6 Serious Medical Symptoms Some medical symptoms are warnings that you need immediate care. Learn to recognize these six. What is my impetus for posting this information? Recently I came across the obituary of someone I went to high school with and she was diagnosed on December 12th with cervical cancer that had spread to … Read more
I arrived at 8:45 for my 8:40 dentist appointment, and my hygienist for the day was at the door waiting for me. It was Jeanie, not my regular hygienist, Leigh Ann. Dr. Susan did my filling today, and I just can’t rave enough about her. I left there wanting to write her a thank-you note, … Read more
I worked from home today. I attended an interesting—albeit not too applicable to the work I do—education session today on Search Engine Optimization techniques with regards to PDF files, Flash files, RSS feeds, Podcasts, and Blogs. Following that, I attended another hour-long conference call, this one an Information Development & Design team meeting of one … Read more
Inspired by bratman, I made: “Emma fumbles Clarke’s writhing rhubarb that becomes enormous” out of the available words on Emm@’s fridge. I love hovering over the words in order making her say the sentence out loud. I worked from home today. The highlight of the day was not the two-hour conference call I listened in … Read more
You know it by now: I love me some Prudie… Dear Prudie, I’m a woman in my 20s who has worked hard to learn several languages. Being a linguist has a distinct downside; often I’ve picked up on “private” conversations that are no longer private. The most troubling example is at work. My building also houses … Read more
Just plain disgusting… not to mention a total health hazard: I ran by Target, where I picked up the rest of my photos, a mailing box, some brown paper mailing wrap, and some packaging tape. In my IBM office, I found the mailing box too big, but substituted it with another one laying around my … Read more
I went into the office again today, but not until the morning traffic had subsided. We had our department meeting, which is the whole reason I went in both yesterday and today. It was neither all that, nor the bag of chips. The usual end-of-the-year stuff. Bottom line: Take your vacation, and do your PBCs. … Read more
I went into the office today specifically because we had a department meeting scheduled from 2:00-2:30. At around noon, my manager sent an e-mail out announcing the postponement of the meeting until tomorrow at noon. Okay, here’s the deal: I am supposed to be on vacation starting today for the rest of the year. I … Read more
I worked from home today, and participated in a “Post Mortem” conference call. This is where we talk about: “What went well?” “What went not so well?” and “What would we do differently next time?” during the development of the last release of our product. I had my bi-annual teeth cleaning today, and it was … Read more
Of all the years I’ve been buying 12-packs of canned soda, I’ve never had this happen: One of the cans in my current pack is only half full. There are no leaks or anything; it just didn’t get filled up. Since it’s the only time that something like this has happened to me over all this … Read more