So, what have I been up to?

Just hanging with the kids. Ok, seriously, the vacation is over and I've been back at work. I never realized a) how much crap I'd collected in my office, b) how hard it is to carve yourself out of multiple computer systems and c) how much fun it is interviewing your own replacement. See, they want to be able to say "Oh yeah, I can do that and I can blow the guy you had away" but they can't because you're the person who is eliminating people. It's funny. On the other hand interviewing is also kind of sad because we had hundreds apply, only 10 in to interview and only one person gets the job. Everyone comes in looking all nice and clean and chipper and excited and in the back of my mind I still can't shake that 9 people are riding home in their car saying "I think that went pretty good" when only 3 will get a call for a second interview. Oh well, life isn't fair. All of that being said, I think this is a good time for interview stories, from either side of the table, because they are a necessary evil which we should all mock.