I had a strange dream two nights ago. That's hardly unusual. Many of my dreams are strange; they are nearly all very busy and very colorful, with high production values. A friend and former co-worker was in this one, along with lots of other people. Although part of it was at a conference or trade… Continue reading

The weather has been mostly sunny and warm with some fog in the evenings. It's a perfect July, so far. Monday was a holiday which made this a most excellent week. After 6 months of hemming and hawing, starting and stopping, and occasional "rousing discussions" Rich and I finally took our PowerBook 2400 apart for… Continue reading

I have an "interesting" and unusual chair that I use at The Job. It's a 65 cm diameter, puncture-resistant, inflatable exercise ball! It makes a great conversation piece and it helps my back. Continue reading

The weather has been mostly fair, though we get a little fog in the evenings, but not heavy. I was asked to "look into" documenting the system process manager at The Job, as a sort of "pre-employment" test. It's a different sort of documenting project than I've done so far. OK, that should be fun.… Continue reading

When my sister and I were growing up, we didn't meet many other Keri's or Vicki's (not even many Kerry's or Vicky's). I don't think this was so much intentional on the part of our parents as was the fact that our mother simply liked the names Vicki and Keri. The June 2004 Readers Digest… Continue reading

Fathers Day has come and gone. We went down to our favorite diner for lunch (having totally forgotten it was a Hallmark Holiday). It was _very full_. We got a table (eventually) and had breakfast. Later we found out it was the best (sales) day they've had this year! The weather has been windy but… Continue reading

You may recall that back in May we were having a strange and frustrating experience trying to return a broken and unwanted shredder and get a refund. Apparently the experience isn't quite over yet. Some things just keep coming back to haunt you… I returned home today after work to discover Yet Another brand-new Royal… Continue reading

The weather has been variable all week: foggy, blue, drizzly, warm, cool, windy, still. Rich was out of town last weekend, as was our friend Gene. So I went to Fresh Choice for dinner Sunday (as I try to do whenever Rich is out of town) but sadly, had no one to go with. So… Continue reading

The Company for which I am working suffered a minor calamity on Sunday. Apparently something on the second floor sprung a leak, or a pipe burst, or some such. On the first floor (where we aare), one cubicle was drenched, many ceiling tiles were damaged, and a large section of carpet was soaked. Several very… Continue reading