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Yes, yes, IBM bought my company. So now, I get a week less vacation per year, no salary increase, my stock is going to be sold when the deal goes through (and I suppose I have to pay short-term capital gains for this privilege) and I live in fear that they're going to downgrade us to sketchy support levels or something. They've only announced the upper-management cuts at this point, but how likely is it that we'll be unaffected?

I mean, sure, now I work for a gi-normous company and it cements the security of the company. But I do believe that now, nearly all of the things that caused me to come work here are gone. The one that's left is the bike path (for whenever I can @#$&*^!@% bike again) -- watch them absorb us into some nearby IBM location! rrrrhhh.

I got a fortune cookie on Saturday night that said I'd get a new line of work. Too bad there's no money in leading bike tours or becoming a park ranger.

Grumpiness aside, I'm all glowy today. I feel *great*. People sort of christened the house by hanging out in it yesterday, and despite the stacks and stacks of boxes still in evidence, it felt cozy and livable. Thanks...

haus help!

anyone know of any good gas plumbers in the Boston area?