Not Fair

I was having a dream this morning that I was still on the cruise, where they would periodically make announcements over the intercom. These announcements were preceeded by the ringing of bells to get your attention, but were NOT broadcast in the staterooms if they weren't critical.

So, in my dream, was asleep andd heard the bells ringing, but never heard the announcement. I looked around and didn't recognize my stateroom, so I switched on my light....

....and was in my bedroom at home. The ringing was the PHONE, gosh darn it; I was being called by the Help Desk at work because a server wasn't behaving nicely.

Hmph.

New Cube Mate

I have a new cube mate! I've got an odd cube -- it's two mooshed into one, so there's not so much privacy, BUT it's got a window. Up till now I've been rooming (cubeing?) with one of the contractors, Lalitha.

But, my friend Lester was stuck over in a corner, way far away from the rest of the group, and wanted to get more in the same area as us. So, Lalitha got booted, and now Lester is my cube-mate.

I think Lester and I will get along well; here's one of the things he brought with him:

OPTIMASH PRIME

So why does that mean we'll get along?

Here's what I already had in MY half of the cube:

DARTH TATER

I expect Darth Tater and Optimash Prime will become fast friends. Or, arch enemies, either way.

And, yes, Lester is significantly neater than I am!

Meeting Haiku

meetings. circular
discussions, going nowhere.
why must I be here?

Sleep...must have sleep

Do you remember the old Driver's Ed movies (or maybe Mythbusters episode) that showed normally sane adults performing normal day-to-day activities, then taking a drink and doing them again, and so on. The point was to show impressionable young people the dangers of drink.

I've determined a much cheaper, equally effective way of indicating the loss of motor skills. Go without sleep.

The older I get, the less I can do without sleep, and the longer it takes me to get over it. Sunday I had to stay up till midnight-ish for work; not a big deal, and there are times I stay up that late reading. But, Monday I was a little sluggish. Today fine, but a smidge sleepy, but I have to stay up again for work. At this point, it's 1:30 am and counting, but I should be able to stop soon.

However, what I've noticed is that my typing skills are deteriorating with the lateness of the hour. So far, in this single post, I've misspelled:

• sane
• normal
• young
• drink (twice)
• equally
• up
• a (my personal favorite -- anyone can misspell antidisestablishmentarianism, but it takes an artist to misspell a one-letter word)

I'll keep track of further loss of motor skills as the night progrezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz