Mayhem, ever vigilant, defended the house from an uppity roll of toilet paper during the night. I can’t blame him for his enthusiasm — it was one of those extra large rolls, and rumored to be quite dangerous. I feel so much safer with Mayhem on guard during the night, protecting me from wayward wood pulp. Sigh.

LOVED IT: Walgreens. I transferred my prescriptions from CVS to Walgreens this week. You may recall my previous rant about the spectacularly bad service CVS provided. Since that incident, I had four more interactions with CVS, all of which were handled with spectacularly poor customer service. So, off to Walgreens I went with my little bag of empty pill bottles. Within 24 hours, Walgreens retrieved the info and permissions to refill six medications, filled them…

I’m back from Vegas, baby! Honestly, the corporate event went incredibly smoothly for a first-time conference. People showed up. The equipment worked. People learned stuff. Good things were said about it. What more can you want? Taking Care Of Business We held the event at the Green Valley Ranch Resort, just outside the city. I was there for five days and never left the property. I was working 12-hour days doing setup, staffing the registration…

Time is fleeting…. but I’m still here. I’ve begun the long slog through a grueling series of commitments. – Two weeks ago, it was prepping art for and attending ConQuesT. – Since then, I’ve been prepping materials for three major, simultaneous work events, including our user group meeting. I’ll be on site at that conference beginning this weekend and returning late next week. My coworker is very tightly wound, and my patience is wearing thin.…

Item 1: On Friday, millions of computers in China were disabled by a Norton Antivirus update that cause them to suffer the Blue Screen of Death. Although the problem can easily be fixed, computers suffering from the Blue Screen of Death can’t connect to the Internet to download the fix. Item 2: I have not received any spam at any of my email addresses since Thursday. Coincidence? You decide.