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Lightning Rod Gets The Zot
The Poet's Eye ^ | Lightning Rod

Posted on 10/23/2010 5:17:52 PM PDT by Lrod

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To: Monkey Face

Doing a little better now. Just hope I can sleep in until 7:30 tomorrow, since I’m calling in to tomorrow’s 8 AM teleconference from home. Sometime tomorrow the A/C should be back.


321 posted on 11/03/2010 12:12:21 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: sionnsar

When one is used to A/C in the workplace, it’s a little difficult to try and work around it. Having had the same problem, I always kept a small fan at work. It’s amazing how much better my cubby was with the fan blowing on my middle-aged self!


322 posted on 11/03/2010 12:34:16 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Hungover with nothing to drink the night before. Harry Reid will do that to you. *blech*)
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To: Monkey Face

It’s in the mail - I drove to the p.o. this afternoon.

I’m getting a headache. I think I’ll have to drink some tea with sugar.


323 posted on 11/03/2010 2:08:19 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom He will. (Dan 4:25))
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To: Tax-chick

:o])

I’ll make sure to check on Saturday...JIC.

Hunger headaches are absolutely beastly. I don’t envy you the next 12-16 hours. But I WILL be praying for you!!


324 posted on 11/03/2010 3:18:58 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Hungover with nothing to drink the night before. Harry Reid will do that to you. *blech*)
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To: Monkey Face

I don’t really feel hungry, because I’m full of diet 7-up and cran-apple juice, but the big hand is squeezing around my eyes. Maybe the purge medicine will have some carbohydrates or starch in it. Getting old is a drag. At least my nose is stuffed up, so I can’t smell the pizza the others are eating!

I got pictures made of Bill and Tom today. Took forever to get decent shots, but I think Mom will be happy.


325 posted on 11/03/2010 3:38:32 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom He will. (Dan 4:25))
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To: Tax-chick

Here in NY the Multivote was in full swing for Andrew Cuomo.


326 posted on 11/03/2010 4:11:13 PM PDT by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Monkey Face
When one is used to A/C in the workplace, it’s a little difficult to try and work around it.

It's more difficult than that. The "air handler" is shut down so there's no forced-air movement in the building. This being a building from the 90s, it has no "operable" (openable) windows -- for which there is now interest from the "green building" movement. Worse, there are no openings to the outside from the second floor, so opening doors at ground level doesn't help. Without the HVAC running, upstairs just grows ever less bearable.

It just gets warmer and warmer and warmer...

I do have a small fan under the desk but this was beyond that. I rarely use the fan now ever since I got the HVAC guy to set the minimum temps for my office down to 68F or so, most are at 70 - 72, plus a bit higher airflow AND I don't have hydronic heating the way the outer offices do.

If Corporate weren't death on wireless connecting to our in-house networks I might have gone outside to the picnic table to work. It's a gorgeous day, and short shirt-sleeve weather.

327 posted on 11/03/2010 4:20:58 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: sionnsar

Ah, sion...you have my deepest sympathy...


328 posted on 11/03/2010 4:24:22 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Hungover with nothing to drink the night before. Harry Reid will do that to you. *blech*)
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To: Tax-chick
Getting old is a drag.

Just wait until you really start getting older! *\B^| When I finally got glasses (just shy of 50) I thought it was all over. Now those are the good old days.

Getting a haircut and beard trim Sunday so I'll look a bit less Santa-like on the upcoming trip. Need to look professional for the speaking engagements at the conference.

329 posted on 11/03/2010 4:25:25 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: Monkey Face
Ah, sion...you have my deepest sympathy..

Oh, it's fine and I'm happy, once I learned what was going on.

I had to stick around the office until 2 PM for a one-on-one meeting about my presentation for next week's conference (upshot: I don't have to learn/use this complex audience Q&A device they're using, nor integrate it into my presentation).

Stayed later to work on the powerpoint some more -- an hour or two tomorrow, after all the morning teleconferences, and I should be ready. I'll call into the first, at least, from home, and maybe the others. Then maybe to a "nearby" library to finish the powerpoint -- for me in-office meetings are so rare I don't need to be there unless I need to use the phone. (I don't have/want a corporate Crackberry.)

I'm home for 6 days more, life is good!

But praying your transportation situation resolves quickly.

330 posted on 11/03/2010 4:37:59 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: sionnsar

You know your office and its working much better than anyone else, so all I can do is trust that you are more aware than the rest of us!!

Hopefully, tomorrow will be The Day that MD lives again. We shall see!


331 posted on 11/03/2010 4:55:47 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Hungover with nothing to drink the night before. Harry Reid will do that to you. *blech*)
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To: Monkey Face
Hopefully, tomorrow will be The Day that MD lives again.

I am way too tired, and was up hours before the sun. What is "MD"?

332 posted on 11/03/2010 5:00:54 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: sionnsar

MD is Miss Daisy!

I know how that tired thingy goes... it’s OK!


333 posted on 11/03/2010 5:05:13 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Hungover with nothing to drink the night before. Harry Reid will do that to you. *blech*)
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To: Monkey Face

Oh yeah. Too many acronyms...


334 posted on 11/03/2010 5:13:35 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: sionnsar

I’ve worn glasses since I was 12. I really need a haircut, too - it’s looking like Albert Einstein’s.


335 posted on 11/03/2010 5:22:03 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom He will. (Dan 4:25))
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To: sionnsar

Life was much simpler before acronyms came into play.

:o])


336 posted on 11/03/2010 5:29:57 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Hungover with nothing to drink the night before. Harry Reid will do that to you. *blech*)
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To: Tax-chick

I’ve worn glasses since I was seven...suddenly, the alphabet above the blackboard was obviously clear. Until then, the folks that taught me thought I was facetious. Idiots.

I was folding my papers into really tiny squares, making sure that I got up to 110 on a side. In the first grade. Idiots.

And longhand in the second grade, which was “not acceptable.” Idiots.

I’m sure all the teachers are dead, now, but still...would it have made the local papers if they had encouraged me? Idiots.


337 posted on 11/03/2010 5:35:49 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Hungover with nothing to drink the night before. Harry Reid will do that to you. *blech*)
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To: Monkey Face
I was folding my papers into really tiny squares, making sure that I got up to 110 on a side.

I think you and Pat are related ;-).

I'm outta here - I'm going to try to get Frank to bed before I drink the Purge. *shudder*

338 posted on 11/03/2010 5:39:53 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom He will. (Dan 4:25))
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To: Tax-chick

See? Patrick and I are kindred spirits. Along with my son....

I’ll pray for you. Purging is not fun for any of us. From either end. No matter what the reason.


339 posted on 11/03/2010 7:02:59 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Hungover with nothing to drink the night before. Harry Reid will do that to you. *blech*)
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To: Monkey Face

I’m almost through 2 liters of the gunk. My innards are starting to make weird noises. (Don’t worry, I won’t give excessive detail ;-).


340 posted on 11/03/2010 7:08:13 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom He will. (Dan 4:25))
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