Archive for the ‘Work’ Category
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
I've been with my company for 9 years and have changed offices on many occasions. In fact, I've had an office on every floor of our 5 story building except the 5th floor:
6/2000 - 11/2000 - 1st floor
11/2000 - ?/2003 - 4th floor
?/2003 - ?/2005 - 3rd floor
?/2005 - 11/2008 ...
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
I'm not sure why I'm awake. My sleep schedule is totally out of whack. I was on a good roll and feeling really good. I think most of that was due in large part to the boot camp exercise class I was taking. When the 8-week session ended, I decided ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
You may have heard on national news that a prisoner escaped from a hospital and was armed and dangerous. That hospital is only a mile or so from my work.
Our facilities manager sent out an e-mail yesterday morning to warn us. Here's the first sentence:
With the news of shots ...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
At work, we got a new phone system. The new phones are Cisco VOIP phones, which means the calls are routed over the Internet -- not via the traditional phone lines. I can actually take the phone home and still make and receive calls as though I'm in the building. ...
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
I love my job for a large variety of reasons. The dress code is one of the reasons because there really isn't one. My wife, of all people, often complains that I don't dress more professionally. Today, for instance, I'm wearing sneakers, jean shorts, and a golf shirt. I'm only ...
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
There's a professional networking site called Linked In, which I registered for a long time ago. It's kind of like "six degrees of separation" for the business world. I'm happy to accept invitations to join when invited by someone I know, but I don't go out of my way to ...
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Monday, January 9th, 2006
I don't have a long drive to work and usually traffic moves relatively well. This morning I left for work a bit earlier than normal and I was expecting another easy commute. As I was getting on 95 South, the exit ramp was backed up. I finally get on 95 ...
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Monday, June 20th, 2005
At work, the windows were washed from the outside last week. As they were doing it, I thought to myself, "This is such a waste of money...is this really necessary?" I closed my blinds while this was going on, so a) I wouldn't be startled by the window washers, and ...
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2005
I took the week of June 6th off from work, but before I could officially start my vacation, I had to go into the office for a few hours Saturday morning to deploy the latest version of the software application that I work on to the production environment. I left ...
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
When I was a kid, I attended an overnight soccer camp. In the dining room, there were pitchers of "bug juice" at each table. Not sure why it was called "bug juice" -- it was probably a cheap, Kool-Aid-like refreshment. Anyway...whoever finished off the pitcher was the person who had ...
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