Sun is gone!

Wow that is so weird..

I worked at ORCL then PSFT then SUN...
and now I really just worked at ORCL after they bought eveyrone else

I guess its good for my long term resume. Now I can fold all these companies into one. Looks like I worked 4 yrs at the same place.

3.5yrs Oracle, 2yrs Sybase, 3.5 yrs HPQ.

My life would be cleaner if Barclays bought Lehman, then I could say I worked at Barclays for now 4 years..

Maybe if you work long enough all the companies out there fold into each other.. so eventually we'll all be working for the government or for China.

Cost of having a stay at home wife

Travel to US for 1 week, total cost estimate: $7,000 -- due to discusions w/ tom i decided to do an inventory since i was sure it was not close to 10k, i thought closer to 5k at first.

Big ticket items:
Airfare 1420 (Intl) + 200 (LA-SF) + 500 (LV)
Hotels 400 (Vegas) +600 (OC)
Vegas spa, golf, dining 1500
Car 300 (OC)
Dinner, dining, drinks, disneyland, etc.
Minor shopping -- did not buy anything really.

Yep you can pretty much cut that in half if you are single ! Why? One thing.. if you are single you can just sleep on somebody's couch.

In this economy blowing $7k here and there maybe not wise.

I'm going to Macau in 2 weeks though there goes another $5k !

Vegas Dreams

Is it the case of marginal utility value, ie, loss of value of doing the same thing over and over again, or have we changed, or did the event change?

Vegas 2009 was fun, but not as fun as 2007 or 2008. For me it was because I took the GF along which slows life down for me. Lesson learned....

But it was fun to see the gang, mixing golf into the mix was a great idea for sure.

I learned that.. Wynn rooms are nice, but not as nice as Palazzo and not as nice as Venetian Macau. I may try to stay at Wynn Macau and see how it compares so I can properly survey the world.

Otherwise the usual GF drama ensues.