I do! I do! I'm so excited.

Six Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects (driving towards six standard deviations between the mean and the nearest specification limit) in any process -- from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service.

See why I weep?

hey do people have a long weekend?

I do! ANd a good thing, too, this working 5 days a week is for the birds.

::stoically bears the shunning::

Hey, still alive!

Went to the Kartchner Caverns yesterday, which have some of the damnedest formations you'll ever see, including 'soda straws" and "bacon ribbons" -- all of it magical as icicles, only a lot longer-lasting. My Wow-Meter almost burned out.

Kartchner is a high-humidity cave, so you have to enter via air-locks, and only so many people per day are allowed, to keep the atmosphere correct for the formations. The guided tour was really excellent, one of the best I've ever taken.

Then we drove on to Bisbee, another 40-50 miles down the road, which is an old mining/Wild West town turned arts colony, with a huge left-over open pit mine right around a bend. It was built in a tiny gully right next to the Copper Queen Mine, and has funky Victorian-era houses (and V-e shacks, really) climbing up the steep sides. We met mutual friends Will & Emma for coffee and a bit of a guided tour before they had to go back to work.

Then a long drive back to Tucson, across another portion of desert lit by changing sunset light, long shadows, pink Technicolor mountains and clouds. We passed through Tombstone, but all we did was gas up, which doesn't seem very touristy.

Then I got back to the house and promptly misplaced my glasses for the next twelve hours. I needed the rest anyways....

I get paid overtime for working Monday, plus I get a vacation day to be used later! Go team me!

ETA: I feel I am honoring MLK by sticking The Man for as much extra money in my low-paying job as I can.

Not moi. Martin Luther King Day is one of the least-observed holidays.

I worked at a bank where we always had MLK Day off. I used to give shit to the black employees who had no idea what the holiday was....

That sounds exceedingly cool, Theo.

only so many people per day are allowed

That's why I never made it there ...

Bisbee was a great place to buy and look at pretty stuff, and Tombstone was horrible and plastic, so you made quite the right decision there.

I'm another one who doesn't get MLK off. Would be nice, but at least my commute's really easy that day.

Then we drove on to Bisbee, another 40-50 miles down the road, which is an old mining/Wild West town turned arts colony, with a huge left-over open pit mine right around a bend. It was built in a tiny gully right next to the Copper Queen Mine, and has funky Victorian-era houses (and V-e shacks, really) climbing up the steep sides. We met mutual friends Will & Emma for coffee and a bit of a guided tour before they had to go back to work.

Aww. Will and Emma meetage. I only met them a couple of times a bunch of years ago, but I think they are great.

I am so happy that we have the day off. I would really love a 4 day work week. I am never gonna be able to work part-time unless I get married or combine households with someone. OR! LOTTERY!