Why, oh why Percy, must you talk all the time? I think I much preferred Percy when he didn’t talk at all, which was the past year up until, oh, a few weeks ago. Now, he talks. Loud. Often. Persistent. If the past in any guide, tonight, in the early hours of the morning, he’llContinue reading “On Talking Cats”
Monthly Archives: May 2006
On an Ocean Metaphor
Emotions, like waves, come rolling in from the ocean. Sometimes there's calm, peace, tranquility, like sitting on the beach at midnight, moon overhead, and the lights of distant ships on the horizon barely visible through the mist. Sometimes they crash in waves, kicked up by storm or tide. Today, emotions crashed against the shore withContinue reading “On an Ocean Metaphor”
On Returning From an Inventory
I got in just a little bit ago. Six hours to finish. Not bad, for an inventory performed with two scanners. The procedure was wildly different than I was used to, in both good ways and bad ways. I think the final result will be accurate, but the inventory procedure used is so lacking inContinue reading “On Returning From an Inventory”
On Performing Inventories
Tonight I’ll be in Goldsboro, doing an inventory at one of the stores in my district. First inventory in a while, the first since January. It’s going to be different from the way I’m used to doing inventories. Since the merger half the company’s stores have continued with their standard inventory cycles and procedures, whileContinue reading “On Performing Inventories”
On Doing the Nice Thing
Yesterday morning at work business came in waves–heavy, then light. The store would be empty, save for myself, followed by a half an hour of a jam-packed store with a dozen customers all wanting attention. In the midst of all this…. A woman came in, and she wanted some advice–should she buy a video gameContinue reading “On Doing the Nice Thing”
On a Musical Disconnect
It’s mid-May. I’m listening to Christmas music. No particular reason. I remarked today at work on the disconnect between people being excited about hockey–the Carolina Hurricanes, the local team, are in the Eastern Conference NHL finals or something like that–and the sultry weather we’ve been having of late. So, it’s mid-May, and I’m already thinkingContinue reading “On a Musical Disconnect”
On Cats and Sleeping
Percival, within the past few weeks, has decided he likes to talk. He used to be such a quiet cat, and now he has things to say. I think I preferred him when he was quiet. The bolt on my bedroom door’s knob doesn’t work. Well, actually it does, but it doesn’t hit the plateContinue reading “On Cats and Sleeping”
On Monsoons
The spring monsoon moved over Raleigh several days ago. I wish it would go away. The rains aren’t constant. But they’re heavy, they’re hard, and they’re fast. Then they clear off, until the next rains–heavy, hard, fast. If it rains any more, we’ll see rising waters on the River Ganges.
On the PlayStation 3 Launch
For a few months now at the store we'll get a few–sometimes one or two, sometimes ten or more–phone calls a day from customers wanting to know when we'll start taking pre-orders for the PlayStation 3. My best guess for the longest time was that, at some point in the immediate aftermath of the E3Continue reading “On the PlayStation 3 Launch”
On James Bond Video Games
At work I receive a magazine weekly in the mail, VB: Video Business, a trade magazine related to goings-on in the video and DVD market. I enjoy reading the magazine, though it’s not particularly relevant to my business; I just like knowing what’s on the DVD release horizon and what’s going on in the DVDContinue reading “On James Bond Video Games”