Marilyn had to bring me home sick in the afternoon. She, Angel and I had gone for lunch at the Turkey Place. I had soup and a sandwich, but only ate the soup. (Marilyn had cottage cheese and grapes, which she really likes. And Angel had a salad.) I don't think it was food poisoning or anything like that -- just gastro issues... Anyway, I was having ( Read more... )

Thursday, December 15:Thursday was another SNOW DAY here in Portland (Portland Public Schools were closed ( Read more... )

I really have very little to say. I'm sick of being sick. It's just past two weeks now. Yeah, I know there are people who have had this thing much longer than that and I should just accept it. But that's rough, you know ( Read more... )

Today's high in Portland (Oregon) was around 91' (depending on who you listen to). Tomorrow we're expecting the high 90's (maybe 98'). And possibly 100' by Saturday! (yikes ( Read more... )

Rich and I went around 10:00 a.m. to the local Verizon store which is up on Broadway (walking distance from the office, in other words). Al waited on us and was really good -- he helped us pick screen protectors and put them on for us, and also helped us find cases and put those on, too ( Read more... )

I spent much of the day working on IT. Organizing my desk/cube, setting up Profiles for new Staff (four start next Monday and Tuesday), setting up phones (complicated procedure done on the phone Server), typing up detailed instructions and more. I also did a couple website things (minor), helped co-worker (and buddy) Rich with some images he needed ( Read more... )

First, I didn't sleep that well last night, I'm afraid. I had a nightmare and then couldn't get back to sleep -- I was worried about friend Shari and the IT issues we're dealing with at the office...

Instead of just lying there, I got out my Kindle and almost finished reading the book "Zombiestan" (which I did finish today ( Read more... )

It's been an interesting two days. I'll dispense with the Henry update, as he's not doing that well -- and I'll have more to tell after his vet appointment this afternoon (hopefully ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I just watched "Dawn of the Dead" on Demand (the 2004 version ( Read more... )

Yeah, I guess it's no secret that I love to code ( Read more... )