So, Brian is at home today playing video games. I am definitely jealous, but so busy at work that I can rarely think about taking a day off. Still, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, I anticipate being back to a fairly normal level of busy in another month or so, which will be incredibly welcome ( Read more... )

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how many times would you try a locked public bathroom door before realizing that it might be a single occupancy bathroom? Twice? Like, the knob is turning, but there is obviously a lock on the inside keeping it shut. How long do you think that takes to parse ( Read more... )

This morning was made up by one-part respected doctor swearing like a sailor and two-parts awesome political talk with a co-worker1. So far, so good ( Read more... )

Eva Szabo Salon used to be across the hall from me in a very nice space. They have since moved over to the Whole Foods development. So, the space is being turned into an office suite, no surprise. What is surprising is the installation of drop ceilings to cover up the original 12ft arched ceilings and the painting of the walls...I don't quite ( Read more... )

I can't believe that I'm in to work on time today. It was totally not my doing nor my intention to do so. Blame beeporama and his ridiculous work ethic. (Also, I owe you $10, Brian. Ralph made it in here just before me.)

Yesterday, my boss told us to leave whenever we wanted, so I left around noon, got home around 1pm. I watched Passions, I played ( Read more... )

This week has been kind of crazy at work, but it is hopefully simmering down now. And, at least, I am not our poor beleaguered med student. Every year we get a new one and every year I feel for them. They're always adorable with their eyebags and rumpled hair, which helps in gaining sympathy from me. Oh adorable overworked med students, so ( Read more... )

so, they're currently doing construction across the hall on what used to be Eva Szabo, but due to the craptastic nature of this old building (all of this used to be one open floor when it was a hotel) I can hear, quite clearly, everything they're doing in my office. Awesome. If there's one thing that I wanted to listen to all day it was a buzzsaw ( Read more... )

There is a little pegboard sign that sits in Bellefield Hall by the Fifth Ave entrance. It used to say something about "entrance closed- use bellefield", but I can't be sure because those letters can't spell what it says now, which is:

Tease us
Beloved ukelele

Whoever did that totally brightened my morning.