work: a little venting
This afternoon may be the most frustrated I’ve ever felt with this job. It’s not one thing, it’s a combination of a whole lot of stuff that seems to keep getting more crap added to it and all the while...
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on metro: Knock it off, I dare you
Interesting ride in this morning. I was a little later than usual, so the train was more crowded than I’m used to. A few stops in, a trio got on, two men, one woman and they were kinda cuttin’ up...
in the office: Oh well, whatever, nevermind
Tamara J. Erickson at Harvard Business talks about 10 Reasons Gen X’ers Are Unhappy at Work Many of you X’ers are not thrilled with corporate life. You tend not to trust institutions in general and deeply resent the Boomers’ confident...
KOKO: keep on keepin’ on…
It ain’t pretty outside, sort of a steady stream of misty rain that refuses to turn into light or heavy rain. Walking to work was like having a slightly chilly spa facial treatment. I treated myself with a latte from...
Ignorance is Strength
In yet another effort to simultaneously move us closer and take us back to “1984”, the current administration is making changes to the language of some federal agencies. There are good reasons for it, but it does reinforce the fact...
Who is it that wears Prada, now?
I snagged the above AP Photo from Wonkette, Popemania: George & Laura & Jenna Bush Say Hi To Pope! I looked at this picture and the only thing that came to mind was the Pope givin’ shout-outs to all his...
Office Pet Peeve #683
When our team has a higher than normal workload, for some reason all the requests starting coming in as high priority requests to which we joke, “It’s all high priority!” There are some people around the office that we think...
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see
Remember to take everything with a grain of salt today, especially any e-mails and websites. The above image is from ThinkGeek which always has a plethora of amazing products available for sale on April 1st and in past years they’ve...
Soylent Green is made of Leprechauns!
I was really starting to fear that days of observing St. Patrick’s Day were long and far away from my time in Elementary School where every holiday official or not caused at least a few weeks of celebration. On the...