Lisa was jacked up at work and couldn't make it to Angie's, but Shay and I spent an hour downloading information.  Shaila now works at Virtucon reporting to Dr. Evil.  She is in charge of helping her boss build his evil empire.  Shay couldn't tell me the exact location of her office, but she did refer to it as a "secret volcano lair" and spoke of a "short, creepy coworker that bites".  No, wait... that's where I work.  Shaila actually works for a company called Virtuant and is a partnership of Database Consulting Group and Baer Group.  What she does has something to do with wireless technology... and... we pretty much left it at that.  If you see ERP and not instantly think of Val Kilmer's character in Tombstone, you're probably down with what she's into.

Speaking of companies that begin with "V", Viacore just executed a major layoff on Wednesday, June 13th.  No, Amber was not directly affected.  Peripherally, however, only she and a field rep are left in her professional social group.  Everyone else is gone.  Amber's VP and previous Ingram boss, Tim Jeffries, was one of the individuals directly affected by the layoff.  T-Man said Amber looked completely shell-shocked.  She could definitely use a massage, and she's in luck because...

Swede is in the process of learning the art of massage!  He is currently attending anatomy classes and applying techniques hands-on (pardon the pun).  He seems to enjoy it and is spending lots of time educating himself on the subject.  Swede doesn't know if this will be a full-time or part-time job for him.  At the moment, he is just looking for a "job", not a career.

Our friend and neighbor from The Huntington Apartment days, Dave Porter, is going to be in town with his family the weekend of August 17th!  Jennifer McIntee and I are planning a little shindig in Carlsbad to welcome them back to Cali and get reacquainted.  We haven't seen Dave and Patricia since their son came along.  We can't wait to meet the little guy!  We'll make sure to call Dave "Forest Gump".  He really hates that, but he does a great impression.

Scott's new job is going well.  He seems to love it right now working out of his bedroom office for Penguin Computing, but Jenn says he could still be in the 'honeymoon' phase.  His territory covers San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles.  I'm told Penguin is a direct competitor of Thedmo's company.  Scotty's traded in the Honda (airport car) and upgraded to a '99 Chrysler 300M.  Didn't want to put the mileage on the Suburban (gas hog), especially with gas prices the way they are these days.