It’s been a full day of baking, but I’m just about done. I’ve got cookies for Mom, the boys, clients, neighbors, friends — and a few left over for Kish to nibble. For a while we had quite an assembly line going, particularly as I finished the white chocolate ginger stars, which were fun to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Work’
The Elusive Alternative Route
Posted in Columbus, Work, tagged Columbus, Commuting, Driving, I-670, Traffic, Traffic Jams, Work on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The I-670 ramp to Third Street, which provides access from the east side to downtown Columbus, is closed for extensive repairs. It will be closed for months. It’s only one of thousands — make that hundreds of thousands — of highway ramps in the United States. But for me, it’s perhaps the most important ramp. [...]
A Recarpeting Realization
Posted in Humor, Work, tagged Humor, Office Paraphernalia, Office workers, Offices, Work on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our firm is being recarpeted. Somewhere, someone decided that our old, bland office carpeting needs to be replaced by new, bland office carpeting. It’s being done overnight, office by office and floor by floor. This means that all of the furniture in each office must be moved out so new carpet can be laid down. [...]
Running Risks With That “Ugly Sweater” Contest
Posted in Humor, Work, tagged Clolthing, Dr. Cliff Huxtable, Humor, Sweaters, The Cosby Show, Ugly Sweater Contest, Ugly Sweaters, Work on September 29, 2011 | 103 Comments »
People at our office are always coming up with events to try to keep the workplace interesting. Recently they announced that, on some date in the near future, there will be an “ugly sweater” contest. With that innocent, well-intentioned decision, they placed the fashion-challenged among us at enormous risk. The problem is that, once you [...]
Alpine Village Revisited
Posted in America, Growing Up, Work, tagged Alpine Village, America, de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Growing Up, Lake George, Summer Jobs, Work on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When Kish and I were in upstate New York in June, we decided to visit Alpine Village, the memorable Lake George resort where I worked during the summer of 1976. I’m glad we visited, because it brought back some memories — but it made me sad at the same time. I’m happy to report that [...]
No Teacher Left Behind
Posted in Humor, Politics, Work, tagged Accountants, Humor, Jobs bill, Journalists, Lawyers, Politics, President Obama, Teachers, Work on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
President Obama was in Columbus recently to tout his “jobs bill,” which would spend large amounts of federal money for teacher jobs and school building repairs. According to the United Federation of Teachers — which, not surprisingly, supports the idea — the President’s proposal would spend $35 billion to preserve teacher jobs and another $25 [...]
Death Throes Of The BlackBerry
Posted in Humor, Technology, Travel, Work, tagged airports, BlackBerry, Humor, Technology, Travel, Work on September 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My aging BlackBerry is giving up the ghost, and dealing with its slow-motion expiration has been painful. I’ve liked the BlackBerry. I don’t use it for much other than phone calls, e-mail checks, random textings, and the occasional foray onto the internet. I haven’t loaded it down with apps because I don’t care to make [...]
A Yard Work Saturday
Posted in Columbus, weather, Work, tagged Columbus, flower beds, Flowers, Gardening, Hot weather, house and grounds, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, summer, weather, Work, Yard Work on July 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve reached the point in the summer where all of the fruits of your spring yard work have begun to, well, rot. Those loathsome weeds have once again invaded your flower beds. Your shrubs have sprouted stray shoots that make them look as unkempt as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Your brickwork looks more like weedwork. Today I [...]
Saturday Night With The Crew
Posted in Columbus, Food, Work, tagged Columbus, Cookout, Dan Shuey, Food, Jocelyn Prewitt-Stanley, Ken Rubin, Martha Brewer, Vorys Sater, Work on July 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night Kish and I had my Vorys mentees — Prew, Ru, Brew, and Shu — and their families over for a cookout to start the holiday weekend. In recognition of my recent purchase and blog posting, the mentees decided everyone should wear a hat. It was touching gesture that made the occasion even more [...]
Williams Yee Needs Help!
Posted in America, Work, tagged America, Email, Email Scams, Internet, Internet Frauds, Williams Yee, Work on July 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There is this guy named Williams Yee who has been sending me emails for months now. I don’t know who he is, or where he lives. And the email is always the same! It reads: Dear counsel, I am contacting you in regards to a breach of business loan agreement with a client in your [...]
Working On The Water
Posted in America, Columbus, Travel, Work, tagged America, Columbus, Ferries, Jobs, Lake Champlain, New York, Olentangy River, Scioto River, Summer Jobs, Travel, Vermont, Work on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Living in land-locked, lakeless Columbus, Ohio — with only the muddy, barely ankle-deep Olentangy and Scioto Rivers in the vicinity — Kish and I view every visit to a substantial body of water as an adventure. So it was with great anticipation that we looked forward to a trip on one of the ferries that [...]
Planting Day At Webner House
Posted in Columbus, Work, tagged Columbus, Flowers, Gardening, house and grounds, weather, Work on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the weather was beautiful in Columbus. Conditions were perfect for planting flowers in the beds around our patio, and I was itching to buy a few flats and get some dirt under my fingernails. I went to the new garden store in the neighborhood and purchased four flats — red Salvia, orange Marigold, yellow [...]
Neckties Flapping In The Breeze
Posted in Humor, weather, Work, tagged Business Clothing, clothing, Humor, Men, Neckties, Uncomfortable Clothing, weather, Wind, Women, Work on June 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the eternal debate between men and women about which gender is required by convention to wear the most ludicrous and uncomfortable business attire, one point should be beyond dispute — in a windstorm, the men’s necktie takes the prize for the most annoying article of clothing. Venture outside on a hot, blustery day, and [...]
