I can’t believe it’s December. It seems like we’ve been living with the smell for months now, when it’s probably been just a few weeks. The sewer folks were in – confirmed my suspicions. This is a dead thing somewhere in the walls, the ceiling, under the sink. I’m happy to report that the smell…
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The Great Big Internet Popularity Contest
It’s rather disturbing, really. Our competitive nature seems to have transferred seamlessly onto the Internet. I’m not talking competition among businesses, which is normal. I’m talking about competition in the oddest places. Try looking at Entrecard, Yahoo! Answers, LinkedIn, and a host of forums on social networking sites, as well as pseudo-advertising sites. We’re all…
Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone
I’m back in my hometown today with the parental units, as I should be. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
Odd Jobs
Whew! Twelve-hour day yesterday, but I made significant progress on the large project. One more task to complete and I may, God willing, be able to pass it off to them next week. My long-time chum Kirk over at All That Is Necessary has a fun post about the weird stuff employers have asked us…
Trust Me!
Wow. It’s taken me somewhere around seven minutes to get to this page from my home page. In Internet time, that’s an eternity. The gremlins at Verizon must be on strike – our snails Esmerelda and Dave move around the fish tank faster than this. Other than the obvious issues we’ll be having with Internet…
New Week, New Challenges
Thank God for a busy, fun-filled weekend. I didn’t have time or energy to carry last week’s stress with me. We spent a fun, frigid, tough-on-my-wallet time in Manhattan/Soho/Upper West Side on Saturday, caught the stepson’s performance in a fantastic Columbia-produced rendition of Canterbury Tales (you’ve never seen it like this, believe me!), and spent…
Tunnel Vision
After the day I had Wednesday, I was reluctant to get up yesterday morning. But the stress that plagued the day before was a memory, and life went on relatively painlessly. I managed to organize most of a large project and get on with business as usual with another one. While neither situation is ideal,…
Detante is What Kids on the Playground Do
Some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the fly. Yesterday, I played the part of said fly as the projects around me went from confusing to downright frustrating. One is a long-time regular client and I didn’t get very far in asking for some collaboration so the work process might somehow ease up for…
Zoe’s Christmas List
She’s 6 years old. She loves to draw. She’s a spunky kid who loves cheeseburgers. For Christmas she wants apple juice, orange soda, Dr. Pepper, cantelope… oh, and a new heart. Zoe, adorable niece of Nikki has cardiomyapathy with severe mitral valve regurgitation. What that means is she has a bum ticker, as her mom…
Dead Stuff
At first we thought it was the sewer, so we called the sewer repair company. That was two weeks ago. The smell now is so bad we can’t use the powder room. Just one bathroom, mind you. The others are fine. To be honest, I know the difference between rotting sewage and rotting carcasses (years…