I did promise you a post.

All in all, today was a good day. Yes, I’m tired, but it’s a good sort of exhaustion — the kind you can only get by running back and forth completing things and fixing things and installing things et al. I did receive two bits of bad news today, though: Because the new job’s health [...]

I should be scaling back, not escalating

Spent much of the past work-week buried in documentation. As it turns out, there are a lot of routine-to-me tasks that my co-workers haven’t performed in a long time, if ever. I’ll probably be spending my last week at the old job madly scribbling notes on how things should work. Surprisingly, there has been no [...]

Big things are pending.

Today’s job interview went smashingly well. The interviewer mentioned several areas of expertise that they were looking for, and — well, I had notable experience in all of those areas. (“Why yes, I *am* familiar with MediaWiki syntax!”) It certainly didn’t hurt that I am used to dealing with fiercely independent fiefdoms or that I [...]

Do the hustle! and other random things

(this post’s title is intended to put a song in your head. bwahaha.) It’s been a busy week at the office, thanks mostly to budget season, but also to the usual “why did the whole building shut down when i turned off the network hub” questions. I would like to indicate, however, that if everything [...]

Rugby? and other hard-hitting things

Yup, it’s another in a long series of quick updates. First, the title. For a long time now, I’ve been interested in learning how to play rugby, but have put it off for some silly reason. This past week has had a couple Universal Nudges<tm>, though: a story in the Post-Dispatch about a local club, [...]