We have our house back. What a glorious feeling ( Read more... )

I cannot believe I have to make a house call to some user's place because he is too precious and helpless to drive down to his office for me to set him up on their VPN. If he was anyone else, I could probably do this setup remotely with him. But he is unforgivably stupid and today will only be the first in a likely week long ordeal of trying to get ( Read more... )

Traffic was horrendous today. I left Niles around 11:30 and did not get to my exit near home until 2:15. Absolutely brutal. I say "exit" because I did end up where I would have had I stayed on the expressway, but I got off right over the border because traffic was moving at 1 mph and it took me twenty minutes to to travel one mile ( Read more... )

Today was a nightmare, as it should have been expected to be. When a client gives you about a week and a half notice they are moving there's only one way to go... down ( Read more... )

I fixed Shylock's issue on Monday. Or so I think. I always hate to say I've accomplished something or fixed a problem because the universe has a way of slapping down such arrogance. Best to admit nothing. However, I solved the mystery issue with his laptop losing its connection to his wireless printer by manually installing the printer using its IP ( Read more... )

I think I have regretted the life I haven't lived since before I was living any life at all. Perhaps my expectations have always been too high. I am a dreamer after all. I will crumble to dust with such sour tastes in my mouth ( Read more... )

I decided, of course, to have a Halloween party despite the move and my anxieties. And though I've barely done more to prepare for it than take all of the boxes out of the closets it has begun to motivate me to accomplish other things in the new place. My office two days ago was an accumulation of unpacked boxes, piles of clothes and tools and ( Read more... )

I've not come much farther in the past few weeks settling into the new apartment. I'm still filled with my contempt and anger over my being there. I did attempt last weekend to take a step in the right direction by buying several new pictures to hang from a local art fair ( Read more... )

Whenever I leave Chicago I always come back with an invigorated resurrected hatred for this shitty town. As if I am hating it all over for the first time again ( Read more... )

It's amazing how unobservant most people are. Or, maybe how critical I am ( Read more... )