Today was one of those days. Rather than dwell upon the reasons for today’s craptaculence, why not look upon all the things that made today great? Umm… Oh! I got rained on! Three weeks ago, Charm City had turned into East Seattle, and it rained for days upon days. Then, the rains departed, the weatherContinue reading “On the Good Things About Today”
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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 the Mid-Week View
Work made my brain melt. This happens sometimes. The problem is that there’s only so much cranial capacity, there’s only so much mental space that words can be drawn from. And what happens, on days that I have to write a lot (and this was one of those days), is that the gears in theContinue reading “On the Mid-Week View”
On Friends and Five Years Gone
My habit of holding onto old e-mails and documents paid dividends today. At Natalie and Beau’s wedding reception Saturday night I found myself talking to Natalie’s cousin. I was trying to figure out how long I knew them. I ran the numbers in my head, and I decided that it was almost exactly five yearsContinue reading “On Friends and Five Years Gone”
On Things Accomplished
I stopped at Big Lots last night. There was no particular reason, I just hadn’t been to Big Lots in a while. Ultimately, I bought a DVD — La Femme Musketeer, which was a made-for-television sequel to The Three Musketeers, centered on the daughter of d’Artagnan. (d’Artagnan is played by Michael York, reprising his roleContinue reading “On Things Accomplished”
On Misplacing Files
I need a better filing system. I’ve lost and/or misplaced two things on my computer in the past forty-eight hours. Or rather, I’ve discovered the two missing things in the past forty-eight hours. One. The macro I coded Friday night? I had it saved in a text file, and in cleaning off my desktop yesterdayContinue reading “On Misplacing Files”
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 My Little Pony and Holly Hobbie
Occasionally, I have to write about things at work that, given what I normally write about at work, don’t seem to, well, fit. Take today for instance. I’ve written about My Little Pony. I remember the first time, nearly two years ago, that I had to write about My Little Pony, and my initial reactionContinue reading “On My Little Pony and Holly Hobbie”
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”