I will just observe that while it is never a cunning plan to show up at one's place of employment wasted out of one's mind, doing so on the day before said place of employment rolls out voluntary separation packets in anticipation of the coming Massive Reorganization is an excellent way to get oneself an involuntary separation. :shakes head at ( Read more... )

I have become convinced that Access is a tool of the devil, or possibly malevolent aliens, set here upon Earth to cause woe and strife amongst the populace. (Sorry, rackham, the jig is up.) Friday afternoon, for no reason I can figure out, all the queries and tables in the Database of Eeeevil just... disappeared. Poof! After an hour or so of flailing ( Read more... )

Our back yard being a solid, foot-tall mass of wild mustard and pigweed, I sallied forth with my trusty lawnmower this morning, and set to. Because the weeds were thick and there was heavy dew, it was hard going, and I took several breaks. Halfway through the morning, I stood looking out over the uncut half, a glorious spring green with all the ( Read more... )

Dear Bees Buzzing Around the Trash Can By the Bus Stop ( Read more... )

Sam had a big gross tick on his side when he came in last night. UNACCEPTABLE. I pulled it off and squished it, and looked for others but didn't find any. I hope it's a one-off. It's been so dry this summer there's no grass to speak of in the back yard for them to breed in, but I suppose they might be lurking in the leaf litter under the ( Read more... )

I had the misapprehension that the exterminator would show up at six, and maybe take an hour or two to do their thing. Turns out that they showed up at seven, and took more like seven hours. At least two of which were devoted to drilling holes in cement. Joy. At least they found a combination of outlets that doesn't blow a breaker every time ( Read more... )

Why so expensive, termites?

:weeps:

die die die die die
DIE!!!!!!!!!!