Archive for October, 2007

it’s still raining. and windy.

And here we are in the wind and rain:

There was a big huge windy blow today, coming from the ocean, but that didn’t stop us from touring the oceanside. At one point we came across a local television station filming near the beach for the nightly, and they interviewed us standing near the ocean […]

Posted by Marie on October 19th, 2007 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

it’s raining here.

Kramer and I are on vacation this week, in and around Portland and then up to Seattle where her brother lives. We’re driving around, with no real plan besides having a nice time.
It’s raining here — it rains for a while, the sun comes out for a while, and then it rains again. Apparently […]

Posted by Marie on October 18th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

sausage

I’m already thinking of how to have my deer processed this year.  The boys (brothers and dad) usually get me a whole deer, and I pay for the processing. They usually give me the small one, and I can barely eat the whole thing each year. Some of my friends rebel and say they’ll come […]

Posted by Marie on October 16th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

deer season and omega-threes

So I am FINALLY done with that one book (Omnivore’s Dilemma) that caused me to be a walking corn bore.  Not saying that I’m not still a corn bore, I probably still am.  But I’ve cut back — now I don’t bring up corn in every conversation where it is only remotely related such as […]

Posted by Marie on October 16th, 2007 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

hebrew party tricks

I’m here in Jerusalem with a bunch of other people, but like to get into work early so am often in the cab by myself in the morning to come to the office.   The conversation generally flows along these lines:
driver: You working here?
me: Yes, in high tech.  Computers.
driver:  This your first time in Jerusalem?
me: no, […]

Posted by Marie on October 9th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

begging at the sepulchre

So I was walking around the old city today with a colleague who hasn’t been to Jerusalem before.  I’ve done this enough times now, showing a new person around the old city, that I’ve got a little routine down — first through the market, then to see Jesus’ tomb at the Church of the Holy […]

Posted by Marie on October 6th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

nightmare at the ticket counter

I had a nightmare last night.
The last time I was in Germany for work, my coworker Christine and I were traveling together. On the way home, the ticket agent gave us our passports back to the wrong person - I had Christine’s, she had mine. We didn’t know this as we were […]

Posted by Marie on October 5th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

happy birthday to me

My birthday was at the end of July, and a few days before my birthday my boss came into my office for a small chat.  One thing led to another, and at some point during the meeting I said to her, “You know what my ideal job would be? Chief technical guru for all of […]

Posted by Marie on October 2nd, 2007 under Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

smartest person in the room

Some time ago now, long ago enough for it to be safe to write about, I was training someone. I have been doing my job for seven years and am well suited to it. As part of the training, the person accompanied me on an analysis meeting, his first one, and I was leading the […]

Posted by Marie on October 2nd, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

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