Biking has been an excellent way to dissipate some of the stress at work. When that fails, I rely on my trusty sidekick, humor. Some inadvertant snippets from this week… To our IT person, regarding a problem I’ve had with email since we installed the new CRM system: Typically my use pattern is I get […]
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After work, I biked to Seattle’s Gas Works Park to participate in the Ride of Silence, an event to honor those who have been injured or killed while cycling on a public roadway. I arrived to a massive turnout. People kept directing us to the back of the maze, a line that seemed to go
This box of cereal has been sitting on the table for the last few days. As if my kids’ warm-intended tagging wasn’t disturbing enough, the picture of the power walker has been fnording me. Not only is she exercising barefoot, she also lacks a head. It’s probably because of calcium deficiency. (Oh, my!)
My house was built by stoners. I know this because I tried to run a meager ethernet cable from my living room to the upstairs master bedroom. All I had to show for four hours of attempts four large holes in the drywall, each running into some unexpected beam. Sheesh, even the heater’s return vent
Last summer my office started offering Free Lunch Fridays. The premise was anyone who participates has to do so in the lunchroom. Thus, it gets the office diners like me to break away from their work. Lunches are frugal, typically make-your-own sandwiches, Costco pizza or the six-foot-long Subway laden with near-lethal levels of mustard and
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I finally found someone willing to accept a free, working 20″ TV set on the condition that I deliver it to them. (Freecycle didn’t want it unless it was high definition. Sheesh.) Because this required venturing into the 206 area code, near the region of terrible student drivers, I waited until I had another errands
Today begins the “bike to work commuter challenge.” Although we have a team of Brian, Scott, and Byron, possibly others, ‘m not sure about the competitive aspect because there are a lot of organizations that sandbag the stats. To me, it’s more of a “I wonder how many cyclists I’ll see on the road,” combined
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There’s this group of addicts whose habit has been discussed openly, but they’ve never been too serious about dealing with it. In fact, in the last several years they’ve started partaking more in an almost wonton fashion. Unfortunately, this last year their substance-of-choice has gotten really expensive and it’s crimping their lifestyle. They now feel