Ah, the irony. Looks like she finally said, “Yes, yes, yes,” and “went, went, went.” From the Gossip feature of the 02/08/08 edition of The Week… Singer Amy Winehouse checked into rehab last week after a 20-minute video surfaced showing her apparently smoking crack and snorting cocaine and Ecstasy. “Amy decided to enter the facility … Read more
I worked from home today, and I actually didn’t edit at all today. Rather, I: Devised the meeting minutes from last Friday’s Editing Council meeting, using a combination of the slides, my notes taken during the meeting, and the audio tape I made on an analog tape recorder. Pause. Rewind. Replay. Pause. Play. Pause. Rewind. … Read more
A clip from a Lesbian friend’s blog: She’s in a Shoprite grocery store, and this is a discussion between herself and a gentleman with Down’s Syndrome (but evidently high-functioning) who is bagging her groceries. Pat is her partner of 10+ years. He’s bagging the food and says with a stutter he didn’t have when he spoke … Read more
I spent most of my day editing today, stopping only long enough to meet Joe at Helios at 6:00, where I went through the pile of paperwork he is signing in applying for a home loan. Since he’s never bought a house before, and I’ve bought several, he asked me to take a look at … Read more
Excuse the . I worked from home this morning, and from Helios this afternoon. Guess doing what. Right! Editing. I had lunch before heading to Helios, and I just can’t articulate how delicious it was: a salad consisting of lettuce, diced tomatoes, chopped scallions, diced red peppers, a chopped hard-boiled egg, julienned carrots, pineapple tidbits, a … Read more
I decided to make yesterday’s blog entry “friends only,” due its slight potential to be hurtful. I worked from home this morning, attending the first 10 minutes of the ITIM IDD (Information Development & Design) team conference call, and then working the rest of the afternoon from Helios, where Kevin (av8rdude) and Kurt joined me. … Read more
I’m not sure how one resolves these two things: Inmate Found Dead in Women’s Prison Posted: 11 minutes ago Raleigh — An inmate at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women was found dead over the weekend in an apparent suicide, authorities said Monday. Officers discovered Nicole Bouleris, 29, hanging from her bed at about … Read more
I worked from home this morning and went into the office this afternoon. My officemate evidently was working from home today. We’ve been officemates over a month now, and we’ve yet to be in the office on the same day. I guess that’s a good thing, except two people dropped by to see him today. I … Read more
I worked from home today, and I participated in three conference calls: A meeting with my manager to receive my 2007 Personal Business Commitments rating, which was exactly what I expected it would be, which is exactly how it should be. [World without end, amen.] The last half (as the aforementioned meeting with my manager … Read more
I worked from home today, and I spent time: Going through my e-mail, which was quite the “pile” since I was out last week Responding to various questions and requests in said e-mail Devising my weekly highlight report for the week ending 01/11 Editing two white papers for one of my writers At about 3:00, … Read more