I worked from home today, declining to participate in the ITIM Information Development weekly status meeting, and reluctantly joining a 3:00-3:30 call that did not end at 3:30, and in fact, it ran over until almost 4:00. I despise lack of calendar integrity. It’s just best that I keep my thoughts about that meeting to … Read more
Today, I celebrate 6 complete years with no television in my home. Yay! A gem from indexed blog: Price check! I worked from home today doing guess what—editing. I ran into Planet Fitness today to meet Rachel @ 11:00, who took me through the Lower Body machines. I didn’t have time to stay and do the … Read more
I suppose it’s okay to take poetic license in obituaries, but I’m going call this one outright hyperbole: “She always made animals smile and flowers bloom.” Always made animals smile? This customer begs to differ. I did IBM edit work for a good portion of today. I got to the gym from 4:00–5:00 today. During … Read more
Today was the deadline to complete the judging of the entries I had for the STC Newsletter Competition. I’ve had them since the end of January, and the fact that I spent several hours completing them on the day of the deadline says all I need to say about the task. Done with it. I … Read more
Today, I faced my resistance to resistance training head on—or perhaps I should say shoulder, arm, and chest on. On Thursday, I received an electronic newsletter from WebMD (as part of IBM’s health plan), which was entitled: 9 Least Effective Exercises: Experts name their top picks for fitness moves that are best to avoid. Obscurely … Read more
This is an incredible visual creation. Let it load all the way, and then slowly move the slide bar at the bottom from left to right. The sound is not critical, but it adds to the experience. (Totally SFW.) I worked from home today, and attended an excruciating conference call from 3:00–4:00 about our editing council’s … Read more
This is not my blog entry for today. It’s a Digital Digression Extra. Ellen’s emotional plea in a word about the 15-year-old gay boy in California who was shot and killed in his classroom by a classmate. And not long after that, this gem surfaces… Gee, I wonder where our youth gets the notion that … Read more
Straight men beware! Oh yeah, and you “straight-acting” gay men? You too! Where no man’s hand should wander An Italian court is trying to overturn human nature—or at least male nature, said Simon Hattenstone in the London Guardian. In a case that should cause men everywhere to shudder, Italy’s highest appeals court has ruled that … Read more
In general, I was up at “oh-dark-hundred” this morning and more specifically at oh-six-fifteen, in order to meet Kevin (av8rdude) at the gym at oh-seven-hundred. There, I’ve reached my quota for military time usage for the year—all in one day. It was Kevin’s bright idea to meet at 7:00 this morning, but he ended up arriving … Read more
I worked from home today. I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the gym to work out from 4:45-5:45. While exercising, I listened to the February 29th episode of This American Life entitled, “Human Resources”: The true story of little-known rooms in the New York City Board of Education building. Teachers are told to report there instead of … Read more