The Colonel's Forum

This week we are finally seeing signs that spring is here to stay. The coming of spring has brought some big changes in my life. Ella and I moved into our new house last weekend and yes, it was a royal pain. The boxes are disappearing slowly but surely, and I am anxious to show the place off to friends and family. For all the hassle, it's great to be a homeowner. "You ain't no kind of man if you ain't got land" - Delmar O'Donnell, O Brother, Where Art Thou? Big changes are in the works on the job front too. Lexmark has decided to "in-source" everything, which I think is a funny term. It used to be that if you were a big company you simply did everything yourself. You had suppliers and customers and maybe a trucking company that you used exclusively, but if you needed a computer guy, you just went out and hired one. Then came the infinite wisdom of outsourcing, where the basic logic is "I make widgets, I should hire other companies to d...

So, I added some links on the right. I find myself watching the Daily show pretty much every night recently - it's so good. I'm so glad that, now that the Katrina spotlight is shining so brightly on local, state, and national officials, more people are beginning to take notice of just how dysfunctional government can be.

Apparently they're letting any fool with a PC use the web as a soap box these days, so I decided I might as well join the party. I have no specific goals for this space at all. We can talk sports, politics, music, culture, whatever. Feel free to pass the link around to friends.