Today is the monthly fundraiser day at work. The fundraiser usually consists of “pay $5 and you can wear jeans” and is donated to a different charity every month. Not terribly annoying, unlike the United Way fundraisers and forced donations that some companies do. Today’s fundraiser was a little different. … Continue reading
I sure wish it was, considering how the week has gone so far. After the big move at work last weekend, we figured Monday, and maybe Tuesday, wouldn’t be fun as we worked out all the kinks from moving 50 servers. But Monday was worse, then Tuesday was bad. And … Continue reading
Hooray for pizza delivery. After a really brutal weekend spent working with the network admins to help move the data center at work (a solid 24 hour long shift) yesterday was an all-hands-on-the-phones day for the Help Desk. Which turned out to do absolutely no good, since our network service … Continue reading
Just trying to take a nap on the nice warm UPS: But people keep waking you up: And when you try to snuggle up with a buddy for a nap, you get a bath instead!
Nim’s Island was on last weekend’s watch list. Maybe not the best children’s movie I’ve seen recently – that honor goes to The Spiderwick Chronicles – but it was a cute movie, and it looked FANTASTIC in Blu-ray. A cute movie about a little girl who lives on an island … Continue reading
Usually when I get home from work, I like to either get stuff-laundry, dishes, etc-done, or I’d relax by watching tv or surfing the net. But sometimes, after a really long week, it’s best to just sit in the shade on the patio with a taco and an amaretto and … Continue reading
And I have the pictures to prove it. For the first time in probably two years, my “basement” is clean. I call my main living space the basement, but it’s really half the ground floor of the house, the other half being a two-car garage. With the combination of being … Continue reading