05-19-2009

Yesterday, I was laid off from my job as a network engineer. I have been fortunate enough to live in an era unlike no other. I've recieved tons of kind words and even possible job leads through twitter. Over the past 2 years, I've used twitter to network with Cisco routing pros, VMware engineers, and network/application security nuts like myself plus tons of other great people. With one tweet I generated a little bit of a stir in my little realm. It's been great so far talking to people who are in my field and I'm connecting with more and more every day. Being a part of a social network is almost vital in this day. I would have never of personally gotten in touch with so many people so fast in my whole entire life if it wasn't for this micro-blogging site. That being said, I'm for sale!! I consider myself to be a Network and Virtualization Professional with some security holes to patch up along the way.

Heres a few things that you won't see on my resume:

Winter Storm '09

So this has been 2 semi-horrible weeks. 

It all started last Tuesday, 01/27/09. The storm approaches. You know it's going to be a bad storm when the cities 2nd largest employer, Humana, has called off operations. Everything goes fine for the rest of the day and night

I miss my old fraternity. I really had some of the best times of my life at Kappa Sigma. About 3 days ago, word spread like wildfire that the house was deemed unsafe to occupy. It truly is a sad day, but anyone that has lived there in the past 30 years knows that the lodge was bound for it. It's been a long time coming and now something needs to be done. I hope that the young men that hold the future of my old fraternity get the ball rolling to get a new house (something that has been on the plate for 10 years now). If you're an old alumni reading this, come to Lexington in the spring for the Alumni Banquet. I went last year and had an amazing time, you can see for yourself the fraternity is as strong as ever and will only continue to grow with your support.

Beta-Nu

 AEKDB

To watch WKYT video click the read more button..

 http://wkyt.videogenesis.net/watch?v=3769

We had a very good turnout at our party. I'm glad my Cobra Kai costume got some compliments. Here are some pics

I found out that 'Last Lecture' Professor Randy Pausch Has Died. So I went to youtube to watch it one more time because it's such a motivational speech and really makes you think about life.  I go to YouTubes front page and I see this staring right back at me

On Saturday July 5th, Lauren and I went to Kentucky Kingdom's Hurricane Bay or whatever it's called now. Splash Mountain maybe? Anyway, I had an epiphany while I was there. Call me snobby if you want, but it was one of the only times I couldn't stand to be around people any longer.  I felt like I was thrown into a world of people that had never given their kids a lesson in manners, bathing, or public etiquette and conduct. Born in Ohio, I moved to KY at a relatively early age and always considered myself to be a true Kentucky boy. I still love Kentucky and everything about it, but I started recognizing the Kentucky stereotypes

There were two particular moments that made me just look back in awe. 

1. Lauren and I were waiting in line for a water slide when a kid, perhaps 10 years old, (we could tell he had ADHD or some sort of disability) tried to get by the couple behind us by saying "Excuse Me". This couple must have spotted him from afar because the lady asked, "Is your Mom up there?" and the kid just stood there silent. 

I am usually a huge stickler with my money. I hate spending it. If I could align myself with a time period I can see myself as a hunter and gatherer.  Most of my hard earned money goes towards bills, bars, and savings/investments.  I needed a few things, pehaps wanted, so I bit the bullet.

I get a call to my office from Brooke and Vernoica, "Kenny, you know your face is plastered on the front page of WHAS11.com don't you?"

Umm, What?

click read more to see the front page!