seat, and new saddlebags. The bags are huge, you could put a small child in them if you really needed too. The seat is amazingly comfortable and comes with a driver backrest. I wish I had known earlier in my motorcycle career how great a good aftermarket seat can be.
Check out mustang seats
If you're interested in a fantastic motorcycle seat. The price is about average but the product and the customer service are both outstanding!
You can also check out my training log as I've made my first entry into that since January. . .
Till next we meet. . .
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