It’s a lovely Friday evening. Today in Germany, a young man took a
\nhandgun and a shotgun into a school from which he had been recently
\nsuspended. He shot and killed 14 teachers, 2 students, and a policeman
\nbefore taking his own life. Dressed completely in black, he sought out
\nthe people he wanted to target and calmly shot them to death. Germany
\nnow joins the ranks of countries now needing to re-examine their
\ncavelier attitude towards school safety. This morning a lady living
\nsomewhere near the Colorado College campus was found beaten and killed
\non the campus. Not a good news day.\n<\/p>\n
\nHowever, tonight we’re going to the SkySox baseball game. The SkySox are
\na minor league club, part of the the Colorado Rockies Farm Club system.
\nThey’ll be playing a club in the Arizona Diamondbacks system from
\nTuscon, Arizona. LSI Logic (my cost center, actually) is paying for the
\ntickets for the LSI Logic employees who are encouraged to bring family
\nor friends with them. They are responsible for all other costs except
\nfor their own tickets. It’s kind of a employee morale activity. We’ll
\nhave about 30 people there for the festivities. It’s partly cloudy with
\noccasional thundershowers, so hopefully we’ll be able to stay dry! It
\nshould be a lot of fun.\n<\/p>\n
\nEighteen employees are attending out of about 40 possible. So, I’m
\nmissing quite a few people. I think I’ll look at taking everyone to the
\nmovie after Star Wars debuts. Not sure how we’ll work that out, but I
\nthink it’d be a good thing. In a time when we’re not giving pay raises,
\npromotions, or bonuses, and are laying off people, increasing workloads,
\nand restricting training, I need to be doing something for folks to have
\na good time. In Japan we always had one social event each month to help
\nrelieve stress and to help folks get to know each other so that they
\nwould work together better. That much work-social activity wouldn’t work
\nhere, but we can do something at least once a quarter.\n<\/p>\n
\nSo, that’s the news for today!\n<\/p>\n
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It’s a lovely Friday evening. Today in Germany, a young man took a handgun and a shotgun into a school from which he had been recently suspended. He shot and killed 14 teachers, 2 students, and a policeman before taking his own life. Dressed completely in black, he sought out the people he wanted to … Continue reading At Home in Colorado Springs<\/span>