Difficult situations

This is looking like I may end up in an awkward position.  Convergys (in Reston, VA) has said they're going to make a decision by Jan 1, and my inside contact told me his boss was drooling after my interview.  However, it seems nothing's going to happen on my other job prospect, Ceva-DSP (in San Jose, CA) until mid-January.

Thing is, if I end up with the choice of both, there's good reasons why I might prefer Ceva-DSP -- but it looks like if Convergys comes up with an offer, I'm going to have to decide on it before the interview with Ceva-DSP comes up.  Granted, one guy just joined Convergys, then left two days later when Sprint made him a better offer, but I don't feel comfortable doing that.  On the other hand, if I say no to Convergys, and then something happens and monkeywrenches Ceva-DSP .... that'd be Bad.

I dislike this situation intensely.

But one way or another, we have to get out of this rat-hole.

That ol' Janx ... er, Christmas spirit

The following is grabbed from fruitylips, who got it from Joe Katzman on Winds of Change and pasted it into Bitmines on ICB:

"A number of years ago, we lived next door to a diplomat at the Pakistani Consulate.  You might think this would be a recipe for friction, but he was nice enough.  9/11 was several years away and if anyone had a legitimate beef, it was our (formerly Pakistani) Isma'ili Muslim neighbours on the other side.  But I digress.

"Anyway, Christmas comes around, and some bright acquaintance decides to give this Muslim diplomat a bottle of whiskey for the holidays.  Since this is sort of like sending the Israeli Consulate a smoked ham, our neighbour came over with an embarrassed expression.  Would we like a bottle of fine whiskey?

"To this day, I still think of it as the perfect North American holiday story:  a Muslim giving his Jewish neighbours a bottle of whiskey for Christmas."