I used pictures. I imagined bar charts with a dollar difference in the height of the two bars, and for some reason the answer actually came out in numbers. Which makes no sense.

Of course, part of my brain is all, "It's a trick question! The 'obvious' answer is wrong!" so I approached the problem all suspicious-like....

I decided that each machine would make one widget per minute...and just stop, I guess. Which would explain why 100 machines taking 100 minutes to make 100 widgets is dumb. I forgot to take into account that a machine can make more than one widget.

Yeah, for that one I figured out the "obvious" answer, determined that was not correct, and tweaked the answer in my brain until it worked.

That's what I did too.

The pond one I was actually gonna do math for and stuff before I said, "Self, you have a migraine. Stop trying to be smart right now and just look at the spoilered answers already."

I was going to do math and stuff, but when I started thinking about what was actually going on in the problem in order to come up with a method, I realized what the answer was.

How was Mt. Diablo, megan?

Tiring. I've been working so much that I haven't been doing hills as much as I should. We didn't hike much distance, but did do 800 ft of elevation very quickly. But the view from the summit was worth it.

It was a gorgeous day, if a bit hazy. Apparently, on a clear day the view from the top is second only to Kilimanjaro in visible land area and you can see Half Dome. I'll have to go back after a storm.

I approached those three questions like the English Major I am (a close reading to determine what they are really asking)and got all three right. No algebra for me!

I don't even want kids and Jess's employer is making me angry. How is anyone supposed to have a family if this is the cost?

Just had the PTO conversation with an American and a French guy last week. The American guy is banking his, and the French guy considers time off time off, and never checks his email on a day off. Work is work, and then it's over.

I am at lunch until 1, and at 12:20 I had to shut off my email program because I would sit here and answer every one I got for the next 40 minutes.

I am at lunch until 1, and at 12:20 I had to shut off my email program because I would sit here and answer every one I got for the next 40 minutes.

French people solve this by not having lunch at their desk.

I'm sure I've missed a few birthdays over the last ocuple of days, but congrats to Kiba and Nicole on their respective marriages (not to each other) and to Lisa on her engagement.

French people solve this by not having lunch at their desk.

I understand the individual words here, but huh? The only way I don't do this, is when I'm working from home. Then again, at home I tend to work and eat at the same time, just in a more comfortable setting.

Two of my co-worker bring home work and check their emails regularly when they are off. The other two of us never do. I only check my work email at home if I am expecting a perosnal email there.

French people solve this by not having lunch at their desk.

I solve this problem by staying online here during lunch at my desk.

My boss has said that he expects people to answer Blackberries and therefore work emails while on vacation. I told him that was working on vacation and he straightfaced said that he did not consider answering emails from work as work. I think he understood my lack of response and facial expression as "hells no".