We skipped colgaffneyis Night at the Pub this evening. Too many events. Tomorrow we are going to a wedding in the afternoon. However, we are going to skip the festivities afterwards. It is James’s birthday, and we are taking him and his friend out to dinner. It won’t be quite as lively as the wedding crowd, but it will be fine. mia_mcdavid, good food, and some wine are more than enough to make a party for me.
…the one that says “Office Hours: 4-5 PM”
I can’t see it, but apparently everybody else in the office can. In the late afternoon I get a parade of visitors coming by to ask technical questions. They are very nice, and the questions are intelligent, but I wish some of them would come earlier in the day. I don’t want to miss my bus home!
Stress on the job all day…Breakdowns and repairs around the house….a seemingly continuous whirl of meetings and gatherings of colgaffeyis (and this is the offseason)…family obligations….Something has to give….
Irish for “The weather is very cold today!” (Just a bit of language practise)
As colgaffneyis secretary, I am ultimately responsible for getting the monthly newsletter out on time. I am under extra pressure this month, because we have our annual business meeting the first weekend of February and a big show on the second weekend. Unfortunately the person who was to do the article on the show has been sick, so I decided to write it myself. With the right inspiration this took only a few minutes. I just recycled last year’s article, updating as needed, and added a couple points from the show’s web site.
See Italian Musings #2: Transportation, by one of my High School and College classmates.
In today’s mail was a copy of The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in The New Yorker. It is recommended “to fans of The New Yorker…and to anyone with a slightly sick sense of humor.” I enjoyed it thoroughly.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 