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, 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
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
I met my friend Steve for breakfast and some wonderful conversation at Helios this morning. Both of us managed to remember, and adjust accordingly to, Daylight Saving Time [It’s Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time!] arriving there at 9:30 as planned, instead of 8:30 10:30 had we not “sprung forward.” I had a Sesame … Read more
I did absolutely no work on anything today. While that should feel good, it really doesn’t. Gracious! The sales technique I used on myself—in terms of the plethora of reasons to skip my workout today—could have sold some ice cubes to an Eskimo. Fortunately for me (I guess), I’m not an Eskimo and my ice … Read more
I logged in to work this morning, and did a quick 3-page edit. From 11:00–12:00, I connected in to the Tivoli Editors Council meeting, and “in the background” had a quick instant message discussion with the writer of that 3-page edit I had returned to him right before the call. He had questions about two … Read more
Earlier this week, I was reading a frivolous article on msn.com about bad wedding advice. This was one of the things in it: Bad Advice: “I was recently a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding. I’m also engaged and was amazed when she told me I couldn’t wear my engagement ring during her wedding because it … Read more