"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Super-Short Entries, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Feb 22nd, 2006
So, my time in my current department draws to a close. This job, which I eagerly accepted back in November, has turned out to be nothing at all like what I was expecting, and was frankly making me despair. Lucky for me, I had several applications outstanding within the HR system, and one of them […]
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs, Schwinn Suburban, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Oct 6th, 2005
Did you ever have one of those days where you were inadvisably flatulent and you couldn’t find any reasonably socially acceptable place to relieve pressure? Because I can tell you that those days really suck. Now, I’ve been known to deploy retaliatory flatulence when fighting dirty, but thankfully those days are behind me now, and […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Sep 27th, 2005
Like most people my age, computers, that is desktop computers, have been an unremarkable fixture in the world for my entire conscious lifetime. When I was a kid, computers were at the doctor’s office, my Californian aunts used computers at their office jobs, and even my school had a computer, though the teachers didn’t know […]
Posted in Food & Snacks, Imports from old blogs, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Aug 12th, 2005
Reasons why it sucked to have the back office to myself today: 1. I literally had to do everything. Any calls, I had to answer them, any requests for plans, I had to retrieve them, anybody needed supplies, I had to find them, any paperwork that came in, I had to file it. 2. I […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on May 28th, 2004
Okay, I just had to repress an evil impulse once again. A man called in for information about completing his inspections for a mausoleum at a cemetery site, and we determined that one of the extant problems, while not a dangerous one, will take some time to fix. He asked if he could speak to […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on May 27th, 2004
I heard some great news today, though this is pretty much strictly of Kansas City-area local interest. Finally and conclusively, the Hotel President renovation is getting underway. The project manager from J. E. Dunn called in for information regarding the installation of an exterior hoist for transporting construction materials up and down the outside of […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Imports from old blogs, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on May 26th, 2004
From the Department of Oh Holy Crap That Is Disgusting: I had a travel mug from one of the various Corporate Campaigns of Gung Ho Insanity from my previous job. I actually have several, but only one of those mugs is relevant at the moment. This mug, being capacious and minty-green, is an excellent mug […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs, Lists, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Apr 22nd, 2004
co·pa·cet·ic or co·pa·set·ic (k p -s t k) adj. Very satisfactory or acceptable; fine: “You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic†(John O’Hara). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Sep 24th, 2002
So. Good morning to you all. I’ve officially been up since the buttcrack of dawn. (4:45 a.m.) My brain keeps seizing up. My whole body hurts. The early shift is killing me. Or in any event sucking my will to live. I have *got* to find a different job, preferably one that doesn’t entail intensive […]