Category Archives: Work (WORK!!?!??!)

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Cooking Things: Scones (and Getting to Work from Home)

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Marchbanks

One thing I don’t get from working remotely is to go out and have breakfast or lunch that I didn’t have to make myself, and that gets boring. So I’m making different things—like scones. Continue reading →

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No, it isn’t

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Marchbanks

Life in Austin has not been pleasant of late. Continue reading →

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My writ doesn’t run

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Marchbanks

This afternoon someone from one of our client companies asked (well, demanded really) that I dispatch a replacement battery to one of their end users whose laptop battery wasn’t charging.  The difficulty in this arose because the user is in … Continue reading →

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It was official this morning

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Marchbanks

L got hired again by the State today after almost two years out of permanent work.  She starts Monday, working for the Department of Family and Protective Services as a grants technician.

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The news is

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Marchbanks

The good news is that L is working again, just as her unemployment ran out. The bad news is that it’s at Walgreen’s on third shift.

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Wet Sunday

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Marchbanks

Having four couples come directly from a liquid brunch at Hula Hut to the Land of Færie in search of kilts and accessories to wear to Texas Renaissance Festival next month just turned a totally underwhelming Sunday into a “baleboosteh … Continue reading →

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Empirical changes

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Marchbanks

The effect of which is, I will stop doing what I have been doing for the last three years and do something else instead. Continue reading →

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T is married

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Marchbanks

Let’s see what some of those “despites” actually looked like. Continue reading →

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At home, alone

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Marchbanks

I wish I could think of ways not to feel this isolated, but at the moment I don’t really see how. Continue reading →

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Dammit, dammit, dammit

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Marchbanks

I overdrew my checking account by $300. Continue reading →

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