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It could be worse
It's Friday night, and I'm in the middle of a release to our production R&D platform. It was going smoothly, until about 40 minutes ago. Normally, I would be miffed, but honestly, I'm pretty content. ERC will be back from his week-long sojourn in about an hour. I'm well exercised, I'm clean, and I'm in comfy jeans. I've got an enormous, delicious ( Read more... ) -
On this first day of Autumn, 2009
And then: the city over the river ( Read more... ) -
Then.
It was a Tuesday, and I was sleeping in with ERC because it was my day off work, and he was senior engineer for a startup, and he could do things like that then. My phone shrilled, and I was fairly certain it was going to be work asking me in because someone had called in sick, but it was my friend, the Vidal Baboon (which is what Dr. Monkeyvirus ( Read more... ) -
A Birthday Poem To Me And Will Shortz, With Whom I Have A Love/Hate Relationship:
Admission Requirements of U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools ( Read more... ) -
Dear Engineering Ass,
I understand that you have been with the company for a long time and have a reputation as a grumpy curmudgeon that you have to upkeep. However, going forward, I would appreciate you coming to me, the team manager, with concerns and/or questions about my team's activities and/or processes, BEFORE dropping a patently untrue and/or misinformed update ( Read more... ) -
This day in history
On July 29, astroids were discovered, the Spanish Armada was defeated by the English, Princess Diana got married, and Charles X abdicated his throne. And in my little part of the world, in hospice four blocks from my house, my friend Elizabeth died. It has been about a year since she was diagnosed with brain cancer. She would have been 33 in a ( Read more... ) -
Here is how I earn my money
Vishnu Ralla (5:07:23 PM): hi ( Read more... ) -
Huh
So, waiting for Harry Potter to start & enjoying a Mexican martini and thinking. There was another fairly sizeable layoff-type thing today (not my group) and I was just thinking...if I had 6 months of salary, whAt would I do? There are so many things - taking some classes, volunteering, traveling. Actually, that last is no good without ERC. It's ( Read more... ) -
Squish
This is not something I typically talk about, but I don't think I will ever be able to do enough to show my husband how much I madly love him. He's my world. I couldn't have a better partner, and I am so thankful it worked out this way. -
Apologies
I'm sorry about the whinging. I could leave everything behind, as long as I had ERC, my family and my friends. Oh & the dogs. But those are kinda secondary. Seriously, cashing out & buying a boat & traveling from port to port sounds lovely right now.