Is it me, or does Portland have twice the hipness of Seattle, crammed into half the space? I don’t know if it’s just that it’s less spread out, or that I had a tour guide who was savvy enough to show me all the hot up-and-coming neighborhoods, or that I was feeling more affluent than… Continue reading Portland shopping rocks
Author: Virginia
Viva fusion?
This is one of the strangest combos I can imagine – Zach Galifianakis doing Kanye West. The only tie I can really figure out is that both were at Bumbershoot last year. Anyone know of any other link between these two?
Hallway Bumper Cars (sans car)
I swear, something about the way the hallways and doorways are laid out at MSFT is completely counterintuitive as far as actual usability goes. I can’t quite put my finger on it – they don’t seem any narrower than other hallways, but somehow people are always in each others’ way or awkwardly almost crashing into… Continue reading Hallway Bumper Cars (sans car)
What is UP with the soap bubbles?
On our commute in to work this morning, Grant and I got caught in the worst of the precipitation. Like, buckets of rain that we had to splash our way through, accented by lightning and dangerous idiots who don’t put their headlights on. But I noticed a really weird phenomenon – as soon as we… Continue reading What is UP with the soap bubbles?
MySQL help needed
Hey Imaginary readers, Is there anyone out there who could help me implement a pHpMyAdmin query? Ever since figuring out how to set it up so that WordPress holds spam comments in moderation without notifying me at all, I’ve been a little delinquent about deleting spam comments from this blog. There are now around 25,000… Continue reading MySQL help needed
Jury Duty
Seriously, I do NOT understand cases like this one, where people go to great lengths to avoid being called for jury duty. My whole life I have been dying to serve jury duty, and learn more about the way our courts work first-hand. I’ve never seen the inside of a courtroom, except when delivering documents… Continue reading Jury Duty
Oh Doo Dah Friggin’ Day.
Lore Fitzgerald Sjoberg of Bad Gods fame is to blame for all of my problems today. For this reason. I’m notorious for getting songs repetitively stuck in my head, and I’m also notorious for obsessing over rhyme and meter, creating accidental crap-tastic parody songs of any melody my poor ears are subjected to. The OCD… Continue reading Oh Doo Dah Friggin’ Day.
If only…
With all the crazy technological advances that keep showing up daily, you’d think we’d all have our personal jet-packs by now. But barring that, there are a few advances I’d really like to see happen already. The first one (credit where it’s due) was stolen from my friend Ruth at lunch the other day. –… Continue reading If only…
Alma Mater Central
Here in the MSFT parking lot, you see a LOT of alumni stickers and/or license plate holders. Like, I’d say more than 50% of the cars have them. I myself fall into this category – I pre-ordered my Bryn Mawr license plate holder before my new Scion even arrived, so I’d have it ready when… Continue reading Alma Mater Central
The Truth Comes Out
Upon accepting this MSFT contract position, I had to sign a ton of paperwork preventing me from disclosing too much to certain parties, from certain types of requests/contact with full-time employees, and barring me from working with any other contracting agency for Microsoft for a long time. There were tons of other clauses I don’t… Continue reading The Truth Comes Out