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Leave without pay
I had a conversation with my (TOTALLY AWESOME) boss today about time off. It began with discussion of my upcoming field duties and training, and then the subject turned to how he approaches management of the people in our office. Things went something like this ( Read more... ) -
Instant self portrait
Courtesy syncretin :
Instructions:
Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair - just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with the picture.
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Burning Man 2008
Better late than never, here's my annual "burning man in a series of vignettes" post. Hooray!
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T-minus twelve...
I have a dome, huzzah! It's currently in five packages in the front hallway - tonight I'll move it downstairs. With any luck I'll find some time to test assemble it in the back yard before leaving, eep!
M, the charming new boy in my life, has been convinced to attend his first burn this year. He has his ticket, bike and dust mask, and will be ( Read more... ) -
It's been a good week.
In the past six days, I have coordinated moving into my new house in Oakland, relaxed and taken two baths, done a bunch of laundry, spent two days working in the shop on Elevation (yay, welding!), had a first and second date with a wonderful charming boy, celebrated two friends' birthdays, and slept a bit ( Read more... )
