Hello, August

[clevermanka]

It's going to be a long day.

I came in this morning, hoping to work only half a day. I admit I hadn't announced this to anyone, other than a casual mention-in-passing to the main receptionist secretary yesterday afternoon. When I got in this morning, the HR secretary had already sent out an email telling us that she's leaving this morning at 10:00 after she wraps up some paperwork. That leaves only me and receptionist secretary in the office. So much for my early exit.

I suppose I should do some more work for the CSSF website. I'm going through the CSSF SF Library page and updating all the links to show a purchase option from Amazon and Powell's. It's excruciating. Remember how much I hate HTML editing? Yeah. Talk about labors of love. This is like Forty Hours of Contractions and No Epidural Labor of Love. It will be nice to finish that project, though, and I have (checks clock) six hours to do so. Entirely do-able.

Last night I had a (planned) binge. I made Velveeta Ro-Tel dip with venison (instead of browned hamburger) and ate it with corn chips. It was...okay. I didn't enjoy it as much as I used to enjoy Ro-Tel dip (which I know is nasty, but we all have our secret gross food loves). And if I didn't absolutely savor every single mouthful, what's the point of a binge? Boo. Disappointing. Lesson learned, and that particular unhealthy indulgence is now crossed off my list of Naughty Cravings. On the plus side, I'm only mildly bloated today from all the sodium. So...yay?

Lots of liquids today to get all that flushed out before we head off for the demolition derby this evening. The last thing I want to do out at the fairgrounds is pee every thirty minutes.

Is anyone going to the Little Green Festival in South Park tomorrow? It sounds fantastic, but I have costuming responsibilities. Boo.

Comments

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Have fun at the Derby, this is the first year I'll miss it in .. lotsa years.

I'd go to the South Park thing except for the other festivities, cos I'd really go to see Truckstop Honeymoon, they've been gone for so long. Dammit. hm. May re-think my day.

[queza7.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip on the festival - I think ryltar and I will check it out tomorrow!

[stuology.livejournal.com]

I'm a so out of touch with events in Lawrence. I even subscribe to the events calendar, but never remember to look at it. I didn't even know about this, but yeah, I'll probably be there since I had planned to take Ada to the South Park wading pool. I guess now we will go to this instead. Unless of course it is 175-degrees outside.

The CSSF needs a CMS.

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry about the Rotel thing, although I'm sadly not surprised...french fries have been ruined for me. Potatoes generally actually. I can now only taste them as what they are...a very bland starch.


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[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

What is a CMS and I can buy one on eBay? =b

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I'm hooked on Sweet Potato Fries for a french fry substitute. But they're really only good if deep-fried properly and not that lame baked substitute, which sort of defeats the purpose of not eating fries, doesn't it?

[stuology.livejournal.com]

For people in the real world, it is a Content Management System, and you can get an open source one for free, and have it installed and set up in a day.

For people who work for the State of Kansas, it is an entire approval process that involves selecting a committee, a 3-month research period to see what others are using to handle this problem, having regular weekly meetings to decide what the requirements are, hiring an outside person to conduct a study on what CMS system you would need, reading over about 100 purchasing contracts, and 3 people to try to install it before they get it correct. It could take about two years.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

My world is made of yay.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That's great. But how could any new system be easier than cutting-and-pasting tags?

Thank you for whacking at the Library, Lydia! Of course, with a new year now I'll need to add new authors *g* But I can take it from there on out. Thank you mucho!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Adding new people a few at a time will be much easier than going through and re-doing the entire library. Rather like, you know, organizing Magic cards. *looks sheepish*

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

*g*

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

For me, oddly, I'm digging on french fried green beans.


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[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Huh... are they breaded, battered, or just dipped as is?