Perspective
Someone, somewhere else other than where you are right now – has it worse than you. Believe it.
June 2004
Why did I do that?
So I’m sitting here at nearly 2am wondering why the hell I made that offer to my administrator earlier today? It seemed like such a good idea at the time – – helpful, anyways. Except over the past year, I have been working my ass off, after hours, developing my business. I have a pretty
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Here I go again
In April, I demoted myself. I held a management position for the company I work for and got really tired dealing with office politics, paperwork and regulatory bureaucracy….so I stepped down and took a field position as a case manager and have been pretty blissful ever since. I spend my days driving from patient to
For Those Who Care
I had a revelation tonight. CSS coders who are old hands at this will probably laugh and say “Pffft! Girl! I knew THAT ages ago!” Be that as it may….it IS possible to teach an old dog new tricks! For transparency effects in CSS – I use the following tag: filter:alpha(opacity=80); (where increasing the number
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2 Salads
In preparation for our hosting of the July 4th BBQ – I’ve been trying out some quick n’ easy summer salads. Last night, to go along with the baby back BBQ ribs, I made the following: Cauliflower/Broccoli Salad 1 Fresh Head Cauliflower – washed and broken into small pieces 2 Fresh Broccoli Stalks – washed
Space Ship One
Very exciting developments for space travel enthusiasts. Today, out in the Mohave Desert, a company called Scaled Composites, Inc. is launching what is being billed as the first “Private Manned Space Program”. The built a passenger-carrying sub-orbital hybrid space ship that will carry up to three people into space and return them safely to Earth.
Weekend Wrap Up
I was on-call yesterday and it wasn’t a bad day, really. Except for the fact that the weather was absolutely beautiful and I wanted nothing more than to be outside doing some yard work. Also, we just filled the pool – but it’s not quite ready for swimming, yet . . so that made it
Gmail 4 Troops
Over at alwaysvictoria.com – – she has definately got the right idea. Lately – as I mentioned in an earlier post – – I’ve received a few offers for a Gmail invite. I’ve turned them down because I really don’t have a use for it, at all. For reasons of practicality and reasons of personal
RE: Blogs – 10
1. Have you ever reached the point where you just want to stop blogging – but don’t? What are the reasons and feelings that bring you to those feelings? Blog Boredom? Blog Frustration? Blog Over-Dose? I’ve reached that point – – but I quit blogging when I did. I’ve been keeping this blog since October
Happy Father's Day!
To all those hard working Father’s out there today – – I’m hoping you had a fabulous day! My father is currently in Iowa, at the moment. My mother bought him a hot air balloon ride and they should be finished sailing down the river. Up, up and away…… Happy Father’s Day, Dad! I gave
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