07.24.2007 | 12:55 am |
I started at a company as the sole help desk person when I was 19 years old. I was put in a large windowed office that was to be shared with another coworker of mine, decided she was too good to be caught dead in the Northbrook office and worked from home most of the time. She later ended up moving out of the office. Then it was mine . . . All mine!! When I worked in the office. I would take work from home days once in a while. Haven’t had a job where I could do that for a long time.
Anyway, the majority of the I/T staff was spread across the U.S. and worked from their homes. In order to maintain a sense of community we would have a yearly I/T Meeting in Texas where the bosses (Floyd and Becky) live.
When the company was bought out we decided to keep up the tradition yearly. I wasn’t able to make it for last year’s but I was for this year’s . . . I’m very glad I went.
It was great to catch up with people. Great food too. (I was impressed again by the size of the Fort Worth Central Market grocery store when we went to pick stuff up) Was cool to watch shows on the home theater setup they have . . . To be amazed go to this page on Floyd’s website.
Just an overall fun time which was exactly what I needed. The first half of this year has not been great. Here’s to the second half!
While there I stayed at the Five Star Inn located in Burleson, TX . . .
I won’t say much else except I’m looking forward to more mainstream hotels going up nearby. Should be ready by next year.
Pictures of the room I stayed in as well as pictures and video of the reunion can be found below . . .
I’ll resize the pictures later . . . Maybe even post more. There are a lot more pictures that were taken than what I’m putting here. I’m being lazy for now and just wanted to get something. 
They’ll look correct on screen but will take a while to load.
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07.24.2007 | 12:03 am |
I was in Dallas over the weekend and rented a vehicle from Enterprise.
I had requested a premium class vehicle online which was to be a Nissan Maxima, Dodge Charger or similar (basically something with a V6 and some sporting intentions) What I ended up with was a 2007 Honda Accord SE Sedan 4 Cylinder. Not a bad car at all but . . . I have an Accord coupe at home. Not only that but the website stated that a premium vehicle is a vehicle has a V6 engine. The Accord is powerful for an inline 4 (even when compared to some other vehicles with a V6 under the hood) but I was hoping to find out how the V6 variant would perform. I made sure to mention this to the Enterprise person on my way out what the website said and what I got.
That’s all well and good though, I got to see how the 2007 sedan would compare to my 2002 EX coupe. I had tried out a 2004 Accord Coupe brand new on the lot a few years ago. I liked it except the visibility wasn’t all that good. The coupe seats were lower than the windows so I had the feeling of sitting in a bathtub (a very deep bathtub). It might have been just me needing to get used to it but I don’t have that feeling in my 2002 Coupe aside from my inability to judge where the front and rear of the vehicle is (parallel parking is a blast!) The sedan doesn’t seem to have this issue.
First off the engine and transmission are much improved. I had no gripes about what’s in my own Accord but the new version is much snappier. Definitely has no issues spinning it’s tires either. The steering required a bit more effort as well which made the car feel more on target (less floaty) than mine. This might have something to do with my tires (currently Bridgestone Turanzas) needing replacement however. Plus it is up to 60,000 miles so, even though the shocks are still fine, they’re not going to be as good as a brand new vehicle.
The seat felt strange at first but I found it to be more supportive than my car. What was missing however was the adjustable lumbar support. For that you still need an EX.
All in all a great upgrade. I’ll be happy to buy one as a Certified Pre Owned car later on. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what they do for the all new version in 2008.
Pictures of the car are below . . .
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