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”
Category Archives: Work
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”
On Writing About Bloom County
Life is strange sometimes. This morning, I’m writing an article about Bloom County. Growing up in the 1980s, I loved Bloom County. Sadly, at the span of twenty years since its ending, I remember very little of its original run, except for the extended sequence of strips where Bob Woodward wrote an expose on theContinue reading “On Writing About Bloom County”
On Mad Macro Coding Skillz
At work on Fridays, we have a weekly production meeting for the department. It’s a “Who’s working on what” sort of meeting, as the managing editor of each publication goes over what topics and/or articles their publications are covering in the next week or two, or updates are given as to the status in theContinue reading “On Mad Macro Coding Skillz”
On Anniversaries
Today was a day of nostalgia. Ten years ago today, my grandfather passed away. There are times, when the doors in my mental attic aren’t closed quite right, that I can hear his voice. There are things I regret. I never had a drink with him. I never asked him about his personal history. IContinue reading “On Anniversaries”