Today’s weather forecast called for light rain showers in the evening. I was looking forward to that–the car could use a bath, after the snow and salt of last week’s snowfall. When I left work the wind was blowing lightly from the north and west, and dark clouds hugged the horizon. I frowned–north and westContinue reading “On Falling Snow”
Category Archives: Work
On This and That
I’ve had something on my mind for a few days, and I wanted to air it. At work this week (well, really the last three or so) I’ve been going through databases and checking the data contained therein against other databases. And I’ve noticed something, and I wanted to ask. When was it okay toContinue reading “On This and That”
On Today's Necktie
Today’s necktie is a Christmas necktie. It is a Winnie-the-Pooh necktie. It is a Classic Pooh necktie, an E.H. Sheppard Pooh, not the Disney Pooh. I feel spiffy. I feel tres chic. The tie looks tres cool. Why am I using a French adjective? Winnie-the-Pooh and Christmas. A winning combination. 🙂
On Work Fun
Sometimes, I have just too much fun. At work I’m following a workflow document to see if it actually, y’know, works and proofing it along the way. To work through the steps in the document I’ve had to create Medicare plan members I can play around with, enroll in plans, sign up with doctors, callContinue reading “On Work Fun”
On Tricks With Coffee
At work we have a Keurig coffee machine. Basically, you take your cup, put it under the spout, drop a coffee packet thing in the slot, press a button, and the machine makes a single cup of coffee. Frankly, the coffee’s not that good. And it only makes half a cup, really. Today, tried aContinue reading “On Tricks With Coffee”
On Morning Coffee
There’s a Dunkin Donuts about two blocks from where I work. I stopped there this morning, bought two donuts and a large coffee. Dunkin Donuts has a plan–they want to take down Starbucks, and I’ve always been partial to Dunkin Donuts coffee. It’s cheaper than Starbucks, it’s not as fancy as Starbucks, and if youContinue reading “On Morning Coffee”
On the Work Day
Today felt unproductive. At the end of the day it wasn’t that bad. I actually accomplished a lot. It just felt bad. Where I worked last week — well, that room had been gutted for a remodel over the weekend. So, it took some time to find a new place to plant the team. AndContinue reading “On the Work Day”
On Fells Point
I started my temp job in Fells Point last week. I haven’t had much of a chance to explore it, yet. As a Homicide fan I think it’s quite cool to be working in Fells Point. Indeed, I drove down Bayliss Street just the other day. I’m not supposed to talk about my job —Continue reading “On Fells Point”
On the Last Day
Today's my last day at EB Games. A number of managers got together last night at a local bar as a kind of going-away get-together. One manager left last week, I'm leaving today, another's moving to Pittsburgh (though staying with the company) in two weeks. It was the last hurrah, basically. It was good. IContinue reading “On the Last Day”
On Monday
Today. Today was the hard day. Today was the day I made the difficult phone calls to colleagues I've worked with for years. Half were happy for me that I was leaving and getting out. Even the knowledge that, as of right now, I've no job lined up didn't temper that excitement. It was, oneContinue reading “On Monday”