Author: leilani

This has been a week for good news overall, even if it was kind of a meh on a day-to-day basis. Both Zen and Chocolate and I were given raises at work, so that’s good.  I’m always good with more money! Otherwise, I’m still waiting for the rain that’s been promised since I don’t know…

This week overall has been kinda interesting. It’s definitely been a week for catching up with long-lost connections, good and bad. In addition to hearing from my ex-husband (who falls definitively into the bad category here) I also had my uncle over for dinner Tuesday. He’s an interesting character, my mom’s brother and the only…

I got what may have been the worst of news for a bona-fide Internet junkie: to lay off the mouse. I didn’t know you could get the equivalent of carpel tunnel in your shoulder, thanks to the massive hours I spend on the computer between home and work. The shoulder feels pretty much like it…

One of my partners in crime colleagues pointed me today to a Titanium Spork, the epitome of all things tacky and cool.  I went on a visual excursion of the site and found yet more awesome-but-tacky wonders, including a Wi-Fi Roaming Robot: Isn’t that AWESOME??? You gotta give credit to the geek who created such…

Yep, we were kicked out of work this morning.  Just my team, because basically, we’re the “senior” team (seniority in terms of how long the average member has been with the company) and because of the timing of our shift.   We were sitting 20 minutes between incoming calls, and that’s BEFORE the next five teams…