Road Trip across USA I

 

From May 30 to June 4, 2011, I travelled across the USA on a road trip from California to New England for new job at DS SolidWorks Corp. I was on a tight schedule during the trip, so I didn't get to stop to see hella places, but did visit Wyoming, Salt Lake City, UT, Denver, CO, St. Louis, MO, Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Erie, PA and Binghamton, NY. (Facebook)

Left job at Cepheid

 On May 10, 2011, I left my role as CAD Engineer at Cepheid in Sunnyvale, CA.

Hall of Honors, American Design Drafting Association

Received induction into the Hall of Honors for the American Design Drafting Association at their annual conference held in Kansas City, MO on April 13, 2011.

Airlines are a mess

I'm now flying a few times each year for various reasons. Though I don't fly all that often, I've noticed a decline the airlines. When I came home from San Antonio, TX in January, my flight was delayed several times before we finally boarded. Then the plane broke down and everyone had to wait for a new plane to come in even later. Today I'm on my way to Kansas City. I'm stuck in the Phoenix airport because the second leg of my flight was cancelled due to the plane breaking down in Sacramento. I'm spending enough time at the airports between flights to qualify as actually visiting these intermediate locations! Crazy.

ADDA's 52nd Annual Technical and Educational Conference

April 12 - 15, 2011, I attended the Annual Technical and Educational Conference by the America Drafting and Design Association in Kansas City, MO. 

Senseless Sunday: the long and short word

• The word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia means fear of long words.


• Flint, Michigan is the largest city in the U.S.A. to have just one syllable in its name.


• An urban legend defines a twit as a pregnant gold fish. Gold fish do not get pregant. They lay eggs that get fertilized afterwards. A twit is also not a comment on Twitter. That is a tweet.