Archive for August 1st, 2006

National Night Out – for a soaking!

Not that I managed to organize any great plans but…
After 101 degrees (110 heat index) for the last couple of days, the weather has blessedly changed. It only hit 74/75 degrees today and has rained off and on the whole day.
Right now, at 7:04 pm it is pouring rain in Minneapolis…at least my little corner [...]

Oh, it must suck to be you sometimes!

When I got back from lunch there was an email from JL about “the project.” Seems the trouble I was having logging on this morning was his ISP’s server crashing. With the whole project on it. No idea when the last backup was done, or really, when the server crashed.
Do you have any back-ups?
Uh, no. [...]

shhh! It’s a secret!

What they don’t know is that I won’t keep their secrets anymore.
We didn’t have a staff meeting this morning because PP had to go to a follow-up doctor appointment for cellulitis in his elbow. Ok. There’s just one quesiton I have before you’re gone for the day.
Who should I be in contact with about the [...]

Energy Crisis

When are they going to use the words? Call it what it is!
Of course, since we’ve spent the last 25 years hearing about it’s all about us, a plea for saving energy for the common good isn’t going to go very far. That’s why they keep appealing to us as consumers. “It will save you [...]

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