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Thursday, July 06, 2006

Dead Man Walking

All I could think is in the end Enron killed Ken Lay. I wonder what the people who lost there money on Enron stock thought. It is sad the company became a black hole. I am not passing judgment on Key Lay. That is someone else's job now. In the end I think the stress killed him. I have the feeling that will be the popular myth.

Labels: death, Enron, Ken Lay

- Rich, 8:14 PM |

Sunday, July 14, 2002

Doomsday Clock

Today I was thinking about the idea of making a doomsday clock. My idea was a little different then the idea of the Atomic Doomsday Clock. That clock is a set up that we can look back and see how close to the edge we were. We can see how close we were at any one point to having the world blown up under us.

I am looking for a clock that sets a date when we think the world is going to end. When I talk about the world ending, I am talking about the end of human existence on the earth. That date would be an average date for everything we see around us. That date would be pulled in when we there is nuclear tension and pushed out when we doing something good. I am not sure how anyone comes up with this date. that would be something interesting to think about.

Work Doomsday Clock

Thinking of the Atomic Doomsday Clock again, I wonder if anyone ever sets one of these up for their job. I would think right now Worldcom is at 2 minutes to Midnight and Enron is at 1 minute to midnight. I found no results when I searched for "Enron Doomsday Clock" on Google. I wonder where that puts TiVo. I would think we have to be at least at 10PM.

Labels: atomic war, business, doomsday clock, Enron, TiVo, work, WorldCom

- Rich, 11:38 PM |

Saturday, July 13, 2002

Feeling Uneasy

A friend of mine got laid off this week. This scares me a lot. For the last few months I have been thinking that most of the layoffs in Silicon Valley are over. At most companies there are no more people to cut. I was thinking that all I needed to worry about was my company surviving. If my company did not make it, other companies would be hiring by the time I was looking.

I am not ready to be unemployed. I am not good at the simple things like saving money. I would have to work really hard to find another job. Including the recent events at WorldCom, Global Crossing, and Enron, I wonder if anyone in the valley is going to be tagged with this kind of problem. If that happens, it will be bad times around here. If I have to go without a job for too long, I will be heading somewhere to live with someone else.

I think I can weather the storm. The valley will be an ugly place if there is another round of layoffs. It is not too bad right now, but I think most of the gold rushers have already left. If another bad round hits, people will be sleeping on the streets soon.

Labels: economy, Enron, Global Crossing, layoffs, Silicon Valley, work, WorldCom

- Rich, 10:14 PM |

Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Cashing In

If I worked at Enron, but I take my cloths off for Playboy? That is an interesting idea. I really hope the spread has a poverty theme to it.

I just want to say, if this was a plot point in a movie critics would make fun of the movie for using it.

File under 'Reality is Stranger then Fiction'

Labels: Enron, playboy

- Rich, 3:55 PM |

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