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I have been a little grumpy lately. Alean (my best friend and my wife) has been out of state since early October. There are significant challenges at work. The Sun is breaking through less frequently in the Pacific Northwest as we move more deeply into Fall toward Winter. It has been a little tougher than…

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I just got laughed at by a co-worker from the cubicle across the aisle. I made an update to a Held Labor Hours/Cost report this morning to correct a column display width issue wherein the “t” on the Client column heading was text-wrapping to the next line. I needed to make that column just a…

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As I left Kmart this afternoon, I was very harshly scolded by a woman I did not know and whom I’d never met prior to this moment. She laid into me with a fair amount of intensity, because I didn’t politely hold the door for her as I exited the store. The conversation that ensued…

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