31st August 2014

The eye shrunk

The camping kitchen gear has been washed and stowed for another season. The same gear that we drag along each summer, carefully place beside the picnic table and ignore, while we head on over to the restaurant of the day. A certain irony in this.

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30th August 2014

Points of light

In another of those “Ha! Made you look!” moments, I followed a link on the CBC website, purporting to show what it looks like when asteroids collide. In return for my effort, the artist’s conception drawing was presented in full colour. All that it lacked were those Batman type sound effect balloons. And there lies my frustration. What NASA actually has on hand is a series of graphs, collected over a period of months, that show an increased amount of light detected by an infrared sensor.  The artist can feel free to illustrate me, disappointed.

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29th August 2014

Finding another way back home

Not exactly a “Frantic Friday” around the office, even with a long weekend about to begin. Most of the predicted players were in place. No emergencies on the work list. In fact, my two big jobs of the morning included rep lugging a loose printer cable and storing away an extra telephone. In a word, yawn!

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28th August 2014

Wire passages

Something to ponder. If a new user of an iPad had to create their proper ID account without an experienced coach close at hand… No, better to avoid that situation. Seriously, how many times should validation be necessary?

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27th August 2014

Lingering traces of a slimy moment

Time might help us forget many things. Unfortunately, that stain on the car seat wasn’t one of them. Back, in the heat of the moment, a slimy worm escaped and melted, leaving a visible trace behind.

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26th August 2014

Burger-Bits!

The headline inspires odd ideas: Burger-Bits! Something even the do will want to bring home in a family pack. Earlier today, one of the largest hamburger chains (in the world) decided to “move in” with the largest coffee franchiser in Canada.

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25th August 2014

Give the dog a bone: not

There. That didn’t hurt at all. I remembered where my cubicle was, and the login credentials and even the names of those who hang around the place all day. Pretty good for an old dog, after an extended seashore holiday. Can I do it again? Please? The seashore part, I mean. Getting back to work is productive; nothing more.

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24th August 2014

Icy water as a symbol

Despite my best efforts, I’ve run out of time. Tomorrow, back to my life as a cubicle creature. Telephone. Network. All the things that define my role in the “working world”. Bus schedule. Limited coffee. Please, as you continue your life of leisure, think of me.

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23rd August 2014

Escape proof?

“We have a runner”. Around this house, not a preferred quote. My fault; while unloading stuff from the car, I was distracted. Opened the front door and almost got a lock on a tail before the dog headed off to points unknown.

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22nd August 2014

Paid photo op

Had an early coffee and bagel, but the energy level never rose high enough to trigger anything interesting for the remainder of the day. Let’s put it down to End of Vacation.

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