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Work vignette: when “Do not disturb” gets ignored
I have a lot of meetings, and some of them, I run. Since we are spread around the world, nearly all meetings are conference calls, and a presenter will share their desktop via Live Meeting or Net Meeting so others can follow the presentation.
We also communicate a lot via an internal messenger. I set it [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2008 under Uncategorized, living.
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I say tomato, tomato
We have baby tomatoes in the garden, but none are ready for eating yet. I couldn’t wait, so I picked up some organic tomatoes at New Seasons last night. For a mid-morning snack, I spread some lebneh on toast and topped with thin slices of tomatoes, sea salt, and freshly ground pepper. Yum!
Posted: July 11th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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The last weekend of June, in review
Summer finally arrived. Yesterday, I think it was. It was hot enough here to melt the north pole from afar. Spent the day at a friend’s pool, but in the shade. Forgot about the reflective properties of agua. Now we are having a thunderstorm, and I am watching lightning strike to the SE. I’ve been [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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May heat stroke edition
It has been a long, hot weekend in the bustling metropolis of Portland. Lots of shopping for me, as Dr. M is moving back to state for her clinical rotations in a month or so and asked me to take care of buying all her kitchenwares. Somewhere around $600 into it, I did call her [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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