So I spotted and perused this Tribune article about Reader's Picks: Overrated destinations of the world

First thought: This is why the Tribune is bankrupt. It has entire photo essay articles with less rigorous research than a message board poll on professional wrestling fan site. One of the items argues how Los Angeles is the greatest place in ( Read more... )

I got my official offer letter today for full-time employment starting on Monday. The actual offered salary was increased again without my requesting it. I also moved into my new cubicular digs.

( Alternate title: Movin on up, to the east side...LITERALLY! [New cubicle is on east side of building.] )

When last we left our subject, an unexpected offer was tendered.

( Previously, on Lost... )

The boss came up to me today and said he needed to "chat" with me in private real quick. This sort of thing always makes me nervous, and my mind immediately turned to a minor non-event this weekend that wasn't really my fault but maybe someone decided to make an example and now I'm going to be escorted out.

( WILL our hero be escorted out??? )

Professor, trying to explain the concept of syntax errors, pointing at this sample code: count = count + 1;

"Now, suppose you made a typo in the word 'count', that would be a syntax error. Say you accidentally left off a letter, like the 'o'...well, now the computer doesn't know what that word means..."

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I had a doctor's appointment today, basically a check-up from the unpleasantness earlier in the year to make sure things were still okay, which they seem to be ( Read more... )

I stumbled across a document today from September of 1996 where I mentioned my then-current weight of 291 pounds. Needless to say, in the intervening years that number went significantly higher. However, I am currently about 10 pounds below that number. This means that I am in all likelihood the skinniest that my good wife has ever known me.

"Hospital?"

Courtesy of the book Hobo
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Courtesy of the book Hobo
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