i've recently started hanging out with one of my coworkers. she doesn't work in my immediate group of people, but rather in the same department and in a different building. we both work for production, but i handled "hard" science titles and she handles "soft" science titles. a month or so ago, we decided to get together for lunch. we met up ( Read more... )

work is extremely quiet today. i can't say i'm surprised, it's smack-dab between christmas and new years', most people just took this week off. technically, we're supposed to come into work on monday (new years eve), but our boss said we can "work from home" that day. so, i'll just be slumming it that day. in any case, it's really quiet and i ( Read more... )

recently, news passed through the grapevine about the departure of one of our acquisitions editors. i've been working with her recently on a set of high-profile solutions manuals and i worked with her for the first time earlier this year on a core textbook that needed to be published within 3 months, start to finish. she can be sometimes very ( Read more... )

like every friday, i went to starbucks before heading into work. as i mentioned before, the crystal springs' starbucks is much nicer and the workers are much more attentive than the one in belmont village, so i went there. last week, i got my first recognition as a "regular". one of the girls who works in the mornings was at the register and ( Read more... )