November 2000: 1 year as Omni Hotels' Reservation Center Application Development Manager in Omaha, Nebraska USA. After a year, I'm completely accustomed to the house, but convenient 24-hour access to private laundry facilities hasn't really added much to net cleanliness.

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  Shelterskelter 5 was a blast, as usual. Met and/or got reaquainted with the friendliest, most talented, most energetic, most creative, most alive people I know. Theatre continues to be my antidote for monitor induced retina burn. That's me @ TAG night out on Halloween, btw. Click me for photos.

I've got a ton of photos from my 2 trips to Longs Peak, CO this year, but haven't gotten off my butt to scan them yet. 1st trip was w/ my newlywed friends Eli and Mi Un, the 2nd was w/ the fam and Brad and I made it up to Chasm Lake, a vert of 2,360 feet over 4.2 miles. The 4.2 miles back down was much easier for me (-pant-, -pant-), but Brad traipsed up the whole mountain yawning "It's neat I suppose, but hiking for 6 hours is boring. I shoulda brought my Rio."

One of these days I'll make it down to some Omaha poetry events.

Misc: my first house, my trip to Paris summer '99, my ISU Philosophy Club bio from 1994, and my ongoing involvment in Omaha community theatre.

Home Sweet Home = N 41°19.754' W 96°02.391'

Jay plays tennis! - Mens Intermediate Singles - 9/7/00 - 11/16/00 (competitive score-keeping freak!)
PlayerWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Final
Gay, Mike12/1310/1510/1110/1310/1510/1310/1310/1110/1210/15- 77.86% (102/131)
Sanderson, Ned-5/1510/13-8/1510/13--10/11-6/14 60.49% (49/81)
Dolleck, Vern-7/118/186/117/158/139/168/12--8/14 55.45% (61/110)
Froese, Nathan10/167/91/115/117/105/13-1/11-7/1310/13 49.53% (53/107)
Hannah, Jay6/1610/1310/183/133/103/13--10/135/1510/11 49.18% (60/122)
Cuba, Frank-4/113/1310/1110/113/13-4/123/1310/133/13 45.45% (50/110)
Rheiner, Neil-2/9---10/107/16-2/126/13- 45.00% (27/60)
Zucco, Joe1/133/13-1/111/110/10--1/113/131/11 11.83% (11/93)
Charts: Win Percentage | Total Wins

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"Zaphod? He's just this guy, you know?"
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The initial rush of my new job has faded, replaced by the feeling of grizzled veteranism (as close to that as I've ever known anyway). I enjoy my work, and am glad to be entrusted with the challenge. This area of my website used to drone on about proving to myself and "anyone else who cares to watch" that I could lead a team in an established, growing environment. With control of a critical department with 9 employees in a $400M+ company, I feel I've obtained my objective.

I used to play disc golf. Current distractions include: chess (last time I looked I was ranked 188th (up 13!) in the state of Nebraska, unless you query the USCF database. Wow.), mountain biking, weight lifting (slacker!!) and miscellaneous computery junk.

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A note for the overly sensitive: The "Darwin fish" isn't an attack on Christianity or any other organized religion. As far as I'm concerned it's a reminder that there aren't any easy answers to this life thing and a challenge to examine the world as you find it instead of internalizing a set of dogma you found lying around somewhere just because it's convenient. If you've explored religion and ethics and come to your own conclusions, whatever those may be, then you're ahead of the game. There are a lot of truths running around out there. Choose those truths that promote what you value in life for youself and others and live them. If you've figured it all out, share the wealth.

"If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?"