Posts By Amanda Blount

Thief Sues Victim

Here is a story which makes me really angry at the rights criminals have. http://news.aol.com/article/thief-sues-michigan-store-he-robbed/646032 You have law abiding employees getting robbed by a theif, and he wants to sue for his pain, suffering and emotional distress. I have no use for somone like this. It boils down to, what action happened when this manRead… Read more »

Crazy Crazy UNproductive day!

Oh what a bad day! Let’s see. First I almost was hit by a crazy truck driver who wanted to move back and forth between lanes in rush hour traffic. (I really need to telework) Then I get to work and my CAC pin does not work. Now let’s examine this for a moment. ItRead… Read more »

Winning is nice – I wish I could go.

I was one of the members who were picked as a winner for “The GovLoop Contest around Best Practices” I won free passes to the Potomac Forum Gov 2.0 Symposium this week – 8/26-27. But, I could not go on this short notice. Especially this close to the end of year. It was an honorRead… Read more »

It’s FRIDAY!

It has been a long week. But, today is FRIDAY! I won’t be able to rest this weekend. Too much to do. My son moves to college tomorrow. Which is bitter sweet. But since he received a full ride in engineering, it is more sweet, than bitter. 🙂 At work the end of the fiscalRead… Read more »

Scary! SHORTER FISCAL YEAR for our office!

OK, so I miss one meeting a few weeks ago, and low and behold something important was put out. For some reason, first time I remember, the leaders cut our fiscal year work till 28OCT09. It makes since. Everyone needs time to do their jobs, all the way up the food chain. But, this wasRead… Read more »

Countdown to End of Fiscal Year

And here it comes …. the end of year push. This is the real fun part of the year. This is when everyone, on the financial side of the government, lives off of coffee, doughnuts, and pizza. 🙂 And somehow, for two months, we live with only 4 hours of sleep everynight (if that much).Read… Read more »

Oh! The wonders of Space!

Check out this story. Saturn’s Moon with a Tropical Storm – So very interesting! http://news.aol.com/article/storm-clouds-found-on-saturns-moon/623873?icid=main|classic|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fstorm-clouds-found-on-saturns-moon%2F623873