If all goes according to plan, the offending tree should be gone tomorrow. They should also have the roof repaired. Hershey gets to spend the day in the house. He’ll be happy. I spent the evening pondering potential investment moves I might make with one of my retirement accounts. I … Continue reading →
We haven’t figured out where, yet, but we will. Several of us are planning a virtual walk. We’re starting February 1, and we’re using pedometers (or other known tracking mechanisms) to log our steps during the day. I even created a progress bar for it. Due to progress bar limitations, … Continue reading →
There’s a dead tree in my backyard. It’s tall, it’s narrow, and it’s very dead. But the tree is still standing. The top has already fallen into my neighbor’s yard. My landlords are trying to find someone who can take the tree down safely. The race against Mother Nature is … Continue reading →
I was just curious. So I searched. “Blu-Ray” “Apple” on the search window. Interestingly, the intersection of those two terms goes back to at least 2005. Hubby’s new Sony laptop has Blu-Ray capability (and he likes it — says the latest Harry Potter video looks fabulous (not his term)). I … Continue reading →
Really grumpy yesterday. Then I drove by a man jogging…on prosthetic legs (yes, you read that right, plural, legs). Then later in the day I learned a man who worked with some of my co-workers died of a massive heart attack in an ambulance en route to the hospital. I … Continue reading →
I’m trying to get my various jobs unloaded to whomever is going to replace me after I retire. Two people have been identified for one of the jobs I do, but one of the two is “too busy” to do the few things I’m asking him to do in preparation … Continue reading →
If Twilight were a networking comedy, this comic would be a great cover: You guessed it: It came from xkcd. The Freakin’ Geeks would love this.
Continue reading →I’m swamped at work. I’m grumpy. I don’t have much to say. I am enjoying some reading. My knee is feeling a little better, and I’m noticing some slow improvement in my lung capacity. Thanks for stopping by.
Continue reading →For now, anyway. I finished my revision pass and sent it winging to my brave and courageous first reader. It’s sitting at 84,352 words of a targeted 90k. As far as I can tell, that’s acceptable. Knee Update: The Aleve/Tylenol combination seems to be helping. I’m experiencing less excruciating pain … Continue reading →
My PA and I looked at my knee X-rays today. The machine that took this series of X-rays was phenomenal. And the digital clarity is astonishing. They took three views, and my PA was cringing and saying, “Ouch” at every angle. “This is disintegrating really bad” was one nearly direct … Continue reading →