Discovered that waffles, brownies, roast duck and birthday cake do not make ideal weight loss ingredients, but had a good time with office and old friends ( Read more... )

I eventually realized that brontosaurs at work, even cheerful well-groomed ones, even if they were a massive help in major file compression (tromping down large wooden bins of files -- the files looked sort of like glittering Chex(tm) -- like tromping down grapes, but drier) was -- even if it involved data administration, probably not actually ( Read more... )

Quiet birthday with old friends I've known 25-30 years. Includes those from first APA I ever read, roommate from 80's whose computer I learned WordPerfect 4.2, Lotus 2 and some more on ( Read more... )

Also while being a laboratory subject, got to read some nifty articles in Engineering & Science magazine in their waiting area, such as the nifty electric car research. The drive for batteries for cell phones and portable computers has increased the energy per pound a lot ( Read more... )

I had the interesting experience of being a Laboratory Subject at Caltech briefly (3 hours ( Read more... )

Update: "Runs like a champ" now after throwing money at problem (well after shop threw skill and some parts at problem). Whew ( Read more... )

For a loooong time some of eating has been a stress reaction. Could be worse - and I can often tell when I'm eating And Liking It - enjoying the yummies for their own sake - and when I'm eating as distraction and reaction to something else. (I also notice this in computer gaming, basically whether I'm going to something fun or “Shriek! Run away ( Read more... )

Whew ( Read more... )

While doing conventional job hunting stuff (doing as close to excellent as possible on temp assignment, sending out resumes with cover letters showing I had actually read job ddscription and had some interest in that particular job, and getting the pump primed enough to get a "permanent" job interview a week while pretty near 40 hours/week temping ( Read more... )

I've been way behind on this but several Good Things happened, which I feel worth posting -- especially as I have the opportunity to say nice things about other people ( Read more... )