Yesterday work passed in a haze of malaise and gloom. I can chalk that up, in part, to the catalog section I was working on. Sixty-four pages of catalog copy. Around page 10 it felt endless. At page 30 it felt impossible. At page 45 it felt interminable. The word “orrery,” used precisely, is inContinue reading “An Eeyore Day at the Office”
Category Archives: Work
This Year’s Angel Tree Package
Last week was… not the best. I should clarify. It wasn’t bad. It was simply stressful. And hectic. And tense. And all of the things that a week that where the catalog and orders go to press usually is. Thankfully, the week ended with the Nerd Prom — the Employee Appreciation Party (or the ChristmasContinue reading “This Year’s Angel Tree Package”
On the Annual Bowling Outing
I went bowling today. At the office we have a Christmas tradition. The department goes bowling in December. But then we stopped having the annual Christmas bowling outing. Two years ago we went for a laser tag outing with the Sales department. And last year we didn’t do any team-building activities at Christmas. Today, then,Continue reading “On the Annual Bowling Outing”
On My Angel Tree Plans
Every Christmas at work, the company puts up an Angel Tree. This year, I took a tag off the tree. It was the first time I had done so, as therein hangs a tale. This is the first year that the company put an Angel Tree in ths sixth floor lobby. In years previous, theContinue reading “On My Angel Tree Plans”
On Today’s Commute
If you’ve followed me on Twitter or on Facebook today, you saw that I went to work. Yes, when Maryland’s governor asked people to stay off the roads — his exact words yesterday were “We are urging all citizens to hunker down at home and stay off the roads tomorrow” — I went to work.Continue reading “On Today’s Commute”
On Coding Hijinks
Ever have one of those moments where you do something, and you think it’s brilliant, and then forty-eight hours later or so you crinkle the nose and say, “Wait, why did I do that again?” I spent part of last week in Code-land. I had some VBA macros to write. I’d had meetings in DecemberContinue reading “On Coding Hijinks”
On Friday, Muppets, and Mirth
Today was a day of projects at the office. I had nothing pressing that I had to do, no deadlines pressing down upon me (a rarity, that), so I decided to clear off some projects that were not priorities, that were things I wanted to do but simply had not had the time because ofContinue reading “On Friday, Muppets, and Mirth”
On Things I Wrote Today
I have a confession to make. I have never read Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are. There’s a film coming out in three weeks, give or take. Directed by Spike Jonze of Being John Malkovich fame. Screenplay written by Dave Eggers of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius fame. Been in production for years.Continue reading “On Things I Wrote Today”
On Advice for Resume Writing
Let’s talk resumes. Yesterday’s Washington Post had an article in the Business section entitled “Tiny Typos Can Add Up To a Big X On Your Résumé.” Michelle Singletary asks, “Should someone’s résumé get tossed in the trash if he or she mistakenly wrote ‘Graphic designer seeking no-profit career’?” Should it happen? If you’re the applicantContinue reading “On Advice for Resume Writing”
On an Excel Accident
That sound you hear? That is the sound of my head beating up against the desk in my cubicle. And the primal screams that are still reverberating off the buildings in this little corner of Maryland. The reason? I wrote a macro in Excel. And I didn’t save it! From hell’s heart I stab atContinue reading “On an Excel Accident”