Survived multiple difficulties in the past…good grief, Six Years.
I’m perched in the Northeast, currently staying in while the outside starts its yearly freeze. We may actually have a white Christmas this year. Family has changed, moved, done things. Life goes on. We all managed to avoid dying of covid, altho some of us caught it mildly.
Politics? I do my snark on x-twitter, but some bits may show up here.
For now, hello, I’m back.
Life is what it is
And it frequently gets in the way. Hence the more than year’s silence. Here’s to less silence.
Customer Service At Its Best
I have friends who think I’m this great computer person. They also assume that great computer people do not have serious issues with computers. For those of you who think the same, I share a customer service “issue” from some time back.
Spending the Weekend in Burned-out Buildings
(Originally published in May, 2008)
What is an acrophobe doing leading a team down an almost totally black stairwell, one with walls but no railings on either side, in a burned out building? I’m glad you asked. Since I had gone up an almost totally black stairwell leading a team, we all kinda wanted to go back the other way. I had no flashlight, altho some of my team members did. I’ve never done live D&D, [Read more…]
Business BS Bingo
I received, read, laughed, and forwarded a list of “50 office-speak phrases you love to hate” from BBC News. Some of us also call them phrases for Business Bullshit Bingo. They’re both hilarious and painful. In reply, I got this from my uncle:
It is amazing the lengths people will go to in order to make everyone as confused as they are. One of the people who contributed to this noted that their unfavorite saying was “There are no problems, only opportunities” (or something to that effect). The following actually happened to me back in the mid 60’s: [Read more…]