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I don't know what vacation did to my brain, but it was not fully engaged today. First, I forgot the PIN for my ATM card. The PIN which has been the same for at least 10 years and which I've never had a problem remembering. Then, I told a coworker that Stacy had called in sick. Pause. "You mean Stephanie?" Yeah, that's her name. I don't even know anyone named Stacy. Weird.
I am off! I will not be reading or posting for a good week (not that the latter is that unusual).
So, tomorrow I wake up at an unearthly hour, for a good cause, to fly down to Florida for our anniversary cruise (can you believe 2 years already?). 7 days of no computers, mucho lounging and reading, lots of good food and sex. At least, those are the primary goals.
Everyone have a great week!
So, tomorrow I wake up at an unearthly hour, for a good cause, to fly down to Florida for our anniversary cruise (can you believe 2 years already?). 7 days of no computers, mucho lounging and reading, lots of good food and sex. At least, those are the primary goals.
Everyone have a great week!
Today is shaping up to be an incredibly slow day. First of all, I am at the City Island branch, which is always less busy than almost any other branch. I am the only librarian here (everyone took Good Friday off). And the kids don't have school this week, which means there's no after-school rush.
Backlog of fanfic, here I come!
Backlog of fanfic, here I come!
freaking US government
Apr. 3rd, 2007 01:11 pmNote to self:
Next time you need to renew a passport, put a travel date much earlier than actual date.
The passport office says they put my new passport in the mail, and it should be here by the 4th. My plane leaves on the 8th. I would have liked it to get here MUCH earlier, especially since I shelled out for expedited service.
[bites nails]
It does not help that the tracking number they provided says only:
"U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on April 2, 2007 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date."
This has happened to me before. What it probably means is that it is in the mail, but they neglected to actually scan it in when they picked it up. Which means tracking will not tell me anything until I've received it, WHICH KIND OF LOSES THE FREAKING POINT OF TRACKING, NOW, DOESN'T IT?
I just need to think positive.
Next time you need to renew a passport, put a travel date much earlier than actual date.
The passport office says they put my new passport in the mail, and it should be here by the 4th. My plane leaves on the 8th. I would have liked it to get here MUCH earlier, especially since I shelled out for expedited service.
[bites nails]
It does not help that the tracking number they provided says only:
"U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on April 2, 2007 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date."
This has happened to me before. What it probably means is that it is in the mail, but they neglected to actually scan it in when they picked it up. Which means tracking will not tell me anything until I've received it, WHICH KIND OF LOSES THE FREAKING POINT OF TRACKING, NOW, DOESN'T IT?
I just need to think positive.
It is finally spring! Glorious, glorious spring! My favorite time of year!
It's light when I leave work, and I don't have to wear a coat anymore, and almost all of the snow has melted ... I am so excited.
And my winter blues finally seem to have lifted, as of yesterday. I got home and had so much energy! I switched the duvet to the light one we use in the summer, did some cleaning, bounced around the apartment amusing Rich hugely ...
Let's hope this isn't just a temporary energy burst. I could use higher energy levels for a while. I've been so draggy for months.
It's light when I leave work, and I don't have to wear a coat anymore, and almost all of the snow has melted ... I am so excited.
And my winter blues finally seem to have lifted, as of yesterday. I got home and had so much energy! I switched the duvet to the light one we use in the summer, did some cleaning, bounced around the apartment amusing Rich hugely ...
Let's hope this isn't just a temporary energy burst. I could use higher energy levels for a while. I've been so draggy for months.
common sense
Mar. 19th, 2007 10:07 amI would like to review one of the cardinal rules of polite society:
Never, ever ask a woman if she is pregnant, no matter how sure you are that you can see a bulge. EVER.
Someone asked me if I was pregnant this morning, and I am a little less happy with my new dress than I was before.
Who does that?
Never, ever ask a woman if she is pregnant, no matter how sure you are that you can see a bulge. EVER.
Someone asked me if I was pregnant this morning, and I am a little less happy with my new dress than I was before.
Who does that?
irony of the day
Mar. 12th, 2007 10:33 amToday during my commute, I ended up behind a car with a bumper sticker that said: Save the Environment, Drive a Hybrid.
It was on a Lexus SUV.
Methinks someone is unclear on the concept.
It was on a Lexus SUV.
Methinks someone is unclear on the concept.
library stalker
Mar. 7th, 2007 04:20 pmI have acquired my own library stalker. I'm not going to say he's obsessed with me, but talking to me certainly seems to be the highlight of his library visits. The others here tell me that when he comes on my days off, he leaves almost immediately once he realizes I'm not here.
He watches me, and tries to get me involved in conversations (which I don't want to do - I'm perfectly willing to answer questions, but not have personal conversations). It does not help that he has a very heavy foreign accent and is really difficult to understand. He tries to find out my work schedule (which I have refused to give him - I outright told him there was no reason he needs to know that). He tried to find out where I lived and who with (actually, I told him who with: "my husband." So he can't pretend he doesn't know that).
He's really beginning to creep me out.
And today, he tried to present me with a poem he wrote. For me. About me. Which I refused to take, on the grounds that it was not appropriate.
He doesn't take hints! How do I get him to go away? He's not threatening, he's just ... creepy. My co-workers say I should get Rich to come in and loom over him, but that seems a little much.
He watches me, and tries to get me involved in conversations (which I don't want to do - I'm perfectly willing to answer questions, but not have personal conversations). It does not help that he has a very heavy foreign accent and is really difficult to understand. He tries to find out my work schedule (which I have refused to give him - I outright told him there was no reason he needs to know that). He tried to find out where I lived and who with (actually, I told him who with: "my husband." So he can't pretend he doesn't know that).
He's really beginning to creep me out.
And today, he tried to present me with a poem he wrote. For me. About me. Which I refused to take, on the grounds that it was not appropriate.
He doesn't take hints! How do I get him to go away? He's not threatening, he's just ... creepy. My co-workers say I should get Rich to come in and loom over him, but that seems a little much.
sometimes I hate this area
Mar. 2nd, 2007 03:25 pmYou know, I could see the torrential rain (and the backup on the Cross-County Expressway) this morning, so I very carefully listened to the traffic report. There appeared to be problems on Long Island, and in Manhattan, and with the trains, but no problems were mentioned for Westchester.
So imagine my surprise to find that the Hutchinson Parkway was closed for flooding! Why was this not part of the 1010 WINS traffic report?! Is Westchester not part of the metro area?
If I had known that, I would have taken a different route from the beginning. But by the time I saw the traffic cones, it would have taken too much time to go back to that other route, and I just had to follow other cars and trust that they were headed where I wanted to go (since of course there were no detour signs).
Sorry, had to get that off my chest.
So imagine my surprise to find that the Hutchinson Parkway was closed for flooding! Why was this not part of the 1010 WINS traffic report?! Is Westchester not part of the metro area?
If I had known that, I would have taken a different route from the beginning. But by the time I saw the traffic cones, it would have taken too much time to go back to that other route, and I just had to follow other cars and trust that they were headed where I wanted to go (since of course there were no detour signs).
Sorry, had to get that off my chest.
A very succinct account of the stupid questions that I hear over, and over, and over again. The third one is particularly fun to explain to computer newbies.
And people wonder how working in a library can be stressful.
And people wonder how working in a library can be stressful.
Extra points for style
Mar. 1st, 2007 10:48 amWhy can't my (heck, all) elected representatives be more like these guys? That's just priceless. A shame they can't leave it like that if it's passed.
parenting today
Feb. 28th, 2007 11:05 amWow. two posts in one day!
Anyway, just saw this column by Mark Morford about modern parenting and how different it is and complex and OMG the internet and cell phones and pedophiles and isn't everyone in our parents generation glad they don't have to deal with this with their kids?
But, he concluded:
At the root of it, are new parents and their kids not faced with the exact same set of problems they've always faced? That is: hormones, learning, identity, love, balance, where they fit into this mad fireball of a world?
A lovely summary. I wanted to remember it, thus, the post.
Anyway, just saw this column by Mark Morford about modern parenting and how different it is and complex and OMG the internet and cell phones and pedophiles and isn't everyone in our parents generation glad they don't have to deal with this with their kids?
But, he concluded:
At the root of it, are new parents and their kids not faced with the exact same set of problems they've always faced? That is: hormones, learning, identity, love, balance, where they fit into this mad fireball of a world?
A lovely summary. I wanted to remember it, thus, the post.
I'm not saying that everyone who calls customer service/tech support is stupid (lord knows I've had to call a few times), but sometimes it really does feel like this when you're on the other side:
YouTube - Medieval helpdesk
And I say this as a 3-year veteran of dot-com customer service. Not to mention almost 6 years of public libraries, which are actually worse.
YouTube - Medieval helpdesk
And I say this as a 3-year veteran of dot-com customer service. Not to mention almost 6 years of public libraries, which are actually worse.
awww. or damn.
Feb. 26th, 2007 11:28 amIt snowed last night, although not enough to paralyze the area.
And I woke up to discover that my car had already been mostly brushed off. My first thought was "awww, how sweet, Rich did my car for me!"
Second thought was, "I wonder if he did that so I'd have less excuse to stay home." There wasn't enough snow to really get away with that anyway, but I had made a joke about it last night when it started snowing. Which got me a dirty look and "don't rub it in."
And I woke up to discover that my car had already been mostly brushed off. My first thought was "awww, how sweet, Rich did my car for me!"
Second thought was, "I wonder if he did that so I'd have less excuse to stay home." There wasn't enough snow to really get away with that anyway, but I had made a joke about it last night when it started snowing. Which got me a dirty look and "don't rub it in."
huh. I'm ... famous?
Feb. 23rd, 2007 11:05 amWell. I just got my Google newsletter for librarians. And my name was in it. The content, not the header. That was a little ... startling.
Google knows who I am! OK, that might be stretching it. Still.
Google knows who I am! OK, that might be stretching it. Still.
Best retitling of a news story
Feb. 12th, 2007 12:44 pmNeedless to say, the idea behind the story is idiotic, but I love this commenter's take.
CNN article New York may ban iPods while crossing street becomes:
NY senator proposes interfering with natural selection
A much better way of putting it, don't you think?
CNN article New York may ban iPods while crossing street becomes:
NY senator proposes interfering with natural selection
A much better way of putting it, don't you think?
giggle fit
Feb. 6th, 2007 03:44 pmI must be starved for laughter - I don't know why I've been giggling about this for 5 minutes.
A young boy just came into the library, marched straight to the info desk, and announced (in an oddly prideful tone) "I can't feel my ears!" with a big smile.
I don't know - it was something about the delivery. It just struck me as really funny.
A young boy just came into the library, marched straight to the info desk, and announced (in an oddly prideful tone) "I can't feel my ears!" with a big smile.
I don't know - it was something about the delivery. It just struck me as really funny.
best. use. of soundtrack. ever
Feb. 2nd, 2007 12:51 pmOh, man, this made me howl when the music started up:
YouTube - Supernatural "Night Shifter" episode ending
Oh, yeah, they're wanted men all right. I cannot wait to see the implications of that one play out.
help, I'm invisible again!
Jan. 29th, 2007 11:56 amFor some reason lately I decided I wanted to be findable with Google. So I did some updating of my page, and some linking around, and I was showing up (although, oddly, below my Amazon profile). Then, yesterday, the listing completely disappeared from the results. Well, from the first 100, at least.
Have I angered the Google gods? Should I just be patient and hope it shows up again?
I used to be the first result for both variations of my name - Deb Morrissey got you my main page, and Deborah Morrissey got you my resume. Then I had to go move everything. Not smart.
Have I angered the Google gods? Should I just be patient and hope it shows up again?
I used to be the first result for both variations of my name - Deb Morrissey got you my main page, and Deborah Morrissey got you my resume. Then I had to go move everything. Not smart.
