Big Lots
I’ve made some interesting changes the last few weeks–I’m currently doing some interesting work and although it requires some travel that I’m not fond of (out of town from Tuesday - Friday is not my idea of fun, ultimately), most of the rest of it is “work from home” and that makes for an interesting summer.
Beyond that, however, there has been some renewed interest in Russ from “other” companies and after the stint that I just made an exit from, I can say it’s nice to have some confidence back.
That said, talking about work-stuff makes for a boring-ass blog. Unfortunately, the gallery program is sorta fucked right now, so I cannot post up a nice family photo–also a boring-ass blog topic, but still something I’m fond of, so we all deal.
Well, except to say that Skype is kick-ass, as is WebEx when you’re using it for conference calls…although it’s got to seem odd for people to watch me and know that my office window is open and the sounds of unincorporated suburbia waft on in…
That’s not saying much; it’s almost like being out in a country subdivision here. Then again, maybe that is kind of nice.
And in the nerd department, I’ve got a lovely new laptop–and by new, I mean a Dell Refurb XPS M140 with the TrueBright screen thingy and it’s such a nice upgrade from the mega-laptop I bought several years back, which coincidentally is going up for sale on eBay to pay for the new (refurb) laptop. Factor in the Logitech MX5000 wireless desktop (everyone should have something Bluetooth, fwiw), which was based upon the pursuit of a MUCH quieter keyboard since my old Logitech keyboard would CLACK CLACKITY CLACK into the night, most likely annoying the hell out of Nicolle, along with the ricktey-rackety old-ass chair that I got pre-Sydney as a birthday present–which was also replaced. Oh, and an upgrade of a laptop webcam so I can Skype home and see my ladies.
It’s the little things in life, folks. My little things happen to be geeky, and I’m cool with that.
And tomorrow’s Tuesday. I’ve got to be up at 5a to get picked up by my limo at 5.30 so I can catch a 7.55 flight to glorious, lovely, Springfield, Missouri. First round’s on me!
And tomorrow’s Tuesday. The alleged day that our house builder is going to *REALLY* get their shit together and stand up to the name RC SOTO & SONS that I own on the internets. We’ll see. Frankly, I see us in court, but would much rather have my deck stairs, my leak fixed and all this other shit just taken care of, since I’ve got about 23 more years of my life to pay for it all and I don’t want to be pissed at these suckwads for the duration…
Of course, if I finish basement… Oh, nevermind. Have a good week.