Rich Bubb:  

Update 2-11-2010 Sigh, the big 55th birthday is on the 27th (Feb), and I'm working on an online class to become a Six Sigma Black Belt, about 1/2 finished so far. It's like combining common sense with scientific methods to solve problems. I have been looking into Google's WAVE program and finding ways to use it when I get my next job (currently unemployed, but some nibbles are starting to look serious). The part of that hooked me was the near instantaneous translation of Japanese to English text. The world really is becoming One Place... Lately I've also tried substutite teaching at the local grade schools. The next time anyone tells me that, "Teachers have it made... blah blah blah," i'll be the first one to tell them to go try it, walk your talk, then come back and try saying the same opinion. My last, uh, teaching experience gave me a headache that took 2 days to get rid of. I think that my new saying about teaching is, "No pain, no brain!" End-of-update for now. Life [Last updated: June 2005] actually made something of myself. i used to think school was the biggest waste of time. took ~20 years to get 'round to changing my mind. developed a Truly Varped Cents of humor [yeah, spelled *just like that*]. of course, i'm the only engineer [Process, Manufacturing, Quality, and R&D engineer to be specific*] most people know that should've been a stand-up comedian. *can you say schizophrenic engineer? honestly, i didn't technically graduate from SW HS, but i always tell people i went there [for 3 years] because of the great people i STILL remember that went there at the same time as i was there. There were so many of really ...Expand for more