Today I spent NINE HOURS in meetings; part of the “kick-off” dog-and-pony show for my workplace’s latest software project iteration. Not that it was particularly different than the last half-dozen “kick-offs” I’ve attended since becoming Information Systems Analyst Guy™; same people, same basic slide shows, same monotone delivery. Ideally, these things are designed to build […]
Scientific American published an article back in May about the healing powers of blogging, or more specifically, writing about thoughts and feelings in general. The article discusses how writing is not only useful as a stress management tool, but has also been linked to positive physiological affects, like improved memory and immune system boosts. I […]
Not to diminish the reasons and motivations behind the actual celebration of Memorial Day, a worthy day of remembrance and celebration of the service of our nation’s veterans, that more people perhaps ought to consider (particularly, you know, people in power right now, and those seeking power), but I’d honestly rather just put this particular […]
It took quite a bit of time to get home from DC yesterday, what with the whole precipitation business. I’m not sure what it looks like now, but As I was leaving the office yesterday around lunchtime, it looked something like this: Needless to say, driving home wasn’t pleasant. About four hours of me, a […]
After a terribly crappy couple of days, I’ve managed to almost feel human for most of the day, thanks mostly to getting that meeting with the VIPs from the production floor about our (admittedly kickass) report out of the way. It even went kind of well. I know this feeling won’t last, though. Too much […]
For today, unless I can come up with something else novel (and I just might; my standards of quality vary widely – I watch stuff on free hotel cable I’d never consider watching at home. For example, I hold the the Marriott corporation responsible for my viewing of several Hillary Duff films), I’m going to […]
I wasn’t planning on posting anything today, let alone part two of a series that I didn’t know existed until just now, but I was sent a link to something pretty funny that made me laugh and forget my troubles for a few minutes this morning. Still, as Reader’s Digest says, “laughter[, is] the best […]
That’s it, a complete literal reading of the headline. No deep dark secrets, no intrigue, no symbolism, nor Eminem. Just a whole bunch of clothes that I no longer care to wear, or don’t fit any longer, getting put into bags and hauled off to the Goodwill Industries donation center. That, my dear readers, was […]
