While the building's cafeteria is convenient, it seems a shame that providing decent food at reasonable prices is not among its core competencies.
At least they serve gardenburgers.

I realized this morning that it's been just a few months over 20 years that I've been using "bonzo" as a username, save for a couple of school accounts requiring assigned names. It wasn't until about 13-14 years ago that I started using it as a stage name, and a little less than 8 years ago that I started putting it on my business cards.
People ( Read more... )

The company I'm working for now makes its home in a rather large building that rents out configured-to-suit cube space and office services in order to serve startups that need office space and want to get started Right Bloody Now. It's an interesting idea. Compare:

• Look through office complexes and try to find an office that ( Read more... )

Things that have made me happy in the past week or so:
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da6d asked what I've been doing since the company cratered ( Read more... )

$COMPANYNAME has cratered. Spectacularly, even. It's still unclear to me whether we have insurance benefits through the end of February. Oops.
Technically, I am unemployed as of the end of the day. There are strong ( Read more... )

Turning onto the last main drag between me and my home tonight, I found myself behind a white Cadillac Escalade EXT. It's not the first time I've run across one, but they still continue to crack me up.
If you've not seen one, the rundown goes like this: Start with a Chevy ( Read more... )

[BRRRAAAAAAAP!]
"Tasty!"
"Aw, man! Chemical warfare!"
"I did that in the roda once. Guy had me in a grapple. [BRRAAP!] That broke his hold."
"Not against me, man! I'm too young to die!"

These things always seem funnier when people are partly undressed. I'd suggest it's a guy thing, but I've read tmi_chix.

While in the shower this morning, my phone rang with two incoming calls. When I got out, two voicemail messages were waiting for me, both from the same number. One was just a click, and the second was left presumably after the caller had determined that he had dialed the number he was given.
For various reasons, the outgoing message on my voicemail ( Read more... )

When I'm standing around the house and not giving Vito enough attention for his tastes (which naturally is pretty much anytime I'm standing around the house and in particular when I've just walked in the door), along with the usual cat-like rubbing up against my leg, Vito does this.At times like this, he really wants me to rub my foot back and ( Read more... )