Mice 2.0…. The Saga Continues…

…well, actually, I think I have rats.  Yes, raaaaaaaaaatsssssss (eek)  but Mice 2.0 sounds so much nicer.
I returned from Sunriver last night after a hell drive in the snow to find this lovely piece of rodent handiwork:
So, yes, the door used to come much closer to touching the floor… and behind door number 1, Mr. [...]

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Dear BUR… You’re no PDX…

So.  Burbank Airport.  My technical counterpart is safely on his plane b/c it departed 10 mins after mine.  and I’m sitting here at BUR.  I got to the gate as they were shutting the door and they were like “sorry ma’am (which means “F you” in airline speak) but you’ll have to get on the [...]

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come on, winter solstice…

… it’s 4:20pm in Portland and it’s getting dark outside.  It’s hard to be upbeat with this much gloom.  I am hoping I can hang in there till I visit LA next week, which will be an awesome customer trip with some of my favorite peeps.
Wish me luck, readers…. Even the dogs are moping!

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8 maids a-milking….

…So, today marks the 8th day of my employment with Telligent Systems, and it’s been a lot of fun already.  Going onsite to Dallas last week found me a bit out of my normal swerve, with a bad case of jetlag however being around so many enthusiastic, passionate people helped to bring me out of [...]

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good news/bad news

So, dear reader, as in all tales of drama, I’ll start with the bad news first.  As many of you are aware, I returned Saturday night last from a month in Australia. While I was two weeks into my stay there, my lovely room-mate (yes, just a room-mate, folks – keep it clean!) Brian informed [...]

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