Three weeks to go to my greatest physical challenge ever. The AIDS/Lifecycle ride (not too late to donate, btw). I’m cycling 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for AIDS-related charities and services. It’s gonna be difficult but lots of fun. I’m still trying to finalize my travel arrangements. I’ve already [...]
I finally get a new PC at work and it’s gonna be a whopper. A Dell Optiplex 745 with:
Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 (2.40GHz, 4M, 1066MHz FSB)
2GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM,800MHz
250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB DataBurst Cache
16X DVD+/-RW SATA
Dell 13 in 1 USB Media Card Reader
I just stuck with onboard video since we have some [...]
Luser comes into my office (IT manager)
Her: Is there any reason my monitor won’t turn on when I hit the spacebar?
Me: Maybe it’s not on. Did you check?
Her: I dunno how to look for that.
Me: I’ll handle it…..walk into luser’s office, turn the monitor on and walk out w/o saying a word.
We’ve had computers here [...]
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I think my job satisfaction level is about to go thru the floor if these changes get implemented at work. Stay tuned but it’s looking like 2007 will be my last year here. I might try to hang around to get one more year’s bonus and profit-sharing but I may not even have the desire [...]
People have died for less.
Thursday I arrived at work around 7:45 AM, the usual time. I swap the backup tapes, read a few server logs, and check the voice mail. Around 9:30 AM roommate calls. Her car has overheated on the way to work and she needs me to come pick her up from the [...]
First, the alarm goes off at 5:20AM. I decide to hit snooze and skip the morning workout. Unfortunately, I didn’t hit snooze. I hit off instead. Next thing you know it’s 7:00AM and I need to be out the door in 15 minutes. Thanks to a quick shower and light traffic I’m only 10 minutes [...]
I feel good…da na na na na na na
like I knew that I would…da na na na na na na
I feel nice…da na na na na na na
like sugar and spice…da na na na na na na
So August 10th is my 2 year anniversary at work. Technically, it was May 10th but they don’t count [...]
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