No, this isn’t the “State of my life” post promised on Saturday. That’s still drafting. I will, however, share some thoughts on spreadsheets. I hate them. All told I’ve spent ten hours, spread across three days, building a spreadsheet array. Right now it’s 18 sheets deep. What the array does is take sales information, thenContinue reading “Spreadsheets? Gah!”
Category Archives: Work
Florida
The flight for Florida leaves in two and a half hours. Updates should resume on Thursday, beginning with an extensive post on life and work. In the meantime, some political news! Reporters from The Onion have uncovered a potential scandal involving the Bush Administration–serious gaps in Bush’s service as President. The article notes that “[f]reshlyContinue reading “Florida”
On the Road
In an hour I’ll be on my way to Richmond. Fable, the long-awaited role-playing game for XBox, comes out tomorrow everywhere, but rather than have it shipped to stores I’ll be picking up copies for the local stores at the Richmond airport, so it can go on sale today, a day ahead of schedule. IContinue reading “On the Road”
Work, Work, and More Work
This week I’ve been working on an OSR for work. It’s internal parlance for Overstock Recall, where the store receives an e-mail detailing what products to return to the warehouse for reclamation (in other words, boxing game cartridges or resurfacing game discs if scratched) and reprocessing for shipment to other stores. Generally stores receive theseContinue reading “Work, Work, and More Work”
Movie Night!
We may do a Movie Night at work in the next few weeks. I wouldn’t call Movie Night a tradition. More like an occasional happening, getting together as much of the staff as wants to go after work and going to see a film. We’ve done it twice. The last time it came off wellContinue reading “Movie Night!”
Those who forget the past…
What are they teaching kids these days? A conversation from work: Boy, maybe nine years old, brings the Transformers game to the counter to purchase. “Who’s your favorite Transformer?” I ask. His brow furrows in deep thought. “Optimus Prime,” he says at last. I nod. “I liked Optimus Prime a lot when I was yourContinue reading “Those who forget the past…”
One of those days….
It’s always nice to see my company in the news for good things–Profits up. Stores opening. Stock price climbing. It’s never nice to see my company in the news for bad things. Today is one of those latter days. Sigh. (ETA April 2007): I went through the archives, adding tags to old entries. Some ofContinue reading “One of those days….”
On Things You Don't Want To See
Two weeks ago I was driving to a business meeting in the western part of North Carolina, and along I-40 I thought I saw my boss’s car ahead of me. As I passed him I looked to my right, saw that it was, in fact, my supervisor, and he appeared to asleep at the wheel,Continue reading “On Things You Don't Want To See”
On How I Got Here
About two months ago, I guess, I was feeling particularly sentimental. It happens. Time changes people. I was a sad, sullen person at the age of twenty-five. At thirty, I feel genuinely happy, perhaps even content. It’s like the pieces of my life have come together well, and though there are some pieces of theContinue reading “On How I Got Here”
Gagh!
A customer came into the store today with his pet lizard, Diablo, situated on his shoulder. He said he had been feeding Diablo crickets. Suddenly, Diablo began to foam at the mouth. “He’s thirsty. He needs water! He’ll die if he doesn’t drink anything!” I ran into the back, pulled out a bottle of springContinue reading “Gagh!”