It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Any open cabinet door is an invitation to explore.

He has his sombrero and packed his Mexican beach bag. He’s ready to roll.

His travel companions still need to get a few things done, though.

If he crashes, at least his head will be okay.

He’s asking for sunburn AND road rash.

“Foreign sites blocked”

O RLY? What about the BBC? That seems to work fine.

Oh well. Today is my last day here at the Electric Company. It’s been fantastic. Had a bit of a headache this morning by people who make things harder than they need to be. I still worked up a righteous frustration which means that no matter what I do, I do care about how I do it.

Today I went to my favorite coffee shop and my favorite barrista gave me a latte on the house for being a good customer. I’m sad my regular morning express bus driver wasn’t on the route this week. I wanted to say goodbye.

Last week in the afternoon I was walking from a train stop and she pulled up in a city bus to honk, wave and say hi to me. How random and fun! I always wondered what she did for the rest of the day after dropping off us downtowners.

Boss brought in bagels. People have been stopping by. My co-workers are great. It’s like a family around here. I’ll cross paths with a lot of them in the future, so it’s not like a big “goodbye, I’ll never see you again.”

Mostly people are not happy that I didn’t get hired on. Sure, they wish me well, but it’s all “you fit in great, you did great work, it’s our loss.” My poor boss has probably been beaten up with people saying she screwed up, but it wasn’t her call to make.

I’m leaving because there’s a better job out there, not because I wasn’t brought on as a “real” employee. Also, this job was just a filler until that something better came along. And along it came.

BSG, Sailor Babo and I are headed to Mexico tomorrow for a weekend at the beach. It’s going to be great. And safe – the freakout level for where we’re going (Puerto Penasco/Rocky Point) is a little overboard.

Hasta luego, mi amigos!

What a pain. I had to go to the list of posts, click on “quick edit” and there are the options to turn commenting on and off for each post.

So I guess I have to write a post, publish, then go back in and search around for the hidden ‘comment on’ button in a completely different editing area.

How is that a good idea?

I noticed commenting is turned off in my last post.

Huh.

I’ve been all over the administrative pages and can’t see where turning comments on or off is even an option.

UPDATE – This is closed for commenting, too. Wah!!!

The Onion really is where all the news is happening today. Here’s its take on how media outlets are covering the Royal Wedding.

Covering The Royal Wedding

The media is going to great lengths to cover the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton this Friday, with CNN alone dedicating 125 reporters to the event. Here are some of the extremes media outlets are undertaking:

• National Geographic: Placing two teams of cameramen in blinds outside Westminster Abbey for three months, waiting to get that perfect shot of the nesting pair
• New York Post: Shoe mirrors to see who Middleton is wearing, panty-wise
• The Sun: Having an anonymous source plant an alien inside the reception, hiring a translator to find out what it experienced
• 60 Minutes: Sending a blond-bewigged Morley Safer through security as Camilla Parker Bowles
• BBC: Using its TARDIS to materialize inside the security perimeter
• Dateline NBC: Erecting a decoy abbey right next to Westminster and ambush-interviewing whichever guests mistakenly walk in
• Agence-France Presse: Sending a correspondent to Calais with a telescope to confirm that the boorish English and their cloud-condemned island are still there
• Cat Fancy: Four-part series on the growing irrelevance of the British royalty and its long-term effect on the working class

Another great interwebs find. My current favorite is fair trade produce dad. I can’t link directly to it or get the photo to transfer, but here’s the text:

Very impressive!

I’m always amazed at the vision, talent and attention to detail of people who can make Rube Goldberg devices. I could never do one, no patience, but I sure do enjoy them!

My plan was to sit on the couch and read the paper.

Now I’m just sitting on the couch waiting for Winslow to get distracted and move on.

There’s a rule about not disturbing a comfortable cat, I’m pretty sure.