I'm kind of sick of being so busy that I can't write much of anything.

I've got these posts in my head, mainly about my RPG experiences, that I want to get down so I can remember what not to do with my own kids, but I can't find the time to write more than a few sentences at a time.  I really want to do this, because I have a snapshot in my head of ( Read more... )

Oh, thank goodness it's Friday. Been a looong week, but it is now over.

At least I can say I got some writing done. Not a whole bunch, but at least I'm moving in a positive direction.

Someone needs to explain to me again how important vacations are, when you do twice as much work prior to and after returning from one.

After a cursory glance at my work e-mail, I want to swear off vacations forever.

I've been on my work VPN off and on this weekend because I'm on the pager, and I needed to keep an eye on the work queue.  Surprisingly enough, it's been very quiet.  Well, I check my work mail for the first time since Friday and what do I see?  An e-mail from 3 AM Saturday morning -urgent- requesting me to create an account ( Read more... )

Under the heading of "tell us something we don't know," I give you this:

New Survey Says Cost Cutting Has Damaged Worker Morale

In other news, I heard that the sun rose in the east today...

The Boomtown Rats had it right; I don't like Mondays either.

However, if you're looking for a chuckle this morning, author difrancis has a link to Publishing 911. Although it's written with the publishing industry in mind, it's applicable to just about any corporation or industry.   Having been in the software industry, I thought it dead on for the code ( Read more... )