Dinosaur Memory

Yesterday was another sort of a holiday day. I went out to Kanata to see W.

W was first met toward the end of last year. He operates a company in a tech field and was looking for someone to assist him. I was doing mundane routine volunteer work and I felt ready to make the jump to something more occupationally oriented. My experience in coding and IT goes back almost 40 years. Like some lost dinosaur memory, I knew the early history of the technology he sold, and supported. All of my experience from working with Gargantua seemed to apply. The work appeared to be an ideal fit with my background and skills. The opportunity represented a positive way of easing myself back into the world of paid work.
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Self Portrait at 100

The prior blog post was post number 100. It has taken me 349 days to complete 100 posts, a rate of one post every three and one half days. The above image is not truly a self portrait. It is an attempt at humour (I have wanted to use this image for some time but could never really identify an appropriate post). The blog itself functions as a self portrait.
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