One tricky thing is when you’re given a project to manage that you don’t particularly believe in. All of the minutia of project management– the record keeping, the ticket items, the milestones and assignments, the check-ins and the monitoring– it all becomes … Continue reading →

02/12/13 In my dream last night, I was leaving a giant supermarket, alone, and I watched a woman in front of me dig into her purse and drop something on the ground as she walked ahead. I went to where … Continue reading →

We had a snowstorm on Friday, 2/8/13, and it was great. I stayed in, listening to the plows run up and down my hill, clanking and scraping, their chained wheels grinding and chunking. Few things relax me as much. The … Continue reading →

The fire marshal called a couple hours later and explained that he couldn’t make it that night but was hoping to come “have a look” on Sunday morning, if that was possible. I said it was and he said until … Continue reading →

So I stood at the sliding glass window that used to open to a balcony that, while nice, was in fact filled with stuff that shouldn’t have been out there. Prior to Friday, there were pots of dead plants there, … Continue reading →

Minor major stress fest this morning, taking care of business for you guys now.

A long stretch there, so thanks for bearing with. I’m back on the usual routine now. I hope I didn’t lose too many of you. I’ll catch you up slowly, but first something of priority. I had a talk I … Continue reading →

The quick update didn’t happen earlier this week. It’s been nearly unbelievably busy, culminating now in a big conference at which I’m speaking tomorrow. Throughout the week so far, as I try to cobble together a presentation that at least … Continue reading →

Sorry folks, not quite ready to resume– am on no sleep and negative time right now. I’ll update in full for tomorrow morning, so check in!    

don’t worry little monkeys.