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So, WAAAAYYY back in 1970... August 7th, to be exact, the individual, responsible for some my most deeply engrained childhood fears, began plotting, on the off chance she might acquire a younger sibling someday. In f…
Well... it took me 26 years, 7 months, and 5 days, from the beginning of my career, to do it, but I finally did it. Yesterday, I was offered the role of Manager of Business and Cyber Resilience at BlueCross BlueShield o…
Yesterday, I signed paperwork, making me the Interim Business Resiliency Manager at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. My first thought is, "FINALLY!"... followed promptly by "Uh oh, what have I done?" In 1996, I sta…
Continuing a terrible week for dogs in the Barber family, Taylor's chocolate lab, Lola Bean, passed away tonight, January 25, 2023. The sweet girl's free spirit got the better of her. I hope she and Cooper are running t…
Heaven gained a new angel tonight. Cooper was born on December 5, 2017, and passed away on January 24, 2023, after a series of uncontrollable seizures. The veterinarians did everything they could, but in the end, the se…
Today, my boss of a little over seven years, told our team that he had turned in his resignation. In all my years of being an IT professional, I cannot think of a boss, from whom, I have learned more about my chosen …