Well one out of two ain’t bad—I was bushy-tailed this morning (can’t help it, really), but I wasn’t bright-eyed. Nonetheless, I did get to the gym at just after 7:00, and it was a cardio-only day for me. In anticipation of Robert’s arrival this afternoon from NYC and having seen Wicked, while I worked out, … Read more
I worked from home today. I finished Jim’s final edit, and I canceled my one-on-one meeting with my manager, with both of us agreeing that it was unnecessary today. I went to the gym late in the afternoon, in time to finish up my routine for Free Pizza Monday. It was good to get back … Read more
Joe’s cable guy called me at about 8:40 this morning to meet him over at Joe’s new house “in 20 minutes.” We got it all taken care of, only bothering Joe by phone twice, in the wee hours of his morning in Vegas. And, yes, the cable guy was hot. I stopped by the State Employees … Read more
Sometimes this thing is just an evil coma machine! I clawed my way out of its clutches this morning, and combatted it with its more humane evil—caffeine. I found this blog entry about the importance of “gay neighborhoods” interesting, especially in light of a recent conversation I had with my friend, Joe, about how nice … Read more
Who schedules an 8:00 meeting on a Monday morning? Unfortunately I didn’t look at my work calendar all weekend to remind myself of said meeting, so when I logged in at 9:00, my usual start time, the meeting was pretty much finishing up. Oh well. I’ve talked here before about what a crap shoot buying … Read more
I was up early this morning, logged into work by 7AM. In my inbox, was an e-mail from my manager’s manager’s manager with the subject line: Sad News. And within the body of the short e-mail, this line: “[Employee’s name] fell ill suddenly yesterday, was transported to the hospital, but unfortunately did not survive.” That … Read more
I worked from home today, with laundry going on in the background. I participated in a conference call, during which IBM editors talked about the subject: Global Writing Teams and Working with Writers Whose First Language Isn’t English. One person used these two words while talking: templative and formulaic. Templative, which I don’t think is a … Read more
First thing this morning, I had an e-mail from Kevin’s realtor saying that his place contracted, and asking if I’d be available some time today to sign paperwork on his behalf. I worked from home this morning, and from Helios this afternoon. Two notable things happened at Helios today: My cell phone battery was getting … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I met at the gym at 7:30 today, as he left the country for three weeks this afternoon and needed to get his workout in early. The only thing worse to me than working out that early in the morning, is working out that early in the morning when it’s not “Free … Read more
I worked from home this morning, and from Helios this afternoon. I completed Shruti’s edit on schedule today. I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the Bank of America (Kevin’s bank) at Cameron Village today to be a witness in the notarizing of a Power of Attorney of his. He needed to run by the post office … Read more