When I spoke with my grandfather the other day, he said he'd be here between 11 and 11:30, but probably closer to 11 ( Read more... )

First, we officially hit 1,000 applicants today ( Read more... )

(Initially, I was going to title this "It's Been a Year: Company X Edition," but then this title popped into my head and I decided to go for it.)

So, where were you a year agoIt's funny that it's been a year already. Doesn't seem like it in some ways, yet so many people come to me with questions that they think I can answer that it's not even ( Read more... )

Prior to today, I did not have Adobe Acrobat on my computer at work. Up until recently, this has not been a big issue. However, with the new company, I've received a few emails with PDF attachments that possibly could be important. Last week, I was just about to ask our IT guy to see if he could help me out, but right when I called his name ( Read more... )

I should have known it would have been one of those days when I nearly melted my sweater to the iron. Note to self: If the top you're going to iron is made of a more delicate fabric than the pants you've just ironed, you need to turn down the heat. Luckily, it doesn't appear that the top is too damaged--I only did part of a sleeve, since the iron ( Read more... )

As I was leaving this morning, I heard quacking close by. Upon further inspection, I discovered a duck perched atop a neighboring garage. Guess dad wasn't kidding--we really do have ducks in the neighborhood again. I hope this wasn't a one-time sighting ( Read more... )

We now return you to your regularly scheduled entries. Thank you for your patience.This morning I totally got yelled at by a goose. I was on my way to the bank on the mall access road and noticed a gaggle crossing the street. It just so happens that there was enough room for me to keep going without hitting them, so I did. Well, one goose took ( Read more... )

The streets of the Tri-Cities have been full of unusual items in the past week.

Today brought two interesting license plates:
KLAATU and BASS MAN (though I couldn't tell if it was bass as in fish or bass as in strings)

Also, one of those vanity license plate holders that you get on vacation...from Antarctica. It was some M-- Station; I couldn't ( Read more... )

It's been a week full of animals ( Read more... )

There are all sorts of birds that live in the mall's parking lot. I'm not sure of what all of them are, but there are several types of songbirds there, and for whatever reason there are seagulls as well. Seriously. Seagulls. There are also geese, but they tend to stick to the retention pond on the far side of the mall. Not so today. They ( Read more... )