So, suddenly, possibilities are open again

Visa window opened on April 1st.

Whilst we were away, I got an email from a company in Denver I interviewed with last year, but at that time the timing wasn’t right (visa cap screwed me!). They’re interested still in me. I replied yesterday with a “hell yeah” email, pointing out exactly what had to happen visa wise (including costs).

I get a phone call tonight a couple of hours ago – it’s the techie development manager who is now in charge of hiring (wasn’t when I interviewed last year, so I didn’t speak to him). A half hour phone interview ensues.

Next step I hopefully get to speak to the head honcho. And then if all goes well perhaps get to actually start the visa process.

I’m trying not to get to far ahead or excited, because I’ve been screwed by the immigration system for the last 3 years, but……

wow.

Kimberly Williamson Butler

I don’t know anything about Kimberly Williamson Butler, but she certainly does not get elbuzzard.com’s endorsement for the New Orleans mayorial race. On the header of her website, she is posed on Bourbon Street in Disneyland.

Does anyone know of a spot in the Quarter that looks like this:


That’s right, the streets don’t end like that. They just don’t curve like that. Not in the section with balconies like that, anyway. Or where people can walk in the street. And they sure as hell aren’t that clean.

Over at Wonkette, they have pointed out that the trash can in the picture looks just like the ones in Disneyland:

If I remember right, the real trash cans don’t look anything like that, either.

Also: Note that there is no curb.

Kimberly Williamson Butler sucks.
via Wonkette via This Justin

Loyola planning to cut, suspend 27 programs; 17 faculty to be let go

Expecting a budget shortfall of $9 million for the 2006-07 school year, Loyola administrators today proposed a major restructuring of the university.

The plan, to be formally presented at the Board of Trustees’ meeting on May 19, would suspend and eliminate 27 undergraduate and graduate programs beginning in the fall. Seventeen tenured and tenure-track faculty members would also be let go. Comments from university members – students and faculty – will be accepted until April 19 on Loyola’s Web site, according to a press release from the university.

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Just when I thought we were doing okay…

We go and trade Wayne Gandy (OT) for Byron Scott (SS) from the Falcons.
Gandy is pretty crappy.  So is Scott.  I don’t really remember him from any Falcons game.  But that’s not important.  What’s important is that now we have gotten rid of three guys on the offensive line this offseason.  Which seems to me that we are going to take D’Brickshaw Ferguson over a defensive player like AJ Hawk in the draft.

I’d love to see the Saints go back to the days where we put our faith in our defense, rather than our offense.

It’s not broken

It’s CSS Naked Day.  (You probably don’t want to read that link, its all web design speak.)

CSS is the part of a website’s design that controls the style or presentation of a site.  Without CSS, a website is just content.

“Good” web design mandates that style be separate from content.  My design here doesn’t quite do that.  The header (the logo and navigation above) use HTML tables to control their layout.  They shouldn’t, but I’m lazy.

I’m working on another webdesign that will get rid of all the tables once and for all.  It will be a long time coming, though.

Monkey Hill

Colleen sent me this in an email via her sister:

http://www.inhabitat.com/entry_1351.php

Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast last fall, well-meaning architects, designers and planners the world over have been scrambling to submit proposals for rebuilding New Orleans. Surprisingly, however, the discussion has mainly been concentrated around what to rebuild – sidestepping the deeper issues of how and why rebuild in a floodplain at all. It is common knowledge that New Orleans was a disaster waiting to happen, simply because of the physical geological situation of the area. The city sits below sea-level in an area of former wetlands, surrounded by water in every direction – sandwiched between a giant lake, the Mississippi river and the ocean. Anyone in their right mind will realize that the only acceptable proposals for rebuilding New Orleans are ones that propose a solution to deal with the almost certain likelihood of being flooded again in the near future.

Sometimes it takes an outsider with a fresh pair of eyes to realize the obvious. In this case, it was the syncronicity between a New Orleans schoolgirl named Courtney S. and Dutch architectural firm MVRDV which led to a great idea for rebuilding New Orleans: build hills! The idea is so simple, so sensible, so obvious, and yet strangely no-one had seriously proposed it. Until now…. Dutch architecture firm MVRDV explains:

It’s brilliant! A giant astroturf hill right on Baronne Street!

Top 10 Things Brent Hopes to Fix in 2006

10) This paper shredder that I bought at Goodwill and only works in reverse. It seems like I should be able to fix it, but I have no patience. Failing that, I will nail all the furniture to the ceiling and start living upside down.

9) The fence that the faux-tornado blew over last Thursday. Me and my brother digging holes. Sweaty. Shirts Off. Flab Everywhere.

8) My relationship with Yancey Clayton. I want to stay with him this summer in Chicago. Yancey…call me.

7) My slip n’ slide. We really screwed it up last year, because grown ups aren’t meant to slip or slide. Enhancements will include making it longer and softer, and possible splash poll ending.

6) My bed. I have a huge divot in the middle. My fix will be to pile up the perfect amount bedding under my mattress. I currently have too much bedding, which means my divot has become a hump.

5) That hole my butt made in the wall at Peter’s old apartment

4) My face. I want to be pretty.

3) That “Deuce is Loose” t-shirt I tried to make Kent in 2003. I pulled it out the other day, and it currently reads “D uc i oose,” which is actaully a pretty good looking T-Shirt. But I still have the letters, and I’m going to make it happen. Then I’m going to start making “NASA=Bad” t-shirts.

2) Our porch swing. It’s only for looking at right now. My brother and I broke it last year, which was humiliating. Especially since we not only pulled it out of the ceiling, but also broke the swing with our butts. All while falling on our asses. This year things will be different.

1) A key lime pie from scratch