So, I'm sitting waiting on one of those beautiful blue, khaki, and orange jets from Southwest to whisk me off to Chicago. Apparently (for those who care and don't know) I'm going to get trained on how to support sales staff who are configuring p5 systems for customers. Basically, I just took the class on how to sell the systems and configure them ( Read more... )

Ok, so I am completely out of shape. It's been over a month since I've been to a hapkido class. Let me tell you, Hapkido is NOT fun when you're out of shape. I mean, flying through the air is always fun...it's the landing that's the problem. I'm gonna be really sore tomorrow ( Read more... )

I really do love the Blue Man Group. I'm sitting here listening - well, experiencing the sound of Blue Man Group. If I close my eyes for a minute, I'm back in Las Vegas seeing the show. It is truly a feast for the senses, and any percussionist would kill to play for them ( Read more... )

My weekend (and now the beginning of my week) were weird. Weekend was good..ish. As my wife said, her parents were here. That's always an interesting experience. As much as I love them, they drive us both batty...her more than me. Apparently, while I was out playing poker Saturday night down the street, her dad bad-mouthed me ( Read more... )

Well, some of my friends (and some of recran's) came over tonight. We played NERTS for a while. Then Jamie and I played some Champions of Norrath (I really love that game). Then we played Cranium. Jamie and Suz won because they apparently share a brain. But recran's Humpty-Dumpty sculpture, now, that was something special. For 20 seconds, I'm ( Read more... )

So, I just spent the night on the couch b/c my staff has been having problems in the field. Since my job is two-fold (1) Ensure the field is technically trained and (2) Ensure the latest rollout is smooth for our customers, I feel like a total failure on those points ( Read more... )

I mean, honestly, when I graduated from college I had high hopes that I was going to enjoy what I did "in the real world". What the hell happened? I enjoyed the field then, but I don't now. I'm probably just cranky because I've been up for the last 2 hours. But honestly, I thought my job would be fun. It's not. Whatever. Enough complaining.