October 20, 2006
wtf
strep and fetch it
One of the things Jenna brought back on the plane was strep. soooo that's what I've been up to the last couple of days. Fetching tissues for her to spit in and tissues for noses and wet washcloths for skin that she says feels soooo hot mommy. And soup too. Don't forget the vegetable beef soup.
Amazing Omnicef. She's bopping around today, getting back to herself quickly, though nebby treatments have begun. Looks like ENT-ville again and the tonsil discussion. I hear it's outpatient these days, which is awesome. I remember going in the night before, then being wheeled into the OR and telling the surgeon I was going to throw up as soon as I smelled that ether. They said no you aren't; it just smells. I said yes I am, and I puked all over the operating table. They freaked out and sent me home. I had to go back to kindergarten WITH my tonsils and fess up to throwing up. A few weeks later we tried again. This time, no puking and byebye tonsils.
I'm hoping better things for jenna, like no problems if it has to be, and lots of ice cream. Please don't tell her that you really don't care about ice cream when they finally get around to giving it to you.
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October 17, 2006
The power of the nerd.
George has found another home.
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home again home again jiggedy jig
2,000 emails in 4 days--apparently someone was very worried about my penis while I was away.
Chalk one up to instinct. I was "x" <--- this close to flying into Buffalo to save $ (it's always cheaper), which would have left us stranded for the entire trip in 30 inches of snow and no power. Down the thruway an hour or so in Rochester, we saw a few flurries, but mostly green grass and sun, and some COLD ASS nights. That lake effect. It's a natural wonder.
Merry Christmas! More soon!
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October 11, 2006
WOW, THANKS David!
I ask you all to GO AWAY FROM HERE because I know you'll like me enough for sending you there to come back here. That is one thing we do that's different. David nails it in his talk. Thank you David!! That was quite a moment seeing my blog on the big screen. I don't think I can say I've ever seen that before. I am humbled. I am flushed even. I might call this feeling: "all a twitter!"
Wow!
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Thanks to Pirillo, I know what to do tomorrow.
Thanks Chris. My safety is in your hands tomorrow. ;-)
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The Abridged Scarface
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thanks, george!
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CLIP MY BLOG
In a new feature from allied, I give you the hottest coupons on the net so that you can print my blog out and cut it up. This makes me happy in so many ways that I have a hard time explaining it. So, let's start with one for the kiddies!
Who loves Chuck-E-Cheese more than I do? Probably a million people (all under the age of 8). Don't forget to grab your 20 extra tokens with the purchase of a large piece of cardboard. OH! I mean pizza. And after you finish dining with everyone's favorite rat, you're sure to need this:
And I'm not saying anything, but don't forget this:
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October 10, 2006
No acquisition tuesday.
I made it through the day without acquiring anything.
I am working on the business model for this, because I'm finding in practice that non-acquisition is quite profitable. The no-acquisition approach streamlines supply chain management while reducing costs and driving profitability. All while wearing dirty underwear if you like.
I will launch this new model shortly and expect to not be acquired by either Google or Yahoo within six months for $3.6 gazillion dollars. I've been right about a lot of things lately. I betting the farm on this one.
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On Target Epic
If you don't go read Tom's trilogy-worthy SuperTarget post, you're crazy. Ever been? Oh yeah. I lost my superstore hymen on Babies R' Us when Jenna was in the womb back in 1997. I had to sit down shortly after entering, suck a paper bag, and ask George to please take me home and never bring me back. Tom's Super Targshzzzzay adventure lasts a little longer than that. But it's worth the ride....
Time passed. I gave no further thought to my surgery. We began to develop a sense of the scope of the enterprise as, over the following days, we came upon small enclaves of human beings who had given up the idea of ever leaving SuperTarget. Loosely joined small groups watched ball, listened to Ipods, or gave birth. No one seemed upset, really. When asked, they offered vague, unfocused ideas about where they were from, or how long they’d been in SuperTarget. One man told us he’d found out that this store alone employed more Team Members than are employed by the governments of the states it traversed. Officials in Georgia, Tennessee and West Virginia had motions before their legislatures which would declare those states to be departments within SuperTarget. If passed, all public activity would cease, and citizens who were unwilling or unqualified to be Guests or Team Members would either have to relocate to another state, or be barcoded to be put on Clearance.
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SNOW SHOWERS? IT'S FUCKING OCTOBER.
Landing on Thursday evening should be fun, as always. Sounds like we'll have some good beach weather on our trip to Rochester:
Friday: Snow showers likely in the morning. Rain showers likely. Highs around 50. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Friday Night: Showers likely. Snow showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Rain and snow showers likely in the morning...then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Sunday: Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s.
You Can't Not Go Home Again.
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October 09, 2006
Rochseter's going to be cold as a mofo
This makes it look even more inviting. And still:
You can't not go home again.
Bonus: The Guy from Buffalo
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It's Contest Monday! Wanna Win Some Sephora Dough?
Don't forget to check out the contest over on ChickAdvisor (see Ali's blog) to win one of FIVE $100 Sephora Gift Certificates. Ooooo that's some good scratch for stuff that makes you look good.
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No, I Acquired YouTube.
By now you know that I took the weekend off. For the first time in A YEAR I went totally offline for the weekend, unless you count SXSW, which I don't, because that was work despite the fact that it was a vacation. Since de-partnering last September from my previous Co-Foundership into year-long prosperous solohood, I haven't had a moment TO take off from work. But this weekend, I did. And I used it wisely: Cleaned the linen closet.
While in some households this might be a two-hour task, it's been 48 hours and counting, because our linen closets is one of our two 'catchall' closets in the house. Oh. My. God. Should you really have drugs more than 11 years old? I know they have a longer shelf-life than the drug companies would have you believe, but this time I got firm. Anything older than my pre-teen kid hit the trash. Towels from college--I graduated in 84, in a bag for those in need. Sheets from beds long gone--anyone have a dire need for full or double bed sheets, mismatched? Homeopathic, psychotropic, antispasmodic, prophylactic; you name it, it was in this closet. Four bed pans, and where the hell did that thing you measure urine output come from--how many surgeries ago? And CANDY? Mmmm. Two boxes of bandaids, one strip at a time, and at least 200 rubber bands on the floor. Q-tips? Fugetabouddit.
So uncharacteristically anal was I that I went to the dollar store and bought those little baskets to organize the shampoos, conditioners, hair oils, drugs, thermometers, bandages, nebulizer parts, etc. I had to hold George up when he came home from the gig Sunday night and saw it. NEVER have we attempted a feat so stunningly successful (except that there are six bags of linens to go through, but that doesn't count because they're in another room now).
I liked it so much that I've decided to take next weekend off too!!! I'm going up to Rochester for my wonderful Aunt's birthday and retirement party with Jenna. George is taking care of our now: 2 dogs, 3 hamsters, 2 cats, and 1 fish. That's ANOTHER story for another day.
And lastly a question: Your female dog gets spayed. How long do you leave the Elizabethan Collar on, and how long before you let her go out and be herself in the yard all day? They said 10 days. She's stir crazy and tomorrow's 5 days. I figure, if I let the two dogs out separately, she should be okay, no? With E collar? Without? I'm getting tired of the pooping on the paper. Even more tired of the pooping on the wood floor.
By the way, I snuck in at the last minute and grabbed YouTube for $2 Billion. Just thought you should know.
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October 06, 2006
I heard that.
There’s light at the end of the tunnel I’ve been in but things are getting better. Basically I'm prone to depressive episodes where I just want to lock myself in the house and stay in bed all day. These tend to last a few weeks and when I come out of them I have to clean up the damage I caused both leading up to and during my episode. Despite years of working on this, taking medications and wishing for change I haven't been able to break this pattern, but I'm trying limit the damage this time. Part of the Be the Boy hiatus is to simply change my routine (the other part is that I really just don't feel like I've got much to say) and it's been helpful.
Be well, will. As another Boy once said: Been there, still there.
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