White Christmas

For the first time since I moved to California I finally got my white Christmas.  I had to go to Oregon to get and I missed seeing my family, but at least I got it.   And not just left over snow from the storm that dropped the most snow in 40 years; it actually snowed [...]

Slow Day

Pretty much the whole of Washington and Oregon is shut down due to weather (read: lots and lots of snow), which means two things: 1) Since our HQ is in the Portland area and has been shut down, things are pretty slow at work; and 2) Since Wes and I fly into PDX tomorrow for [...]

For My Brother

The first thing you should know about my brother is that his name isn’t Porter.  And the only place I will refer to him by that name is here.
The second thing is that he is incredibly messy.  I think we both got the gene of where, if we can’t do something perfectly, we would just [...]

Negative Nancy

That’s what I’ve been calling – privately, of course – a coworker of mine.  She’s worked at the company since before the current comany owned so, of course, she knows everything about everyone.  And not in a particular way but in the general Oh, they won’t agree to something like that. As a group she’s [...]

Rainy Monday

Did you know that Christmas is in less than two weeks?  Down here the only thing that reminds me of Christmas is the fact that it’s snowing every where else. Um, no, not that I’m jealous or anything.  It’s hard to get in the Christmas/Holiday mood when it’s 65-70 degrees every single day.  And when [...]

Wishing for Snow

I finished my 100th book.  Finally!  Well, actually, I finished it last weekend but haven’t updated because I suck at finding time.  Wait, not, let me ammend that: I suck at making time for it.  I’d much rather sit back and watch reruns of Top Gear on BBC America, which I just learned we get [...]

The Party

First of all, who decided that having a Booze Cruise for a company party would be a good idea?  And then who took that further and decided that cheese, crackers and shrimp cocktail would be enough food to keep the guests from getting completely drunk?  Because guess what, whoever it was is crazy for thinking [...]

Booze Cruises and Furniture

Third week into my new job and I have no time for anything – especially blogging.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  I’m still reading a lot to reach my goal of 100 books (only four more to go!) and I’m hoping that when I finish that project I’ll have more time to sit down and [...]