I killed a man last night. Well, I hurt him. Hurt him real bad. Hurt his feelings.

Last thursday it was announced that VeriSign, a big American security company, bought Soltrus, my employer. Soltrus has been a VeriSign affiliate since its inception, meaning we sold VeriSign products, but weren't owned by them. Last week we became part of VeriSign proper, and they promptly shut us down.

Last year we had a good year, and Soltrus, as far as I know, was doing well. We've all gotten bonuses every year, including 2005. VeriSign decided to take our customers and close the office.

This means that as of March 31st I'll be out of a job. Because they want to keep us around to close the company gracefully they given us very generous severance packages. The best part of that is all the 'big package' jokes I get to make now (I've got a big package, want to see my big package?, and such and such).

Now I'm looking for a job. I have a lead on a couple of things, but I probably shouldn't blab about this type of thing on the internet, at least not until things are settled. Suffice it to say that I'm not too worried about my prospects. I can always go back to Guelph lake and clean the outhouses and cut the grass. Good times.