So the department has decided that they're going to have some sort of haiku contest ( Read more... )

I just found out that they're going to be holding that Labor Day thing again, and that it's this weekend. This is most upsetting. Besides the obvious problem that I have to stop wearing white shoes again, they picked a weekend during my biggest work crunch of the last few years. I wasn't planning on being able to have a weekend, much less a three- ( Read more... )

I was cleaning out my email just now, and ran across one of the reasons I'm so glad I'm not doing technical support any more.

( Here we go... )

Personal dilemma: am I really the kind of person who takes "Übermensch" out of my interests due to potential popularity issues, only to replace it with "Unicorns?"

Also, it appears it's too late to give to the only worthwhile charity I've seen this year:


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Okay, it's been a while since I felt like writing, and I've passed up some really significant events. Where to begin?

( Perhaps with a movie. )

Okay, I get the feeling I'm going to be doing enough complaining about customers that it deserves a standardized title. Stupid Customer Tricks it is ( Read more... )

I never thought I would badmouth the Children's Television Workshop, Elmo notwithstanding.

You may remember these guys from Taper's yuckyworld.org experience. Now I'm troubleshooting their network, and they are using an absolutely ancient version of our software--but it's still supported until November. However, we discontinued the utility that ( Read more... )

I'm training someone today, which means that he's got his headset plugged into my phone and is looking over my shoulder while I alternately sweet-talk customers and mute-and-mock them. I don't mind this so much, though it does mean I can't go to a lot of my favorite sites while at work--just too much personal information there ( Read more... )

Well, I am well and truly back now. Taper is all married and stuff, and wbwolf has cleared out after a right crowd-pleaser of a house-sitting performance. Thanks, Wuffie. I'm back at work, pecking out random thoughts while poking at webcomics, and not paying too much attention to the job at hand. Hey, it's my break. Really ( Read more... )