OK, here’s how stupid I am today… I was reaching for the Listerine sprayer I keep on my desk, grabbed the glasses cleaner instead, and spritzed some on my tongue. Isopropyl alcohol - yum.
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For better or worse, the boundary between my PC and everyone else’s dissolved a little further today.
Read more...So sick...
I’m debating whether to tough it out a few more hours or go home sick (in which event I have to take a full day’s sick time). I feel like month-old warmed-over hell served cold from the fridge.
Read more...Yesterday’s storm didn’t bring any snow here to Mesa, just lots and lots of rain. But we did see snow on the Superstitions when we headed out this afternoon, and when we pointed it out to Lenny he had to touch some. The stuff on top of the Sups was well out of hiking range. So we drove toward Globe (an hour away), where we’d heard there was still snow on the ground.
It was getting dark, and we weren’t wearing coats, so we didn’t go all the way. But there were trucks passing us in the opposite direction with snow piled into their beds, probably to take home to show families. I spotted three sizable snowballs off to the side of the road, which had presumably fallen off a vehicle, so I told Diana to pull over.
Lenny got to crunch his boots in some, and Diana and I started the world’s shortest-lived snowball fight. We headed home with one last snowball in the car (which melted before we got there).
Read more...My boss just called me into his office and handed me an award check and a letter personally signed by the CEO. It was for my speedy turnaround on my last project, which made a customer rather happy.
I didn’t tell him that I changed, like, 3 lines of code on that project. I guess figuring out which lines to change was moderately difficult, but when my boss is putting in a ton of weekend hours and my fellow employees are staying overnight for software releases, it’s kind of hard to feel proud about about that sort of thing. Oh, well, evidently these awards are a pretty common thing, so I guess it’s not that big a deal.
I just want to get my toolset gathered so I can really start cranking out software and pull my weight around here.
Read more...Access to axes!
Anyone able to leave their Animal Crossing town gate open tonight, so we can come get one or more axes? We’re trying to build a stockpile until such time as we can acquire a Golden Axe. We’ll also leave ours open so you can come visit (and hopefully drop one off).
The FAQ I’m reading misled me a bit… I just buried $20,000, thinking it would either grow into a money tree, or remain a bag I could dig back up. I was elated to see it turn into a sprout immediately. But today it seems to be wilting! :_( I think I might be out $20,000.
Read more...Here's a statement that will blow the minds of those who know me...
I don’t like Samurai Shodown V.
They added a bajillion new characters and brought back all the old good ones, but it isn’t enough. I need parries, dodges, combos, counters (or at least much deeper implementations of them than they have here). The series is really starting to show its age. And, let’s face it, my tastes have changed.
Nonetheless, I do own it now, so those who have their own copies and would like to get a little Live action going, get in touch with me. Maybe a few bouts with a practiced human opponent will change my mind.
Read more...My soul hurts.
I’m always in the most miserable mood on Mondays. Bored and fed up with everything. All for no good reason.
It’s probably for some simple reason, like I never get enough sleep Sunday night. That doesn’t help when you’re stuck at work and can’t stand being here, though.
Read more...Got hold of our copy of Animal Crossing for DS (had to go through Amazon to get it)…
Right now our town is basically devoid of all beauty as we shake peaches off the trees and grab every shell that washes ashore so we can sell ‘em. (We have a mortgage to pay, after all.) There’s also no rhyme or reason to the house’s decor, ‘cause we’re using the first hand-me-downs we’ve gotten.
Bit like getting started in the real world, I guess. (Except I never resorted to poaching.)
Read more...Priceless.
A co-worker just walked up to me and said: “I bet yours was a lot more expensive…” He showed me his Target receipt, which read “Wife: $3.99”.
(Evidently the actual item was a Valentine’s card.)
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