tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72215375843853653932024-03-13T00:17:50.514-04:00Suburban RobotDALE EARNHARDT JR APPROVES OF THIS HERE BLOGMatt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-89443335846783753962009-06-04T08:49:00.003-04:002009-06-04T08:57:27.385-04:00Google Squrared = Pretty AwesomeGoogle released a new app today named <a href="http://www.google.com/squared">Google Squared</a> which basically builds a quick reference table of any kind of data you search for. This is absolutely great for top line research of all sorts. For example, here's a couple of fun queries:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=restaurants+in+27612">Restaurants in 27612 (my home zip)</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=netbooks">Netbooks</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=mel+brooks+movies">Mel Brooks movies</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=actors+in+ferris+bueller%27s+day+off">Actors in Ferris Bueller's Day Off</a>...ok, so the algorithm needs some work...<br /></li></ul>So yeah, check it out...?Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-47966387341160100802009-05-27T21:54:00.000-04:002009-05-27T21:57:27.062-04:00Stupidest addicting internet game everI can't stop playing this -- <a href="http://play.typeracer.com/">http://play.typeracer.com/</a> .<br /><br />I have completed 189 races (!!!!), winning 108 of those, for a winning percentage of 57%. My WPM has increased from about 85-88 when I started, to 90-94 now. I guess that's good? More than I get out of most addicting online games, at least.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-34908731733991496432009-05-24T13:35:00.000-04:002009-05-24T13:36:00.655-04:00Please review my new blog designWhat do you think???!1Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-44473963043979896292009-05-23T22:17:00.002-04:002009-05-23T22:25:41.627-04:00Google Reader, I just can't quit you babyAbout a week ago, I decided that I was spending far, far too much time obsessively checking my Google Reader RSS feed. On days that I spent working from home, I would click and check the feeds every 30 minutes or so. And of course, because I subscribe to roughly 154 blogs and other misc. websites, there were always at least 30 new posts to sort through.<br /><br />Realizing that this was totally ludicrous, I decided to scrap RSS feeds altogether, and start actually visiting websites again. I took all (well, most) of the blogs to which I subscribed, and neatly categorized each one into a folder like "News" or "Sports" that sat in my Firefox bookmarks toolbar. The idea is that I would only spend time checking up on the blogs I really cared about, and the ones I didn't I would just click on when I was really bored.<br /><br />It wasn't a bad idea I guess, but I just don't think it was meant to be. Instead of lazily browsing through RSS feeds on Reader, I spent time lazily clicking around to a bunch of different websites, not completely sure of what I had read already. It also made my bookmarks toolbar look very ugly, with a bunch of folders sitting up there.<br /><br />So anyway, I'm back on Google Reader, though now with a <span style="font-style:italic;">greatly</span> reduced number of feeds to read through. I am going to scrap the little Google Reader Notifier that sits in my status bar, with the hopes that I won't feel the need to obsessively click every single time there is a new feed that shows up (about every 45 seconds, in other words).<br /><br />And there is your quarterly update of my blog. Hope you enjoyed reading!Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-15312292445004374492009-02-26T09:24:00.002-05:002009-02-26T10:32:10.748-05:00The Not-So-Profound, Hastily Assembled List of 15 Albums That Changed Me"Think of 15 albums (EPs are OK, too) that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life. The type of albums that smack you in the face, pour sugar into your gas tank, kick you in the groin, stab you in the teeth, etc. etc. etc. and change the way you look at things. Tag me and whoever else you want to see this."<br /><br />**IMPORTANT NOTE** - I'm going to be honest on this one, instead of just listing 15 of my coolest albums. Reaching way back to my childhood with this one. They will be in rough chronological order.<br /><br />--<br /><br />Queen "Greatest Hits" - When I was a kid, I used to turn this album on and walk around the table while singing along. I must have been really bored. But hey, I learned at a young age to appreciate a great lead singer. For all of the shitty albums I <em>could</em> have been listening to, this one isn't bad at all.<br /><br />Counting Crows "August and Everything After" - This was my very first CD. Also happened to be the first time I started to listen to "real music" instead of kid stuff. Counting Crows went to shit shortly afterwards, but this album still stands the test of time.<br /><br />Soundgarden "Down on the Upside" - Jeff should remember this one pretty well. :) This album more or less kicked off an obsession with Soundgarden that lasted all through high school. All of the other albums are great, but this was the first one that I heard (keep in mind I went to a sheltered religious grade school so I didn't really hear good music until high school) and I was hooked. Again, this is still a kickass album.<br /><br />Weezer "Self-Titled" - Anyone around my age that had a relatively normal childhood is lying if this album isn't on their list. Tons of other albums by bands like Live, RHCP, Green Day, etc. could be here instead, but this album was the penultimate mid-90s rock album, the "Abbey Road" of our time. So it gets a place on the list.<br /><br />Metallica "Ride the Lightning" - I felt so bad for asking for this for Christmas one year, hahaha. Have to hand this one to Pete. The solo in "Ride the Lightning" made me love guitar, and of course I still play to this day, though I still suck so badly that I can't play Master of Puppets fast enough. Anyway, if this album made me love guitar, it easily gets a place on this list. If I was ranking them, this one might be at the top.<br /><br />Various Artists "MTV Amp" - Shout out to Pappy on this one. My first foray into electronic music. Of course I branched out a <em>lot</em> from here, but this was a pretty decent comp of the popular electronic music at the time. Underworld, Chemical Bros., Aphex Twin, Orbital, The Prodigy, and more were all represented. And out of all of those great bands, which did I like best on the album? Fucking Josh Wink, with "Are You There?". D'oh.<br /><br />Aphex Twin "Richard D. James Album" - Hoooooly shit did I love this album. Still do. When I was trying so hard to make electronic music during those years, this album is what I aspired to. Of course, I never came close. Oh well.<br /><br />Radiohead "OK Computer" - I remember having debates in high school over whether this album was better than "The Bends". I think that time would say "yes", but it isn't exactly a blowout. Either way, both albums were absolutely masterful and really taught me the standards for great, great indie rock music.<br /><br />NIN "The Fragile" - I knew of NIN already from The Downward Spiral (who didn't?), but this album sent me headlong into a new post-Soundgarden obsession with darker, more industrial leaning music. I consider this an unfortunate turn for the most part considering some of the utter shit that I ended up listening to, but who cares because this album was absolutely freaking amazing.<br /><br />Haujobb "Solutions for a Small Planet" - If "The Fragile" was a gateway drug to dark electronic music, "Solutions for a Small Planet" was heroin. Props to Lucas on this one -- I still remember he gave me a fucking ZIP DISC with like 4 mp3s on it, one of which being a remix that Haujobb did for Wumpscut. I loved it and then got my hands on this album, which as far as I'm concerned is still the EBM album that has ever been recorded. Unfortunately, this album eventually made me check out bands like Funker Vogt and VNV Nation, which is a period in my music history I really regret.<br /><br />Daft Punk "Discovery" - There wasn't really one single album that pulled me out of my shitty EBM/industrial abyss, but if I had to pick one, this is probably it. As a handy side effect, it made to start to love that deep French house music sound that has now been duplicated by bands like Justice and MSTRKRFT.<br /><br />Muse "Origin of Symmetry" - I found out about Muse shortly after graduating college. I still remember downloading this on a whim and turning it on in my little apartment. I kept turning it up until the neighbor pounded on the wall. Just a ridiculously over-the-top epic rock ballad, in the same vein as the Queen album that made me a music lover in the first place. This album made me listen to guitars again.<br /><br />Arcade Fire "Funeral" - This is an album that I personally consider an all-time great. I thought indie music was pretty much worthless for a long time, until I listened through this with an open mind. Any album that makes me totally reconsider my hatred of a genre has to go on this list.<br /><br />White Stripes "Elephant" - Muse made me love guitar music again, but this album took me back to the basics. One dude, his guitar, and a heaping serving of unforgettable bluesy hooks. Great music doesn't need to be fancy.<br /><br />Devo "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!" - I guess this isn't as influential as some other stuff on this list, other than that it made me really love and appreciate 80s music. In 10 years, I'll probably look back on this as a bigger mistake than all the years I spent obsessing about industrial music.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-3368012293245505982008-12-17T10:15:00.003-05:002008-12-17T10:35:48.443-05:00My albums of the year 20081. Black Moutain - In The Future<br />Throwback rock that is completely derivative but completely fresh at the same time. Do I sound like a real critic when I toss around words like derivative?<br /><br />2. Beck - Modern Guilt<br />More throwback, but in a completely different vein. I love how every Beck album is so completely distinct, but yet undeniably Beck.<br /><br />3. Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You<br />Kind of a Commodore 64 pop album with some guitars. This album is so mind-numbingly awesome that I hate having it all the way down at #3. Seriously, if you haven't ever heard this (chances are you haven't), you need to at least check out a few tracks.<br /><br />4. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular<br />2008 was a good year for over the top pop music. If you like bands that aren't afraid of synthesizers and big, fat melodies, you'll like this band.<br /><br />5. Alex Moulton - Exodus<br />Daft punk meets Vangelis. Hilariously awesome album.<br /><br />6. Torche - Meanderthal<br />Metal for indie kids? I have never heard anything by this band I didn't like, and this album didn't disappoint in the least.<br /><br />7. M83 - Saturdays=Youth<br />You might see this one hovering near the top of a lot of "professional critic" lists, next to TV on the Radio. However, as opposed to TV on the Radio's release, this album is actually awesome. Huge, lush musical textures and killer production.<br /><br />8. Clark - Turning Dragon<br />Dirty, nasty electronics with an unrelenting beat. Best Warp Records release of the year (Flying Lotus is close but no cigar)<br /><br />9. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals<br />Mashup of the century. ANYONE would love this album. Seriously, if you haven't listened to this, do it now. Starts off with Gimme Some Lovin' (think Blues Brothers), 45 seconds later into the Cupid Shuffle, and then a minute later into Twisted Sister?!<br /><br />10. Ratatat - LP3<br />Not sure what to say about this one other than that I really enjoyed it. Catchy electronic songs, kind of video game influenced, with melodies that stick in your head.<br /><br />Runner-ups: Squarepusher - Just a Souvenir; Deerhunter - Microcastle; Portishead - Third; Flying Lotus - Los Angeles; Adventure - AdventureMatt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-51125748420072552762008-09-25T10:36:00.002-04:002008-09-25T10:47:30.916-04:00GasFor those of you not in the Southeast, you may be interested to know that we are going through a bit of a crisis at the moment. In a sad commentary on the state of our national infrastructure, various cities throughout the Southeast have been running almost completely out of gas for the last few weeks, in the wake of Hurricane Ike. Last weekend, it was reported that 85% of gas stations in Nashville and its surrounding suburbs were out of fuel. This week, it appears to have spread to Charlotte.<br /><br />The gas station across the street from our home has been mostly out of fuel for the last week or so. This morning, they received a new delivery. Within 20 minutes, there was a line for about a half mile down the road of people waiting to fuel up. After an hour, the line stretched to a mile. Police had to be called in because some people were filling up multiple containers of gas, and other drivers were screaming at them, apparently causing altercations. The gas station employees, who I just talked to, were scared for their safety because some drivers were threatening them about the people filling up extra containers.<br /><br />Yes, panic has completely set in. Every station I have seen in the last few days is out of gas, and nobody knows what to do. School is likely to be canceled next week because buses cannot find diesel fuel. This is ugly, folks.<br /><br />I thought this might be an interesting tidbit for those of you elsewhere, that still have plenty of gas. How is it that our infrastructure is so poor that we, more than two weeks after the hurricane, are completely unable to get a more even distribution of fuel throughout the country? This also serves as a telling illustration of this country's absolute reliance on fuel for our everyday lives. Not that we didn't know that already, of course.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-773792372344691762008-08-13T19:04:00.002-04:002008-08-13T19:06:51.596-04:00JeopardyMan, I haven't written in here in forever.<br /><br />I think that it is awesome that even though the Olympics are on, the Charlotte NBC affiliate sees to it that Jeopardy STILL comes on at 7 PM. One does not fuck with Alex Trebec.<br /><br />Pat Sajak on the other hand...well, apparently one does in fact fuck with him.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-33661952283005226512008-07-06T00:47:00.002-04:002008-07-06T00:53:23.333-04:00PatheticAudrey is gone this weekend. She left Thursday morning, and doesn't get back until tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. Allow me to sum up how I have spent my holiday weekend while she has been gone:<br /><ul><li>2 nights of excessive binge drinking</li><li>2 days wasted working off hangovers</li><li>Watched "Star Wars V" and "First Blood" back to back</li><li>Spent roughly 14 hours sitting on the computer bored out of my mind (mostly because of the hangovers, but still)</li><li>Turned house into a complete trainwreck</li><li>Today I have eaten 3 eggs and 2 biscuits, instead of cooking a nice dinner for myself like I had planned<br /></li><li>I have accomplished none of my not-too-ambitious goals for the weekend, including getting at least one long bike ride in, fixing the garbage disposal, and doing laundry<br /></li></ul>It is a damn good thing she is around, because my life would be frighteningly and dangerously pathetic if she wasn't.<br /><br />That doesn't really say a whole lot for me, does it?Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-38858182831487134362008-06-21T07:59:00.003-04:002008-06-21T09:23:48.219-04:005:55About 4 or so months ago I downloaded the latest Charlotte Gainsbourg album named 5:55 on high recommendation from a music forum that I frequent. This was the description that ultimately sold me:<br /><br />"Air wrote and played the music, the lyrics were written with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon, and it was produced by Nigel Godrich with string arrangements from Beck's dad."<br /><br />I am a huge sucker for Air, Jarvis Cocker is a killer writer, Nigel Godrich has produced some of the very best sounding albums of the '00s (including Radiohead, Beck, etc.), and Beck's dad I don't really know aside from the fact that he wrote all of the string arrangements on Beck's Sea Change, which remains one of my absolute favorite albums.<br /><br />In any case, this Charlotte Gainsbourg album is just astoundingly good. It actually exceeded my expectations, even given all of those people that worked on it. But the weird thing is that the number 555 seems to pop up all the time in random places. I will buy a meal and it is $5.55. I will accidentally wake up at 5:55 AM. A few weeks ago I just glanced at my bike odometer and it hit 555 miles for the year. It is just strange.<br /><br />I know that all of this probably happened before, but now I notice it just because of the song name. But now every time I see it, the song gets into my head. Which isn't a bad thing, because it is a great song.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h_l1tArAUuk&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h_l1tArAUuk&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-22204379127137983922008-06-20T20:33:00.000-04:002008-06-20T20:34:35.122-04:00Commercials<a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/06/bringing_down_the_volume_of_lo.html?nav=rss_blog">Hell yeah.</a>Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-80505564563888112742008-06-18T05:59:00.002-04:002008-12-11T23:24:26.288-05:00DreamSlept in a hotel last night. Just woke up about 5 minutes ago. Terrible night of sleep; only got about 4 hours of actual sleep, since I was waking up every 45 minutes thinking it was time to get up. Terrible.<br /><br />Had a dream that I was Barack Obama. I was at a gas station with my wife (Michelle I guess? Wasn't clear..) filling up the tank, then we drove to some party on a yacht that also featured John McCain. But the highlight, for me at least, was that somehow Raymond Watts (of KMFDM and PIG fame) was on the yacht with a more important and politically connected lady. I was very excited and started telling him that I was a huge fan. Then I realized that maybe this wasn't very politically savvy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qndEoFiZvpk/SFjftqITbWI/AAAAAAAAAcU/dt8EqZnSvsA/s1600-h/11-5-2003-4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qndEoFiZvpk/SFjftqITbWI/AAAAAAAAAcU/dt8EqZnSvsA/s320/11-5-2003-4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213162544177573218" /></a><br /><br />No hat or sunglasses in the dream, for what it's worth. He was definitely rocking the eyeliner though.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-29344909268781264962008-06-04T13:54:00.003-04:002008-06-04T14:04:01.530-04:00ClintonHillary's non-concession speech last night is roughly akin to a basketball team that loses a close game, but after the buzzer sounds one of the players grabs the ball from the ref and inbounds it, and they just keep playing, while the other team stands around and goes "what the fuck?"<br /><br />Hey, run-on sentences are awesome. And I even thought of that great sports-related analogy myself! Aren't you proud, Mom?<br /><br />By the way, I think Terry McAuliffe is seriously maybe the coolest human being alive.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hb8rt5EMvT4&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hb8rt5EMvT4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><embed FlashVars='videoId=171030' src='http://www.thedailyshow.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#cccccc' width='332' height='316' name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed>Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-45236119569620925862008-06-02T10:23:00.004-04:002008-06-02T10:37:55.485-04:00AppetizerAudrey and I went to a wine tasting party (read: get trashed, but in a <span style="font-style: italic;">classy</span> way) on Saturday night, and everyone was supposed to bring some sort of appetizer, as well as a bottle of wine. To Audrey's chagrin, I decided to go a little off-beat and make mahi mahi based hors d'oeuvres. They will absolutely killer and were a huge hit at the party, prompting one woman to ask "are you a chef?" to which my answer was "sorry, I have a girlfriend."<br /><br />Anyway, I thought I would share my recipe, since I just kind of made it up and I would like to remember this for the future:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wesabe Mahi Mahi Crackers</span><br /><br />Sauce Ingredients:<br /><ul><li>3/4 cup sour cream</li><li>1/4 cup mayo</li><li>3-ish tbsp. dry wesabe (you should be able to find this in the spices section)</li><li>2 tbsp lemon juice (roughly equal to the squeeze of half of a fresh lemon)<br /></li><li>1 tsp soy sauce</li></ul>Other Ingredients:<br /><ul><li>2 mahi mahi filets (this recipe would also work with tilapia or maybe even smoked salmon if you want to go that route)</li><li>Chives</li><li>Water Crackers</li></ul>Directions:<br /><br />First make the sauce by whisking together all of the above, then cover and get it in the fridge. Doing this a few hours ahead of time is not a bad idea. It is <span style="font-style: italic;">essential</span> that you refrigerate the sauce before serving. The sauce tastes terrible before it cools and the flavors come together. At which point it is awesome.<br /><br />Once the sauce is finished, either grill or pan-sear the mahi mahi. You should need about 5 minutes a side on a hot grill or pan. DO NOT OVERCOOK. While the fish is cooking, slice the chives into about 1-1/2 inch long pieces, and set aside.<br /><br />Mahi mahi is a flaky fish, so once it is done, it should flake apart fairly nicely, in just the right size for the water crackers. Tear off a piece and place it on a water cracker, then use a spoon to smear a bit of the wesabe sauce on the top. Top this with a couple of the chive slices. Eat the first one to see if you are using too much or too little sauce. Once you have the right amount, go ahead and finish the rest.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-1285456630707944532008-05-30T10:29:00.001-04:002008-05-30T10:29:56.970-04:002.0Fucking green squares everywhere, what the hell.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-14742592262108560722008-05-30T09:43:00.004-04:002008-05-30T10:16:38.755-04:00StoogesMost awesome tour rider ever, courtesy of one of Iggy Pop's roadies:<br /><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/iggypop/iggypop1.html"><br />http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/iggypop/iggypop1.html</a><br /><br />My favorite part -- "We need one (1) monitor man who speaks good English and is not afraid of death." Or maybe [in reference to Iggy's dressing room] -- "just let someone loose with a little bit of artistic flair...Er, do you know any homosexuals?"<br /><br />Hell yeah. I wish I was a rock star.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-11366896027634305112008-05-27T10:17:00.001-04:002008-05-27T10:23:04.340-04:00MemorialIn case you were wondering, I was indeed drunk when opened this blog and wrote that first post. In fact, I had just about the most manly day a guy could have:<br /><ol><li>I spent most of the morning watching Sportscenter.</li><li>I fixed my grill.</li><li>I went to Home Depot.<br /></li><li>I ate cold leftovers straight out of the fridge for lunch, and washed it down with milk that I drank straight from the milk jug.</li><li>I drank a lot of beer.<br /></li><li>I grilled and devoured a 16 oz ribeye.</li><li>I went to the driving range, and only hit my driver. Irons are for pussies.</li><li>I paid some kid to wash and vacuum my car out, then went back over it myself to get the spots that only the owner would care about.</li></ol>If anyone can have a better Memorial Day than that, I'd like to hear what they did.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-39432444914797368182008-05-27T10:02:00.001-04:002008-05-27T10:14:08.009-04:00QuestionI have been in my current job for two years. Another job opens up in my market that would be the next logical promotion for me. In other markets, when this has happened, the people in my job have gained automatic promotions to that job. In my case, they are posting the job, and looking for external candidates, while still asking me to apply and be considered for the job. The only reasons I can gather that they are going this route is that 1) the job would require relocation, and 2) the other people that have been auto-promoted have done this job before at other companies, whereas I have not. That said, for the 3 years I have been with this company, my performance ratings have been above average, and will remain that way for my upcoming review for my 4th year.<br /><br />My question -- should I be pissed off that they are not just giving me the promotion? Or rather, am I wrong for being a little pissed off they are not just giving me the promotion? Or am I just being a spoiled brat for expecting that it should be handed to me, based on my previous work?Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221537584385365393.post-89454294590681301772008-05-26T18:57:00.001-04:002008-05-26T18:59:06.188-04:00SteakI'm starting a blog. This is an absolutely spur of the moment decision. I don't know if I will keep writing it or not, but whatever.<br /><br />There is really nothing in life that makes a man feel quite as good as grilling a 16 oz ribeye to perfection, and then devouring the whole thing. God Bless America.Matt Wellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813307034480925400noreply@blogger.com0