Work's been on and off lately. Most of the time, I have to create 4 or 6 work orders a day and wait for something to go wrong - then fix it. Well, not actually fix it, of course. That would be too easy and non-enterprisey. I indirectly find out what's wrong through limited means, then figure out how other can fix it through even more indirect ( Read more... )

Know how in tetris, you tend to have things piled up in the middle - because the edges limit what can be put there ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I drive to work myself in the Miata feeling like the king of the road and everyone else is but a subject. I drive the hour to the client, climb to the top of the parking deck. Pull to the edge, climb out, and announce my presence to the world.

But just sometimes.

I have a strong urge to sit at home with an eyepatch and a fake moustache while working. Pirate hat optional.

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It's over an hour after we were supposed to leave and I've had to take advil, open my secret mountain dew and break into the emergency cheetos.

yeah, I have emergency cheetos.

Motivational Speakers and teambuilding exercises don't.

So, last night I called apple support again and they basically said (paraphrased here) "we're idiots here, you have to go to a genius bar - they be smart". So I basically say screw it and head north. Go to the genius bar and they try it and it works on their ifruit, and can't see why it won't work for me. It worked on their computer in the back ( Read more... )

South Neil is totally overrun with little people. Minivans and yuppie station wagons (SUVs) everywhere! Ahhh! I was sent out with one purpose: get diet cat food so Camden walks - not waddles. The aminal hosipital was closed and the other place I was supposed to go (Prairieland Feeds) was overrun with balloon creatures, little walking creatures ( Read more... )