I am a fucking god. There is a reason people come to me with Excel problems at work. It’s because I know how to use it. And I use it very well. Today, on the train, I knew. Things were either going to go extremely right, or they would go horribly wrong. We were wellContinue reading “On Achieving Victory”
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On Things I Did On Friday
I was in a Scottish mood yesterday. My RSS feed reader told me that the latest episode of Scotland Introducing, a podcast devoted to unsigned Scottish indie bands, was available. I followed that, throughout the day, by listening to Idlewild, Camera Obscura, Y’All Is Fantasy Island, and I’m probably forgetting one or two other ScottishContinue reading “On Things I Did On Friday”
On General Obliviousness
At work yesterday, two colleagues were talking loudly. I had my headphones on. I was writing marketing copy and studying pictures of Slave Leia outfits (work related, honest!). I heard, or I thought I heard, one of my colleagues say, “This is how The Stand began.” Naturally, I was curious. I dropped my headphones. “TheContinue reading “On General Obliviousness”
On Baseball Talk
Tomorrow, in honor of the start of the new baseball season, we are allowed to wear Orioles gear at the office. A footnote to the e-mail from HR on Friday noted that other teams’ gear was permissible. I found my Niners jersey. The Niners, as in Ben Sisko’s baseball team from Star Trek: Deep SpaceContinue reading “On Baseball Talk”
On the Monday Morning View
Ever have a day where you feel like something… momentous is going to happen? Today is one of those days. The world had a different… quality today. Maybe it’s the seagulls flying overhead. Maybe it’s the feeling of springtime and sunshine. Maybe the air feels different. Maybe it’s that I decided to wear a necktieContinue reading “On the Monday Morning View”
On Random Thoughts, Late Friday Afternoon
At a meeting today… “We’re not writing Hemingway here.” No, I try and write like Fitzgerald, thanks. Last night, while listening to the BBC World Service on NPR, I heard something I’d never, ever heard before. I heard someone pronounce “February” the way it’s spelled. I’ve always heard people say “Fe Byoo Airy.” Sometimes, justContinue reading “On Random Thoughts, Late Friday Afternoon”
On Being a Code-Monkey
I spent part of my day at work code-monkeying HTML. I needed to create a table. Not a plain, simple table, not exactly. But a table. With headers. And column spans. This should be simple, right? Wrong. I had a webpage that looked… terrible. (There, that’s a polite word for it.) It needed a completeContinue reading “On Being a Code-Monkey”
On the Slow Passage of Time
If I had to make an estimate, I’ve spent an hour of my workday in the elevator. I work on the sixth floor. It’s been a very clear and bright day in Baltimore, albeit a cold one. I’ve spent my day delivering paperwork to the third floor. Either I’m given paperwork to take to theContinue reading “On the Slow Passage of Time”
On Saturday’s Plans
Last night, after work, we held a wake. Layoffs had come to the company on Thursday, and my department lost two — a writer and a graphics artist. Usually, when there’s a departure, the department goes to lunch on the last day at a local restaurant. That, sadly, wasn’t an option this time, so theContinue reading “On Saturday’s Plans”
On Writing That’s Fun
Sometimes I feel like I spin my wheels when I write promotional articles for work. I research, I write, and I feel like the writing is… junk. Only, then it gets approved by all parties needing to approve it, and only rarely do I have any significant changes to make. It’s at that point, whenContinue reading “On Writing That’s Fun”