Yes, I'm using my blog to remind myself of books to read and now subjects I want to post about one day...
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In Dreams
16 years ago
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
It's safe to like dogs again
A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early.
-- Rupert Brooke
First, the legend:
Family #1 - Neighbors directly to the left. Father likes to drive his jeep offroad in the desert, break it, come home and fix it with Father of Family #4. Mother was close friends with the Mother that used to own our house. Boy and girl kids are ~7 & 9.
Family #2 - Neighbors directly to the right. They have the barking dog.
Family #3 - Neighbors two to the left. Father is a US Marshal and Army Reserve. Mother is all up in the neighborhood news. Oldest son is 15. Younger son is ~12.
Family # 4 - Neighbors three to the left. Father owns a pool cleaning business and likes to break his jeep out in the desert with Father #1. Don't know anything about Mother and kids.
Turns out Mr. C and I were correct about Family #2. They are renters. I should say... They WERE renters. They're moving out. We're very happy about that. They kept to themselves, which was nice, but they didn't keep up their front yard and.... the dog. We don't have an HOA here, thankfully, but there is an unspoken rule to keep a certain level of maintenance. Family #4 has even offered to let us borrow their pressure sprayer to clean the dirt off the stucco on the house from the last rains.
We were talking to Mother #3. She told us that most of the neighbors have called the police about Family #2's dog multiple times. The owner of the mobile home behind us has also called the police. Apparently the rule is to call the non-emergency line and get the incident number.
Now we know.
The family is moving. Now a new family will get to be trained. Hopefully they'll be nice.
-- Rupert Brooke
First, the legend:
Family #1 - Neighbors directly to the left. Father likes to drive his jeep offroad in the desert, break it, come home and fix it with Father of Family #4. Mother was close friends with the Mother that used to own our house. Boy and girl kids are ~7 & 9.
Family #2 - Neighbors directly to the right. They have the barking dog.
Family #3 - Neighbors two to the left. Father is a US Marshal and Army Reserve. Mother is all up in the neighborhood news. Oldest son is 15. Younger son is ~12.
Family # 4 - Neighbors three to the left. Father owns a pool cleaning business and likes to break his jeep out in the desert with Father #1. Don't know anything about Mother and kids.
Turns out Mr. C and I were correct about Family #2. They are renters. I should say... They WERE renters. They're moving out. We're very happy about that. They kept to themselves, which was nice, but they didn't keep up their front yard and.... the dog. We don't have an HOA here, thankfully, but there is an unspoken rule to keep a certain level of maintenance. Family #4 has even offered to let us borrow their pressure sprayer to clean the dirt off the stucco on the house from the last rains.
We were talking to Mother #3. She told us that most of the neighbors have called the police about Family #2's dog multiple times. The owner of the mobile home behind us has also called the police. Apparently the rule is to call the non-emergency line and get the incident number.
Now we know.
The family is moving. Now a new family will get to be trained. Hopefully they'll be nice.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Management Memes
I love when my boss brings up interesting articles in team meetings. A few weeks ago it was a very dry NIST article on patch management which has lead to a huge project. This week she brought up an article that revealed 10 things your boss hates about you.
- Lateness/absenteeism
- Lack of initiative
- Too much initiative
- Bitching and whining
- Disloyalty
- Lack of passion or interest
- Trying to be their best friend
- Petty lying
- Childishness
- Wanting their job
I'm trying to not read too much into it.
In other news, more proof that dogs are far superior to cats.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
You can't blame me
One of the best disclaimers I've read in a long time, courtesy of Clue Wagon
Later she writes "Not being a weenie is a good strategy on pretty much every level." Now there are some words to live by.
I am not a lawyer. I’m an ex-HR person. That’s not even close to being the same thing, because lawyers make more money and don’t go around telling you not to wear flip-flops to work. Also, only idiots take legal advice from some blog they found on the internet. If you get sued, “The internet told me it was okay” is not a good defense. So before you go around talking smack about someone you used to work with, talk to a real lawyer, okay?
Later she writes "Not being a weenie is a good strategy on pretty much every level." Now there are some words to live by.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Doing More Before 11am Than Most Do Before 2pm
Some days it's a bad sign when you forget to turn off the alarm and wake up thinking you have to get up for work. This was not one of those mornings.
Around 5am we grumbled if we should sleep in or go crowing. Mr. C told me all about his wacky dreams. I mostly slept through his story telling.
We ended up sticking to the original plan. I set the coffee robot to make us our tasty beverages and started putting on my gear. Today I rode the motorcycle on the highway for the second time. I took the scary offramp that's a 270 degree turn with a posted speed of 20 MPH.
Epp! I knew my jacket was big on me, but I didn't realize that it poofed out to make me look like I have a big belly! Oh well. It's really comfortable, pink, and had reflective lines.
We didn't see many crows, but we discovered a new bird that we're calling the red-shouldered dog fighter.
Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell only wishes he could fly like these little guys!
When we arrived home we did some chores and then back out for errands. Overall, a very fine morning.
Around 5am we grumbled if we should sleep in or go crowing. Mr. C told me all about his wacky dreams. I mostly slept through his story telling.
We ended up sticking to the original plan. I set the coffee robot to make us our tasty beverages and started putting on my gear. Today I rode the motorcycle on the highway for the second time. I took the scary offramp that's a 270 degree turn with a posted speed of 20 MPH.
Epp! I knew my jacket was big on me, but I didn't realize that it poofed out to make me look like I have a big belly! Oh well. It's really comfortable, pink, and had reflective lines.
We didn't see many crows, but we discovered a new bird that we're calling the red-shouldered dog fighter.
Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell only wishes he could fly like these little guys!
When we arrived home we did some chores and then back out for errands. Overall, a very fine morning.
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