I was supposed to do something for work by the end of 2016, and I was on track for that, but then a couple of things took work from SNAFU to FUBAR and... I'm now scheduled for the second week in 2017. So far no one else seems to mind, because they know that the delay is because I'm helping cover for the new mess (at least until a new hire starts at ( Read more... )

A while ago G & I ate out and got 2 fortune cookies. Each one came sealed separately in plastic. The first fortune said "You will receive a fortune. (cookie)"* and we did (even not counting the self-referential fortune/cookie, because we got the second fortune cookie), but I was still disappointed in that fortune because it felt like it couldn't ( Read more... )

We took down the rest of the sukkah yesterday morning before it rained. This year my brother and oldest nephew did most of the work for both putting up and taking down, because G hurt his wrist before the holidays and wasn't ready for heavy lifting. Also, the oldest nephew is now taller than I am (and my brother always has been) so the two of them ( Read more... )

I just finished the third of three on-line courses. It's still not clear to me how much of the material will actually be relevant for the certification exam which I'm studying for, so now I'm thinking of taking another course which is focused less on general facts and more on the exam itself. Taking this course would mean putting off the exam until ( Read more... )

We saw them last week (on shabbat of course, so no pictures): baby (toddler?) pigeons. They looked a lot like the adult who was at the nest with them but they were a lot smaller.

Ironically, the nest was sheltered (and possibly held in place) by wire spikes which were probably intended to keep birds from landing on the building ledge.

Two weeks ago I posted this: As for my "real" job... The past few weeks have had a couple of interesting twists and turns, including insufficient preparation for a big change which is (re)scheduled for tomorrow. I'm avoiding "day 1" because I've already finished my 40 hours for this week, so I get to take Friday off for a 4-day weekend. (No, this ( Read more... )

I remember learning about a tefach (ancient "hand width" measurement) back in grade school. We asked the obvious question (c'mon, of course we looked at our (not-all-the-same-size 5th grade girls') hands and the (male adult) teacher's hands), and we were told that it's approximately 4". Fast forward a bunch of years ( Read more... )

The editing job is finally finished. One editor was removed from the project (I don't know if they were reassigned or they quit or they were fired) and the new one was a lot more clue-full in some ways but couldn't help with the absurd deadlines or the need for yet one more round of editing (although they did say "no" to yet another round after ( Read more... )

So last week I spent almost every evening working on a super-high-speed editing job, but it was finished Wednesday night and that was that, right? Um... actually, no. I've got another version (plus additional materials) and less than a week to do it. "Yay!"

It's gonna be another long week.

On-line course is complete... Now for a short night/long nap before it's time to wake up for work.