So a question came in last night about one of my projects, but the email was sent to My Nemesis. Who replied to the sender and cc'd my boss.

She had a teleconference this morning about the question, with a Congressional staffer, and during the conversation they asked her questions about other projects and issues that are within my area of expertise.

Did she tell me about the question or invite me to the telecon? No, she did not.

I found the note about the telecon on the office calendar--after it happened--and asked about it. At which point she had the balls to ask me for the information they had asked her for. Instead of giving it to her, I'm going to say that I'm happy to take any calls on the matter.

I'm really sad about Steve Jobs too. For someone who is a stranger. And really angry about cancer.

Oy, Consuela.

Very sad about Steve Jobs. He was younger than my parents too. Do not like.

One thing making me happy tonight: Our security deposit arrived from Bad Landlord, and it turns out for once his total flakiness works in our favor. When we rented the place and gave him the $1000 for a deposit, the arrangement we agreed to was that $500 of it would be a nonrefundable pet deposit, so I was only expecting to get $500 back. But he must have forgotten, because the check is for the full $1000! It's especially welcome at the moment because we just bought three sets of plane tickets in the last few weeks and our bank account was getting precariously low. So yay for unexpected money!

Between the piece just aired on The Story, and being reminded that my aunt died a little over a year ago...mneh. Gonna give Mister Kitty some extra kibble.

I like Colin. Colin is nice.

Just finished parent-teacher conferences at the high school. All of CJ's teachers adore him. He just needs to be more organized and focused. This is the first year he has actually had to study. He has a couple of classes where his grades need to improve drastically, but otherwise he is doing pretty well.

I like Colin for being there for you.

What sara said about Colin, ita, for sure.

All of CJ's teachers adore him.

That's awesome, Suzi. How are you? I'm a little scattered today, but I was thinking about your poor mouth. Be gentle with yourself for a few days.

Thanks Amy. Actually my mouth is feeling pretty ok. I've had other root canals and this is the least painful day after. The tooth hadn't hurt before I went to the dentist, but had broken badly enough that a root canal was the only repair.

Not looking forward to the scaling and planing next week. I know I need it, but it gives me the shivers just thinking about it. I know I'll be taking some anti-anxiety meds before and will be blasting my ipod during.

Re: Steve Jobs

One of the websites I read regularly mentioned at the keynote yesterday that Tim Cook seemed subdued. I immediately thought that Steve Jobs probably wasn't doing very well healthwise and I wondered about him.

Perhaps I read too much into the statement about Tim Cook's overall manner, but I wish I had been wrong.

RIP Steve. You improved my computer experience 1000 fold from what it could have been. You were a fabulous CEO, a visionary, and you will be missed.