Work affirmation: All state employees go through a 6-month probation period when they’re hired—”just in case things don’t work out.” This e-mail exchange took place on 02/05/09 between the personnel rep (Marilou) and my manager (Jude): Jude, John’s probation will be up on 3/15/09—if you have no objection, he will go permanent on that date. Marilou … Read more
I worked from home today, since I had no meetings and needed to run to my eye doctor’s during lunchtime to get my partially-rimless glasses fixed. I had them hanging from the collar of my shirt on Saturday, and when @justis hugged me at Helios, a wire snapped that holds the lenses in and the right … Read more
In the category of total cuteness, I got an e-mail from my friend Kevin (av8rdude) with this little note in it from his manager, who lives in Australia: A little Koala which just walked on to our neighbours back veranda looking for a bit of heat relief. Filled a bucket for it and this is … Read more
I had not heard that Jennifer Hudson sang the National Anthem at the Superbowl! Thanks to my friend Joe for pointing me to this vid. I want to be a fat, black woman with a phenomenal voice. I’m a third of the way there! 🙂 It was biting cold this morning, and the stinging chill … Read more
Someone on Twitter pointed out this website today: Dreams of Barack. I like the concept. I, myself, have not had a Barack dream yet. Is dental floss made in the U.S. at all? I have three rolls currently at my house: one made in China, one made in England, and the other one made in … Read more
Today, at one of the bus stops on Gorman Road, I looked to the left and saw this little “cottage” with one window beside the door and a sign in it that made me laugh out loud: At yet another stop on Gorman, the “cell phone lady,” whom I introduced yesterday, you know, the one … Read more
Someone on Twitter pointed to this video today. I love it. “Rosa sat, so Martin could walk Martin walked so Barack could run Barack ran so all our children could fly.” Today was not a good bus day. It started with the No. 12 Method Road bus arriving not with such indication on the L.E.D. sign … Read more
This morning was a little hectic, as I had committed to bring in some breakfast items for our team meeting at work, but I didn’t take care of it last night. I drove over to the Food Lion on Avent Ferry road, and shopped real quick for Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage Patties, King’s Hawaiian Rolls, and … Read more
My workday started off with a 9:00-10:30 Web team meeting, which miraculously ended 45 minutes early. I had to present for the first five minutes or so, which I hate to do and am always tense about, but it went alright. I was going to eat leftover pizza for lunch today, but opted instead to … Read more
Today was one of the very few days since I started riding the bus to work on September 15, 2008, that I had to wait for it in the rain. I started my work day with a (choose your term) staff | department | team meeting. They tend to be called staff meetings here, though … Read more