My ribs are doing much better. I’ve been doing the breathing exercise to keep me from getting pneumonia and dying – or something. And I’m to the point where I forget about it unless I move in the very much wrong way or cough. And even then, it’s minor. I got off pretty lucky.
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This past weekend we went to Sandusky to visit some friends . They live on the lake – and by on the lake, I mean you can look out the front window and see water and look out the back window and also see water. It’s a peninsula, naturally.
Saturday was a boat trip and a picnic at the marina. Then a trip to a winery and some arts and crafts before dinner.
Sunday was a morning hike to the lighthouse and then lunch and a bit of driving around. It was a pretty relaxing trip – though we somehow managed to lose my GPS. We had it in their car to tag some locations for a photo project and when it stopped working we stopped thinking about it and lost track of it. It’s somewhere – even from a Law of Conservation of Mass standpoint – but exactly where we don’t know. So, the trip back was a little unsettling at the start, but we had good directions and I had my phone as a back up.
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Recently, one of my co-workers was conducting a fun poll about who our favorite super heroes were. What she didn’t realize was that she had
“Engaged the Geek”. I replied with a discussion about favorite superhero – StarBrand – and favorite superhero group – Blue Lantern Corps.
Neither of which got any additional votes – the rest of those polled were looking only at heroes on TV or the movies. So, I changed my vote to Wolverine – with some commentary on the movies vs. the comics. A side question was about James Bond and I discussed top two and bottom tier.
It occurred to me how much utterly useless comic book trivia I have in my head. I mean, really, I could go all day.
Though, I guess if you look at those stories like a mythology you can pick up a lot of insight into the human condition. How we depict our heroes says a lot about us.
For the record, the Blue Lantern Corps is like the Green Lanterns, except powered by Hope. And the StarBrand is about an ordinary guy who gets an artifact that gives him completely limitless powers – but he’s still a guy trying to do the write thing.
I kinda like what that says about me. Also, I’m still thinking about a StarBrand tattoo.
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I’ve been busting my ass the past couple weeks at work. Well, I’m always hauling ass, but this was even busier than usual. Last week was a lot of project management. Not formal project management – which is super tedious and boring – but more like herding cats.
And I’ve got to hire a new operator. We’re stretched too thin with internships and vacations – I’ve had to put myself on the schedule a few times just to keep us covered.
It keeps not being great. On the plus side, I’ve got a bit of a sense of accomplishment to keep me going. Herding cats is not for the faint of heart.
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Also – things that are dumb Part… whatever.
1. Commercials that load and videos that don’t.
2. People shooting off fireworks on any other night than July 4th. I live in the city, folks. It’s not a great sound to hear in the neighborhood at night.
3. Every single damn suggested post in Facebook. Just shove it, okay?
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And on that note, I may have to turn on the AC tonight. Apparently, I’m a little bit cranky. Might be over-heated.