Jesse, the USDA says throw it out: [link]

Mmm. Vista isn't playing nice with my 8 year old Nikon digital camera software. Quelle shock.

Owen announced to me this morning that he "wants his big hair back." Looks like the buzz cut is a bust.

Sometimes I really wish I still lived in San Francisco....

San Francisco Cardboard Tube Fighting League Tournament

What:
The season of Cardboard Tubes is upon us. On Sunday, May 25, 2008 the first San Francisco CTFL Tournament of the season will be held at Corona Heights Park in San Francisco. Look for prizes that include, but are not limited to, a legendary tube belonging to the most famous Musketeer in history, and that of a well known, and bloodthirsty, pirate. Build your cardboard armor, hone your skills, and prepare for a tournament of epic proportions. Tubes provided!

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Why:
The CTFL was created out of a desperate need to better train and arm citizens with cardboard tubes. While many speculate that our fore fathers, when drafting the constitution, originally intended the fourth amendment to refer to fire arms, there is now a small group of non-academics who believe that they were more likely referring to elite militias of card board tube wielding ninjas. While this training often takes place during childhood, it is discarded by adults who remain uneducated about the importance of such practices. The goal of the CTFL is to provide organized cardboard tube based events that help spread cardboard awareness.

I'm trying to come up with an excuse to hang out in Uptown in the next couple of days.

Film crews were gone yesterday when I came home from work. They might be back again today, but who knows?

I'm not adequately caffeinated and people keep wanting me to do stuff that requires complicated thought. Does that seem right to you?

Okay, I just received an email from the person who replaced me at my last position asking me if I could do the performance appraisal on my former minion. I have been gone from that dept. for six months, and was that employees supervisor for 7 of the 12 months of that fiscal year. It seems totally inappropriate for me to go back there and do her performance appraisal after all this time.

Yeah, that's just bizarre, Sue. I'd think it would be completely appropriate for you to provide some notes, and for the new supervisor to frame his/her evaluation in terms of having only been there half the year, but it's so not your job to do the thing.

That's really odd, Sue. Say no!

Jesse, the USDA says throw it out: [link]

Bummer! It was the blueberry!

You know, the number of things I need to enter into a potential manual about the stupid fricking ancient software I support is approaching infinity, and I don't think the possibility of a bonus is enough for me to even contemplate this project. It's HUGE. It's like asking me to write the tech version of Gone With the Wind on top of my regular duties. I don't want to do it.

Sue, you could just send an email saying "it's been a while since I was there, and didn't even supervise her for the entire year. Here are some brief notes for you to incorporate into your evaluation if you wish"

Okay, to be fair, she just wants me to do the appraisal for the time that I supervised her for, but it's still weird. Shouldn't my old boss be doing that? She'd know about any issues I would have had with my minion. I'm going to say no, but offer some notes.