So the job hunt is on.  Hmm… maybe ‘hunt’ isn’t the right word.  ‘Hunt’ sounds like something fun.  Something thrilling.  It evokes images of a great adventure spent tiptoeing through idyllic landscapes, waves of excitement surging through quivering bodies as you match wits with a formidable and worthy quarry.  It’s about testing the limits of [...]

Some of you took interest in my last post about internet security at my office.  Well, the rabbit hole runs deeper than you know.  It is not enough to block us from accessing our favorite websites.  Some sort of public humiliation is in order as well.  Once the “Access has been Blocked” screen appears on [...]

While no excuse can justify my absence from blogging these past months, perhaps the graphic below will shed a little light on the matter:  Access to http://www.thesandinista.com/ has been blocked by WebMarshal™ Access to this site was blocked by the rule ‘Block pornography’. Your company’s web gateway has been configured to control access to this site. Contact your local [...]

                                            “A Fence” Now the stone house on the lake front is finished and the      workmen are beginning the fence. The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that      can stab the life out of any man who falls on them. As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble      and all vagabonds [...]

Some of you have asked about my corporate abode where most of the Sandinista! action takes place.  Below is the scenery I enjoy 10 hours a day during the work week: Pretty sweet, right?  The office has a sort of police interrogation theme going on.  One wall is colored distinctly from the rest - an ”accent wall” in the common vernacular.     Years ago, as the story [...]