So, should I work as the Editor of a journal today or as the supervisor of 10 people who need annual reviews written. Both are big onerous tasks that will take days, and both are on the same deadline this year, because of course they are...

I vote annual reviews.

Every single time I see the company name in the program, I think "SMACNA the Man-Pony."

Ha!

I don't envy you that choice, Sparky. Break the two big tasks up into 20 little ones and throw datrts?

"SMACNA the Man-Pony."

Likes carrots!

I somehow picked up a box of triscuits made with brown rice by mistake and every time I take a bite, such gritty disappointment.

I have just finished typing in the names and ID numbers and all the other little header information into the annual reports. It's a great use of my time. Grumble. At least now I can get to the more substantive stuff.

Ugh, work email troubles just as we're diving into a very rushed short term project. I just love having to use one method to receive my emails and another to send anything with attachments, but it's better (or at least less worrying) than trying to switch to new email software midstream.

My flight is at 6:15am tomorrow. I'm not sure why Past Me thought this was a good idea.

Did Tom already link to this? [link]

I'm glad I signed up for vote-by-mail. The off-year primaries often escape my notice, but the ballot showed up at my place and made me dig out the flyer that came out that summarized the candidates. The mayor and a lot of the city council are up for re-election, and it turns out this election is a referendum on the amount of residential development in town. Apartment buildings are going up all over to house all the techies that are coming into the valley for the new tech companies, and a lot of old-time residents are horrified by the focus on apartments and "transient populations" instead of single-family homes. Half the candidates are vowing to move the town back towards families and "family values" and away from things like population density and public transit and such. This level of election is where people are really impacted, because it's immediate and visible to folks who see bigger issues only on TV.

So I sorted through the dozen or so city council candidates, found the least-objectionable ones, made sure to vote against the candidate for mayor who swore to stop all the development so we could do more "prudent reflection" and make sure to vote for my wife for city council, and dropped the ballot in the mailbox on my way to my car. Civic duty to my new town done.

Kudos for civic duty performed!

I've been volunteered for a committee. "Increasing Social Engagement in the Office." That office don't need no more social engagement. They need to shut up occasionally, and come back from lunch on time and maybe sober. Needless to say, I will not be offering that opinion to the group. Why am I on this committee?

Zen, don't you work from home? How the heck are you supposed to work on social engagement, play games during the workday with coworkers?

I am glad Washington is all vote by mail but it misses some excitement at some elections.