Comfortable in my own skin

(chuckle) I made it to last night's PPP, yes.

I was listless and depressed when I left the house -- it had been building during the day, while I had been arguing online, defending some negative-balance behaviors that I wasn't sure that I still fully embraced. But once I'm engaged in a debate, I can't concede the given issue... which sometimes leads me to doggedly hang on to points otherwise past their shelf life. A dark side of bloody-mindedness... (grin)

Anyway, I had a flash of insight while driving eastward over the Dumbarton Bridge, internal clouds cleared, some kick-backside music came on the radio, I roared up 880 going 85-90 in the Mustang and arrived confidently and feeling at peace with myself and others. And had an excellent time.

( splash-by-splash details  )

For those looking...

(jobs at NASA-Ames)

VACANCIES OPEN TO APPLICANTS FROM OUTSIDE OF NASA

#AR03D0121: Physical Scientist, AST, Science Technical Management, GS-1301-15: SS: closes 9/30/03

#AR03D0130: Materials Engineer, AST Aerospace Materials, GS-0806-12/13: FEF: closes 9/15/03

Full text vacancy announcements are posted on the web at http://nasajobs.nasa.gov .