I was dopey and left my S70 at the hotel, so all I have is cellphone camera pictures :(

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And here's how I know.

Me: "This is stupid. Can I start a fight about it?"
Higher-up type figure: "I'd love to too but it's not worth it. Let them have it."
Me: "OK."

(lack of fight ensues)

Me: "Oh, it went pretty well. I think they were expecting me to start a fight, and were surprised when I didn't."

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• One of the downspouts came off the house. Should be easy to fix - it's still intact and just needs some new screws. Might hire a neighbor to do it - I don't like ladders.
  
• The squirrel nest in the tree became the squirrel nest on our front lawn. Well, more like IN our snowbank on the front lawn.
  
• nekosensei and I are officially off today.
  
  
• And the people ( Read more... )

I spent a lot of time working with embedded wireless devices at my last job, so you'd think I'd have learned these things. Or at least, that it would have sunk in ( Read more... )

I have a new job starting in October.
And a 45% raise, better benefits, and a 401k match to go with it.
Maybe even bonuses.

It'll be nice to work for a company that's actually profitable.

Hi, Motorola. Hope it works out.

We had a bit of rain last night and this morning.
The sump pump didn't want to turn on, and there's some modest seepage in the basement, but the house is fine.

We missed the worst of it, but we went to go gawk.

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It's 10 am on Saturday and power has been out at my house for about 18 hours ( Read more... )

We have a big, undisciplined rose bush in our yard from when we moved in.
I hear the previous owners cut and pruned it relentlessly to keep it under control.

I have no interest in that. It looks great anyway.


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My social calendar is obnoxiously overfull lately ( Read more... )