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because it's purim, and snowing
Q: Why is the onion a winter vegetable?
A: Because it has layers.
(I was commenting this morning that it takes me 2-3 times more time to get dressed in the winter than in the summer because of the additional layers of clothing, and one thought led to another.) -
time
Today I was working on a project when my boss asked me to interrupt what I was doing to work briefly on another project. The first project is referred to as "Time", so I got to respond to my boss that yes, I would "pause Time ( Read more... ) -
I'm back (I hope)
I'm not the most frequent poster in general, but the recent 4-month gap was rather longer than I had planned or expected. Short version: between the standard busy-ness, expected non-standard events (fall holidays, G family gathering in LV, office move to midtown), and one unhappy surprise event (funeral for family friend, I spoke graveside), I got ( Read more... ) -
Arisia
Just a note that G and I are attending this year. -
slightly bloody minor mess
Yesterday afternoon I tripped in the street and landed not well but not too badly either. I've got minor scrapes on my hands which barely hurt now, unbroken skin with bruises on both knees and one shoulder which do still hurt a bit (and I'm not looking forward to the effects of office temperature, as it's generally cold enough to make my knees ( Read more... ) -
Work is educational
Apparently I'm rather sarcastic, but there's no limit on how much is allowed so it's ok. -
work silliness
Transcript of a recent IM with a colleague:
[Colleague presents problem, I share solution]
Colleague: once again [chaos_wrangler] is brilliant
Me: snort.
Me: not brilliant, just been there & done that before
C: and a brilliant snort it is
M: LOL
M: [other colleague] just asked if I was okay. :)
And this is why I really like working with some -
(pre-)pesach again
Last year I posted this the night before pesach, and this year I remembered that post and tried to make things go equally well. I'm not sure if we did better or worse, but either way it was close. Things were fairly calm and it felt like we had enough time for everything we needed to do... although next year I want G to cut the maror earlier than ( Read more... ) -
failure is always an option
(thank you Mythbusters for the title quote ( Read more... )