Those who read my Kenosha News columns may recall that I and Motorola parted ways back in the spring. After 17 years they decided that they no longer wanted to pay me for my services....aka I got laid-off along with about 25 percent of their workforce in my location. They have since gone on to eliminate even more jobs to cut cost and try save their wireless business.

I am not bitter about getting axed. I am certainly not happy to have left in such a matter, but I did get a severance package...Plus it gave me the chance to reconnect with myself, my family and my faith. I wish Motorola and all my friends that still work there the best, but overall I am happy that I got a chance to move on.

Today marked the end of my lay-off. I officially started work at a cool company called Rath Microtech. They design/produce emergency telephones and I am very excited to be working for them as a Technical Support/ Product Manager.

Of course today also marked the end of my 3 weeks of pounding the water to try and make up for lost fishing time. The fishing was mostly mediocre, but I did manage to catch - and lose - a few. The highlight was a 38.5 inch musky that I caught on the Chain O'Lakes down in Flatland USA....that being Illinois. I was fishing with my best friend Bill Pocius and Doug Kloet.

So now it's back to life in the real world and I am ready.

Terry