The Dad Visiteth

The Dad Visiteth

After Little One slammed the door and was lectured for her behavior but before the sixth time Dad said “I wish I was going home with Katie,”...
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Selasa, 29 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
When Email Slows

When Email Slows

There is a luxurious lack of incoming communication in the professional sense, allowing me to direct attention to long-neglected projects an...
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Sabtu, 26 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Part 1

Part 1

I love the Ones very much. So it was with a sense of excitement that I woke early this morning, loaded the last of the gifts and my overnig...
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Rabu, 23 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Checking It Twice

Checking It Twice

"My test plan passed," I announced hurriedly, dropping off a huge binder and piling additional signed pages atop it. "So eve...
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Isnin, 21 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Ladies & Gentlemen

Ladies & Gentlemen

After 8 hours at the office, I departed mid-afternoon and met colleagues at a coffeehouse near campus. Three of us settled at a large woode...
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Rabu, 16 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Prior Planning

Prior Planning

I came in the door after chipping away at the mound of ice and snow that has accumulated at the end of my driveway, dropping Target bags on ...
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Isnin, 14 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Closure

Closure

I tucked the pink envelope bearing my name into my bag on Tuesday. I sighed upon seeing it, hurrying worriedly from the labs to my office t...
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Sabtu, 12 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Tattletale!

Tattletale!

Industry is fun. And, like many fun places, there are games we can play. The first I noticed was Hot Potato. Rules: A task lands on a desk....
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Khamis, 10 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Thought Bubbles

Thought Bubbles

Man1: "I didn't bring that." Katie: [long pause which includes an expression which indicates I am shocked and frustrated] Wh...
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Rabu, 9 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Happy, happy!

Happy, happy!

I received official approval to book travel to Europe. There is now a chance that I'll turn 31 in London! It's snowing! I enjoy sn...
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Isnin, 7 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Ick

Ick

Being management in Industry feels a bit whorish at times. For the most part, it doesn't bother me. But I don't mind being called a...
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Ahad, 6 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar

Too much

Standing in an enormous exhibit hall, I finally had a moment where I could check my messages. “Katie,” PrettyHair greeted my voice mail (she...
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Khamis, 3 Disember 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Thanks

Thanks

I exited at the mile marked 50 and drove quickly toward home. I grinned when I saw the neighborhood remained littered with garbage bags and...
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Jumaat, 27 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Musical Memory

Musical Memory

In March, 2006, I was driving toward a friend's house. Deep in the throes of what turned out to be little more than a lengthy and ill-f...
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Isnin, 23 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Owning Your Actions

Owning Your Actions

Corporate life has introduced a number of new terms into my lexicon. We speak in a way that is sometimes ridiculously self-conscious and aw...
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Ahad, 22 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Threshold

Threshold

When I glanced up and saw a colleague at my door, I barely refrained from saying out loud. Still, all I could think was "What the hell...
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Khamis, 19 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Full Disclosure

Full Disclosure

Silly “Totally worth it,” I offered faux-absently and tried hard to keep from grinning when all attention was directed my way. “What?” I as...
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Selasa, 17 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar

Monday

I changed my desktop photo on my work laptop. I find it to be bittersweet, honestly. Thinking of lying on the beach on the north shore of ...
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Isnin, 16 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar

Katie @ Work

I missed the fourth blogiversary of my dear Minor Revisions. It was Friday and I worked a long day and then came home too exhausted to post...
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Ahad, 15 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Whispers

Whispers

"I'll try," she replied softly when I called yesterday. I closed my eyes, exhausted and stressed and unsure of how to respond...
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Rabu, 11 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Loss of Empathy

Loss of Empathy

"Do you have a doctor?" she asked quietly and I glanced up from the screen of my laptop to look at her. "I do," I answer...
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Isnin, 9 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
By Request: Polar Bear Play Date

By Request: Polar Bear Play Date

I received emails (!!!) and a couple of them contained post topics that I pounced upon as my sleepy attempts at drafting anything this week ...
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Sabtu, 7 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar
Punctuation

Punctuation

How High? "I'm going offsite all day," I mentioned to BigDeal last week. He'd asked me to attend a meeting that was in th...
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Isnin, 2 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar

Fabulous Prizes

A four year blogiversary (November 13, 2009 - let the excitement begin) seems rather inauspicious. But if you want to think of it as a Big ...
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Ahad, 1 November 2009 | Unknown | Beri Komentar