Has anyone seen any flying pigs lately?

( I know they are around here someplace... )

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On the PICS front, you should know that the company has actually been giving us awards for the whole Yuma-craziness.  We got the President's Leadership Award, which is basically a prestige thing and a pat on the back, but still a big deal.  We won the division level award which got us (and the other teams in IL that won) a fancy dinner with the ( Read more... )

Well, Josh chickened out on the meetup hike thing, and with 10 minutes to mentally prepare myself for going and meeting random people off the internet by myself, I chickened out too. However, we decided to work on the bookcase instead, so it's all good. We started by reassembling it without glue. I'm not sure it's actually been assembled since ( Read more... )

Went to Goodwill today. Bought 4 suits. Three of them don't really fit, but I think I can alter without too much trouble. The 4th fits pretty well, but is stylistically a bit strange... I'm not sure if there is anything to be done about it, but it was $10 and I can wear it if I don't get the others ready in time for my first go-live (first ( Read more... )

You know, while it doesn't feel like it, I've been here at NG almost as long as I was at Mudd. As long, I guess, if you subtract of the months of holidays from my time at Mudd ( Read more... )

Jeff: Do you have a ride to lunch?
Me: I don't know. [to Lisa] Lisa?
Lisa: Sure.
Me: [to Jeff] Yep.
Jeff: [walks away, walks back] Wait, so you need a ride or you don't need a ride?
Lisa: She's riding with me.
Me: [to Jeff] You didn't get that from our two word conversation?

I'm really going to miss her...

The Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for our area. We've been instucted to stay away from windows and go the the basement. That's kind of funny, since I work in the basement and there are no windows down here. I'd hoped to be going home on the 3:30 train... I guess maybe it's a good thing I didn't get my work done in time ( Read more... )

Lisa is in Alaska all this week. It is lonely here in my cube without her. I don't know how I survived a year working here with a cube mate who was always back in the labs, and then another 6 months with no cube mate at all ( Read more... )

There are a whole bunch of kids here today! Yay kids at work! Yay brightening my day! Yay "bring your child to work day"!

Okay, that is all.

At work they will be doing a voluntary "trial" 9/80 schedule this summer, from May through September! Whoohoo!