No, not THAT 'Q' word. ;)

It's a long-standing superstition/tradition working in emergency response (or any kind of call centre), that you should never, ever, comment on "how quiet" it is during a shift, because that's just inviting in the forces of chaos. If you're a dispatcher, it means there's going to be a multi-car pileup or a huge fire or ( Read more... )

So the metro got closed for emergency reasons today, forcing me to walk much of the way to work.

My first thought? ZOMBIES!

Good thing I'm writing the sequel to the zombie novel this year, eh?

My alarm didn't ring, again. It's a brand new alarm clock, and it works fine when I test it, just not when I need it to ring in the morning. I am frustrated ( Read more... )

fearsclave accused me of using the "M" word on Saturday, when it is clearly forbidden. ;)

Yesterday was spent very quietly vegging, as poor fearsclave came down with some sort of horrific bug. One of the symptoms appears to be profuse and constant apologizing for being sick. :P

We had a gargantuan breakfast with wultabat and looking4wings, and wultabat and I bonded over Left4Dead and really bad ( Read more... )

So it looks as though, maybe, maybe, my cleaning lady stole my new bus pass. I will make a concerted effort to look for it tonight, because I would very much like to be mistaken about this, but I left it in plain view on my kitchen table, and now it is no longer there. This sort of accusation, once made, cannot be retracted, so I'm going to make ( Read more... )

Post about work will happen later ( Read more... )

My mother has officially forbidden me to ever shave my head again, although she admits it suits me ( Read more... )

Going to bed early, whenever I want to. I really, really miss that.

Off to catch the bus.

The IT people "fixed" my problem by making it even worse. So now I'm stuck with nothing to do until tomorrow, when they will tackle it again ( Read more... )

The STM has announced that "[i]n accordance with the out-of-court settlement reached in the class action suit against the CSN maintenance workers’ union, a discount on the price of the November 2006 monthly CAM pass has been granted as compensation to all public transit users."So regular-fare passes will be $61.00 instead of $63.00 this month. Whee ( Read more... )