Bargain Bin STDs

10:15 Elz: maybe she got herpes 10:15 Me: lol 10:16 Me: ’tis better to give than to receive. 10:16 Elz: yewwwwwwwwwwwww 10:16 Elz: I want none of that! 10:16 Elz: Mister!!!!! 10:16 Me: It’s the thought that counts. 10:16 Elz: yeah…well….you can’t take it back 10:17 Me: It’s like getting something someone bought on clearance?…

The Slog

For the second day in a row, my commute (normally ~25 minutes) has pushed up past the 75 minute mark. I hate commuting. I hate driving. I hate the people who drive in my state. Anyway, here’s a view:

Seriously?

In the O RLY department we have this job posting on Craigslist. Among the responsibilities are developing systems that will meet the company’s needs and participate in business meetings to identify and understand the company’s goals and objectives in order to develop a system that will meet the company’s current and future business needs. So,…

The Beating Path

Yesterday was a banner day on the employment front… meh. So I spent all afternoon cleaning up after the behavior of an ostensibly professional member of the staff who, for whatever reason, decided it would be a good day to pull a psychobilly freakout on one of the more valuable members of my crew. This…

Back to the Grind

So it looks like I took a goodly amount of time off, not only from work, but from blogging. I buried myself in holiday celebrational activities like eating and visiting with relatives and playing games and programming at 3pm in nothing but a bathrobe. The highlight of all this fun? I put a ball and…

Stormy and the Like

The ice wasn’t too horrible out here and the snow has been nice. Then again I didn’t clean off the driveway before heading off to work. Work that started at noon. Feeling really mellow and listening to a lot of Brubeck today. It’s nice. Last night was an interesting night on the desk. Was propositioned…

Ready. Steady. Go?

When did they start spelling ‘Monday’ w-e-d-n-e-s-d-a-y? Another day, another meeting. Another meeting, another [uncompensated] responsibility. Another [uncompensated] responsibility, another step closer to the door. You don’t get a web app developer *and* a babysitter for substantially less than $40K/year. I don’t care if it’s BFE Nebraska. Take away the intangible benefits like regular working…

Meh-nday

So you get in to work after an okay if not amazing weekend and start rabbiting away with the shuffling of email and checking up on reports and the managing of log files and whatever else it is you do to start getting into the work groove.  Then you get a phone call from your…

Reasonably lacking in fun

What passes for the mothership-in-law will be staying with us this evening.  Here are some ways in which this promises to not be fun: She self-diagnosed her sinus infection as a mini-stroke Incessant demands for all and sundry to “feel my forehead.  Isn’t it hot?” Requests to “just hold my hand” made almost as frequently…