How do people who take frequent smoke breaks ever get anything done? The window behind me is near a door where people congregate to smoke. I see the same people coming back many times throughout the day, lingering for what
Sick.
Started yesterday with a sore throat, culminated in a stuffed-up head last night, now completely miserable. Took Nyquil before bed, Dayquil when I woke up and just now again. Still feeling awful. Bleah. But we had guests over last night,
I’m being censored. It’s really weird.
I’m posting from my boss’ boss’ house, where I’m housesitting and dogsitting, and she obviously has a “net nanny”-type filter set up on this computer. I’ve never used a computer that had that running before, at least not to my
Musing about discipline
Musing about discipline this morning. I’ve always thought of myself as lacking in discipline in many areas, yet this morning I realized I’ve become more disciplined about nearly every facet of my life. I’ve developed more discipline about how I
I had no idea…
Garry Trudeau had chosen “Gröpenfuhrer” as his nickname for Arnold, and a big hand as the symbol. This is my first time seeing him referenced in a Doonesbury strip. That’s just, wow. I was stunned. Still am, I guess.
Random countdown & countup
Milestones upcoming and past. This helps me stay aware of what a given period of time feels like. Just under a month until I see my dad, maybe for the last time. One month exactly until I turn 30. Two
Paid for by hard work
My coworker K is having major remodeling done to his house. I’m trying to pay down my debts. We’re both contractors working on a project with unrealistic deadlines, and we have been given the freedom to bill as many hours
Snarf!
I’m working late, and my boss gave me permission to order some food and expense it. So I got some Chinese delivery and invited Karsten to bring his portable keyboard and stuff and come have some food too, as he
Sometimes it’s not about what’s logical
I’m supposed to be working on a proposal that will go before the Governance committee to get them to determine what the access cutoff date on the legacy system will be once we replace it with the new system. The
Ooh! Nice.
These are some lovely pictures of Nashville. Check these out: The Parthenon. I run around this every morning. Here’s another picture from the other end, and one from the side. And here’s the Athena statue inside of the Parthenon, although