… I must be breaking several laws, both natural and unnatural, bopping along to Robert Palmer at 1:09am. This is my reward for grading another stack of papers (one more to go… tomorrow). “She’s so fine… there’s no tellin’ where
Another Confirmation of My Personality
Your Score: Borefest – ISTJ 13% Extraversion, 40% Intuition, 60% Thinking, 86% Judging One word. Boring. Sums you up to a tee. You’re responsible, trustworthy, serious and down to earth. Boring. Boring. Boring. You play by the rules. You follow
Stop Me Before I Buyout Office Max…
Earlier this week, I spent four wonderful days communing with my professional tribe. The Society for Technical Communication held its annual conference in Minneapolis. It was wonderful sitting in sessions and learning something related to my profession. It was wonderful
Random Memories of K.V.
The man who fed my adodescent imagination has died. In 1975, if you asked me who my favorite writers were, I would have said, “Kurt Vonnegut and John Steinbeck”. Many of the hours I spent holed up in my bedroom
Send in the Martyrs
Oh, don’t bother. They’re here. Or, I should say, they are me. If I sound disjointed, it’s because I’ve been grading for four days. I’m starting to speak the way some of my students right. Help. I am so tired.
Workplace Oddness
I returned to work this morning, after a few days off. Upon arriving at my floor, I stepped off the elevator and tripped on a garden hose spread down the hallway. Have I mentioned I work in the financial services
WWIII …
… started December 13th, 2000. And you know it, Newt-Boy. That’s all I have to say. Addendum: My friend, Omega Mom, states the date I want is December 12th, 2000. While that is the day the Supreme Court fired the
The Dumb Adoption Question
It finally happened to me. I got a dumb adoption question. I was at my 25th college reunion this weekend, at all-female college I attended in Central MN. Good school, but in my era, one of the majors was drinking.
Greetings from the Land of the Living Dead
The virii have taken over! Send Tamiflu or whatever anti-virals you’ve got!! 12 days after the first sniffle, I am finally on my feet for the majority of the day. Of course, being Father’s Day, I was working my butt
Excitement in the ‘Hood
As Rachel and I came home from work-and-school, a squad car backed out of our alley. It is followed by one of those big tow trucks with an SUV on the back. The windows of the SUV are all broken