One thing about working where I do is, any time management decides they want to spoil us working-class grunts, they do it with food. Usually the food is tied to a celebration. It’s like “Oh! It’s so-and-so’s birthday – let’s have cake!”, or “Ms. Whats-Her-Name graduated night school. To celebrate, let’s all shove a bagel [...]

We took a brief respite from our breakneck programming, testing, selling, supporting and writing to party doon at A Very Hip Software Company yesterday. It was an amazing day, but now I’m sad because I think I’ve peaked. I’m pretty suspicious that I just had the Best. Work Day. Ever. And I fear that like [...]

As a nice first anniversary surprise, Angelface got us a flight to the Keys and a room at the Doubletree. Consistent with most of our adventures, it was pretty fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants. I got Key West gorgeous (in a flesh-bearing, flower print halter) and had my bags packed within two hours. I wasn’t sure if I’d love [...]

The Secret is starting to wear on me, and if it doesn’t get revealed soon, it just might ruin my life.
As the countdown to Secret Reveal 2005 draws ever closer, I find myself getting more and more manic. This is dangerous territory my friends, b/c, as anyone who knows me can attest, even without this [...]

My coworker, Manuel, is trying to get healthy, and as such has made the excellent decision to go on a fruit and veggie fast. Having done this type of thing before, I know it’s not easy, so I wasn’t surprised to hear him exclaim “Goddamn donuts!” from the Very Hip Software Company kitchen.
Things can get [...]

Happy Independence Day America. For your triumph over the tyranny and bullcrap imposed by the British and their snooty, “proper English” accents, I salute you. I’ve been so excited about Fourth of July festivities that I ended up celebrating a little early. Last night there was a nice, big bbq - in [...]

After work I stopped in at the ‘Gay - that’s my special name for the cheerful, cherry red shopping mecca known as Super Target. At the checkout stand, as usual, the poor little price check girl was completely flustered as she failed to correctly ID my bokchoy, turnips and watercress.
Today I watched, unabashed in my [...]

I read today that McDonalds is considering outsourcing it’s drive-thru orders That is just too crazy. What are they trying to do? Hire robots to run the fryers? What if they outsource to an Indian call center? Instead of fries, will they say “would you like a squishee with that?”
What the [...]

I knew yesterday was going to be another lose-your-mind Friday when Nice Guy came meandering past my desk with eyes clamped tight to the steely carpeting, as if it’s cheap, course fibers were imparting great words of wisdom about the meaning of life, the mysteries of Mozart, and the mind-boggler that is Ashlee Simpson’s ability [...]

I am a health nut. I do yoga every morning, drink Evian water almost exclusively, and eat only those foods that are most beneficial to me, according to my blood type. I eat very little grain, dairy or sugar because they make me achy. My lifestyle is unorthodox and so are my [...]