Stuff I'm looking at online

Not so much news. Work is still super crazy, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. At least for now.

I've been looking at some things online that please me. No real reason, and I'm not a big spender, so no purchases in sight, but I thought you might like to surf vicariously.

Tiles. I love certain tiles. Isn't this beautiful?And how about this?


And then, pedicabs and peditrucks with (and some without) electrical assist have me wishing for one, too!
Here is my current favorite design. I would totally drive this to work and the store.
And New Balance is putting out some less sporty looking shoes that promise to be comfy, too, This is good, and more companies need to pursue this 'niche'.

And really randomly and not at all commercial: here's a blog that is neat for its reflection on spirituality and ritual, within the framework of Judaism.

What are you finding that's good online?

Awesome

Hat tip to LuckyBuzz, and to The Lazy Bloggers Post Generator.

"OMG! I just climbed out from under my rock and realised I have not updated this since people stopped clapping and Tinkerbell died... You would not believe how heavy that rock really is. Apologies to my regular readers! Even the little blue ones!

I am totally and utterly flat out with an awfully big adventure, waiting for the onshore winds, just generally being a pain to anyone unfortunate to cross my path. My day is a magical flight from crawling out of bed at 6.30 to way past dusk. I am wondering if I paid my electricity bill, but who cares?

I will try to remember I promised you I will write something that makes sense soon. No, really! What do you mean you don't believe me?"

Mmmm, summer

I love this point of summer, when friends' gardens get out of hand and the zucchini start to take over the world. Then, sometimes, I get a call: " Would you like to come help pick X?" Um, yeah! So after work today, I got to pick fresh peas, and also got some zukes and salad, too. I had such a yummy dinner! Plus it got me outside a bit after a pretty hectic day. Life is alright.

Going nuts

So, work has been pretty killer of late: distressed customers, things going wrong (or sometimes just not perfectly), days 'off' that turn into days 'on.' Yesterday I got to leave work early (one of those days 'off'), and got to go to the mall for emergency supplies... one of my least favorite places.

I get home at 8, and try to unwind a bit. At 2am this morning, as I am (still) lying awake, I flash on an email I had sent. (Backstory: one of the upset customers this week had gotten hold of a colleague's personal cell number, and we had met earlier in the day and were wondering where hu had gotten it from. And, I had exclaimed: certainly NOT this office! We would NEVER do that!) So, anyway, this email flashes into my mind, and I realize that *I* was the leak. I feel horrible, as I realize that I can clearly remember typing a 7 digit contact number for this customer to reach the colleague (instead of just an extension).

So, I spend the night tossing and turning and trying to figure out the best way to mitigate the damage, and make it up to the colleague. And I wake up this morning with it still on my mind. (Two nights ago, I had actually dreamt about the situation, and we were all stuck in an endless meeting where we tried six ways to Sunday to explain to the client why things could just not happen the way *hu* wanted....) So this is two nights' sleep lost to this client. Not that I am counting. Because I am not like that. So... I _just_ now logged on to email to look at the offending email and compose an apology to the colleague.....

Folks, here's the punchline: I did *not* leak the phone number.

By this morning, I was absolutely sure that I had. I am going nuts. I really wish I had gotten up at 2am to check, but I was so. sure. that I figured booting up the computer wasn't worth it, since I knew I wouldn't be able to try to 'fix' the error until today. Gack!

Today, I am really 'off.' This is good.

Yay

I am very pleased that this has been turned around.

And, now,
"New Solar Energy Applications Will Continue to Be Accepted by BLM"

Because that? was just the stupidest thing I had heard in a long, long time.