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This is according to Google, as of last week. Am I wrong to view that as more of a threat than a benefit ( Read more... )

Or in the arm, to be precise, and who knew that second COVID dose from Pfizer would be so punishing? :O ( Read more... )

After the 6+ weeks of high-level stress and overload at work, the bulk of my code is checked in and working! Now I'm finishing up a few lingering tasks and ironing out a couple of areas where we never quite finished connecting all the pieces. I've had some moments today where I could actually think, instead of chasing problems in circles. What a ( Read more... )

Hoo, boy. Work is still going nuts. We're a week over our extended deadline, extension #2 ends tomorrow, and we've bought ourselves another 5 days beyond that. Basically, the code deliverable (which was complex) was tied to when management wanted it, not to how long it would take to actually finish it. \o ( Read more... )

That's what was happening outside the kitchen dining-area window last Saturday. This time of year marks the arrival of bunches of little birds that flock to the Christmas camellias clustered there. Some are Oregon juncos, but most are as tiny as finches. I'm not sure what they are, but they like to talk ( Read more... )

What a week. I was up until 4 a.m. Monday night, working on my Idol entry for Tuesday's deadline. I've mostly written humor this season, but the prompt made me think of a very serious and important topic that was a huge part of my childhood and still weighs very heavily on me. I did a lot of timeline and logistical research for it overall. Late ( Read more... )

Gads. Work has been nuts. I have a major deadline due today, so I worked over the weekend and have been up late at night debugging and testing for over a week now. :O

I got my Idol Entry up in time last week, and I was ahead on my Idol reading until yesterday, when I got nothing but actual office work done. I just now finished reading the rest of ( Read more... )

during an online work meeting from higher-ups. Rah-rah-rah, blah-blah-blah. \o?

The kids came and went for Thanksgiving, much too quickly but it was great having them home. Our son spent too much time having to work on an 8-page essay paper due Monday (Finals start next week), and our daughter tends to flit even though she is unemployed as of last ( Read more... )

Boy, it's been a rough month! Very busy at work these past four weeks, stretching on into the night and the weekends. I got home before 8:00 last night, which has been pretty rare lately. My bedtime has been drifting toward 2 a.m., and the stress is causing me to Eat All The Things. Ugh ( Read more... )

Geez, I haven't posted since before I took The Boy back down south to college two weeks ago ( Read more... )