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Fairly MIA Lately

The last five months have been packed with craziness from vacations to job changes to jury duty.

Posted: July 08, 2007Continue Reading

Topped Off With a Touch of Frost Bite

It hasn't been the best of weeks. My employer entered into a merger and my ear has a touch of frost bite. At least I'm trying to exercise better and had lunch with a friend so made for an improvement.

Posted: February 11, 2007Continue Reading

Karma Kursed?

I have a lovely head cold and the torture was made that much more fun with a late-running train.

Posted: December 13, 2006Continue Reading

Sleeping In

I took 2 days off from work so I can go to a concert in Manhattan – Barbra Streisand. The tickets were a birthday gift for my mom.

Posted: October 09, 2006Continue Reading

Full Moon is Over

It's been a crazy week, maybe fulled by the full moon. Work was hectic, but I did find five dollars while in the train station. That was a nice suprise.

Posted: August 10, 2006Continue Reading

The Almost Chocolate Chip Cookie Conspiracy

Today Starbucks was giving out free coffee. Even though I don't drink coffee, I tagged along see how much commotion it was causing. Amazingly things were rather quiet. From what...

Posted: March 15, 2006Continue Reading

I Like My Horoscope Today

My horoscope today said that a promotion and bigger house are on the way. It matches my hopes pretty closely, even if it a generic newspaper horoscope.

Posted: October 22, 2005Continue Reading

Living a Mouseless Day (updated)

Wireless mice are great until you forget to recharge them. Then it becomes an experiment in navigating a computer mouseless. It's easier said than done.

Posted: September 06, 2005Continue Reading

I Smell Like a Rotten Orange (updated)

So I had a bit of an oops with my morning juice and now my keyboard sells like a rotten orange and so did I for a while because I ended up with half the bottle me as well. I got a quick lesson in key popping and now have a long road of cleaning ahead of me. At least my keyboard survived.

Posted: August 08, 2005Continue Reading

Enough Cardio for One Day

After the fire alarm went crazy, I ended up walking down 23 flights of stairs. That was followed by a slow train ride and a mad dash up and down another flight of stairs to just make my connection. To top it off, I received the wrong book for my last used-book order. Whimper.

Posted: July 14, 2005Continue Reading

Somebody hand me earplugs (updated)

Working in a city has its ups and downs. Right now, I'm getting a headache from the nearby jackhammers at a contstruction site.

Posted: July 11, 2005Continue Reading

I throw like a girl.

I throw like a girl. I'm not very sports coordinated. One of my coworkers tried to help me overcome my throwing-inability after an offsite meeting.

Posted: June 17, 2005Continue Reading

Conservative Dress Softens Up (updated)

Friday dress policy at my employer softens up to allow jeans on Fridays.

Posted: June 03, 2005Continue Reading

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The personal website and blog of a 20-something web designer that works in a city by day and freelances by night (without a desk - long story). Continue reading