Merry Widow mindmap…

Today, I got this error message back from the Coastal Federal Credit Union Web site while trying to access my account: Your USER I.D. or PASSWORD is invalid. Please retry for any possible errors. Remember, passwords are case sensitive. Need password reset? 800-868-4262 Option 2. My question is, “What is I.D. an abbreviation for exactly? … Read more

The lesson plan that wasn’t…

I attended a two-hour mandatory education session on the TPDM’s IaD process today. Rick R., from Austin, taught it, and he was a pretty good teacher. The class was fairly engaged most of the time, which is good. It turned into the slightest bit of a bitch session at the end, but overall, not bad. … Read more

Let’s do it now!

I had an interesting and fun conference call with Jason and Cassandra today on the problems with the review functionality in QMX. I met Mary Charles for lunch today. It was good to catch up. We had interesting, non-stop conversation, starting off with catching up on everyone who used to work at the Career Center … Read more

What in the hail?????

I was awakened at 7:30 by what sounded like a humongous bag of golf balls being poured on my roof. The wind was blowing like crazy, and I looked outside to see hail of said size pelleting my car and the ground all around. Damn! I woke up an hour later, and the sun was … Read more

Please release me, let me go…

Lazy, lazy boy today. I watched several episodes of the first season of Will & Grace on DVD. I took a two-hour nap. I walked for 30 minutes around Crabtree Valley Mall. I treated myself to a fat dinner at Ruby Tuesdays. Does it make sense to walk for 30 minutes then eat fattening food? … Read more

What the “bleep” do we know…

I turned in my PBCs (personal business commitments) for 2005 today. Mel reviewed them, and accepted them “as is.” I entered them into the “PBC tool.” All set for another year. I had brief discussions with Cassandra and Jennifer about the new ICD process, and the DIV Qlib database, which gives me error accessing the … Read more

Weighing in on the subject…

Breaking news! Man Gets Off Caboose – Avoids Disaster! Weight milestone: Welcome to the 180s, and one less belt notch. How’s this e-mail, which I received from a class colleague today, for a funk remover: Dear John, (I get these “Dear John” letters all the time. What’s up with that? Oh. “But you are, Blanche; … Read more

Crazy little things…

We had our “PBC Meeting” with Phil today via phone. It was scheduled for 30 minutes, and went 5 minutes over. It was rushed. There was no time for questions at the end. But it’s all so “critical.” After that I had an hour teleconference with Sabrina and Amy on the “Method Not Found” Lotus … Read more

Thong long gone…

… or so I thought. She was there again. Black lycra pants… black elastic band at the top of some type of underwear. At least this time, the spandex pants didn’t ride low enough to give me a crack (so to speak) at seeing what was underneath. I was much more interested in the guy … Read more