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Archive of entries posted on December 2006

The One the Crawled Up My Butt and Died

As I’ve previously mentioned, I hesitate to write a nasty e-mail about anyone, particularly on a listserv, and I do not engage in flame wars. But, I swear there are some people who test my resolve.
This may not make much difference to many of you, but it really irritated me, so please forgive me [...]

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam

I’ve been inundated with spam comments lately and increased my spam filter tenfold. Let me know if you’ve posted a comment and it hasn’t shown up. Chances are it got caught in the spam folder.

Lawyers Gone Wild. . . Programmers Not So Much

Last weekend was MPOW’s holiday party. It was much like last year’s party: same band, same food selection, same open bar. This was absolutely fine with me because I had a great time last year. Frankly, I had a bit too good of a time last year. The open bar is [...]

I can be so immature

I was just writing an e-mail and, instead of Pharmaceuticals, I wrote Phartaceuticals. I literally giggled at my desk.

Come on, people!

Last week I had the misfortune of once again reading a listserv in which someone accidentally sent a really nasty message to the listserv as a whole instead of to the intended party. I honestly don’t understand how this continues to happen with such frequency. Generally speaking, I make it a rule not [...]