I have been tired the last couple of days – partially because we are going through the first two days of the month trials of billing, partially because there has been an element of beating heads against a brick wall in terms of working for a major corporate. No – the “its time” isn’t finding a new job (although there is some attraction in that) but in beginning to more actively pursue the build of a long...
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I was listening to an audiobook as I knitted last night about a woman agent in World War 2 where the there were quite significant sections of back story about the intelligence activities immediately prior to Pearl Harbour. No internet, no cell phones, no email – to overcome the chapter of accidents and delays that led to the communication sequence going wrong (quite apart from some deliberate actions) Several months ago I was...
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I have this incorrigible streak that reacts to new technology (software and hardware), that basically starts this little chant in my head “let me have a turn” which really translates as “let me play” The fastest way for me to engage in a project is to be attracted by a new technology, followed by an almost as fast disengagement if the technology doesn’t make sense or is difficult to use. From a work...
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I took the day off work today – how I miss my four day weeks from 5 years ago! I spent way too much time fiddling around with blog templates and themes, got some washing done, started a knitting project, read a book. It was a quiet day. I wrote a lot last night and I’m still processing that thinking a bit. I have promised baking for a colleague tomorrow and have a challenge I want to get my head around with a new software...
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Last night in the train on the way home I was reading the questionnaire on the vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the Contemporary world in case I decided to go to a meeting discussing it later that evening. Anyone who knows me at all will understand that I had some “moments”. While on the surface the questions are open-ended, the “right” answer is often in the questions or the question is...
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Be warned – today could deteriorate into pure rant. Today there was this decision that New Zealand would send armed forces to Iraq. No matter which way you argue this we have “chosen a side”. I remember the first Gulf War – and my husband and his friends utter fascination with the long range missile strikes. While they gloried in the technology, and the accuracy, all I (and many of my women friends) could think...
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