How did I not see it coming?

I should have seen it coming.  I’m not that old, but I’ve still been around too damn long not to.
A few days ago, the head of the company asked me to download an article on being a better boss.
Did he take the advice of the article to heart?
Read it carefully, discover the error of his [...]

Insert “Forlorn Sigh” Here

I’m staring out my office window at the moment.
From within my climate-controlled, white-walled, grey-carpeted office, with its’ stacks of technical documents and its’ multiple-monitored desk I can view the world outside.
I can see a brilliant blue sky, but I can’t feel the sun on my face.
I can hear birds chirping, but I can’t see them.
I can [...]

Geek Day

After spending the entire day at work yesterday, today was a day to address the Inner Geek (IG).  Some people have an ID and an Ego, I’ve got an IG.
Ideally, of course, I would have had a full two day weekend, gone hiking and to the BBQ yesterday and geeked out today, but you do [...]

Two Months & Two Pounds Down

Today is my two month anniversary of joining the gym.
I know what you’re thinking: “Woo”.  Or perhaps even ”Big ‘Freakin Woo”.
But for me, the fact that I’ve actually been going consistently for two months impresses the hell out of, well, me.
While I haven’t woken up with the body of our good Governator or anything, I’m actually starting to see [...]

Figures…

Aw, maaaaaan.  Saturday, I’ve got to go into work to install hardware.
Which means I won’t be able to go to this.
Damn.

A Post About… Not Posting

Tonight on my write page I have 10 drafts.  Yep, count ‘em: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.
 Wait, that just reminded me of this:
 
Now there’s a random childhood flashback for you.  Gotta love that groovy 70’s beat.
The problem with all these posts is not that the ideas [...]

Temptations…

When the computer-phobic head of the company asks you to download an article from the Internet titled “10 Ways To Be A Better Boss”, how the hell does one resist whipping out a highlighter and pointing out certain, shall we say, suggestions?!?!
 Must… resist… urge…

Lazy Sunday, Lazy Post

Oh, I’ve been such a lazy blogger lately.  There have been other, uh, distractions lately, and I’ve been a very bad blogger as a result.
I’m sure this happens to other bloggers, though: I’ve got about 47 posts in my head, it’s just a matter of sitting my butt down and writing them out.
So, I’m doing [...]

One for the geeks

After all this hiking stuff, I figure it’s time to do a post for the geeks.  Thankfully, today provided just such an event.
Like always, I was juggling about three things at once today, all of them, of course, “critical”.  I get a call from a fairly new employee: his keyboard isn’t working right.
“The space puts [...]

That’s two…

So… it’s been almost 48 hours and Pink Sweatshirt hasn’t responded to my e-mail, which means that it’s probably a done deal.  Along with The Nurse, that’s 0 for 2.
Well, this is going just swimmingly, isn’t it?
I went back and reviewed the e-mail and, for the life of me, I can’t see what I said [...]