http://gailoverholt.com/blog I do my best thinking in the shower Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:29:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember way back when I wrote about 13 meetings in one week? Since then, we've had a few of those high-level video teleconferences (VTCs). We had one this morning at 0830 (that's 8:30 a.m. for you civilians). It takes about 1/2 hour to set up the VTC. ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/06/30/i-need-a-new-job/ I downloaded Microsoft Service Pack 1 for Vista this morning.  And now I can't install any new fonts.  I really wanted to install "Jane Austin" (my favorite font—it's the one I used for my favicon), but the install font program kept freezing.  So I tried to do a system restore ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/06/29/microsoft-you-suck/ I decided to let go of my Benjamin Bratt website. This is a big decision. I've maintained the website in one form or another since 1996. In the early years, it was hard to create pages for the site because there was so little published about him. ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/06/27/thanks-for-the-memories-ben/ On the way into work this morning, I heard an ad for Applebee's. Apparently they want you to send in videos of you and your friends having fun at Applebee's, "like shown in our ads." The kicker? "The funnier, the better." OMG! Do they have any idea ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/06/24/this-cant-be-good/ The smartest man in Washington, DC died on Friday. I was driving home from work when the radio announcer (I listen to the local news station these days) said that Washington had lost one its key news reporters. I figured it was someone well-known, but hadn't been around ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/06/15/the-smartest-man-in-washington/ My computer died a couple weeks ago. After talking with Dell twice, I just gave up and said it's not worth the effort (even though there's a ton of stuff I'd like to have). I bought a new system, brought on partly by advice I'd been given at ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/06/13/friday-the-13th-on-thursday/ Way the frig back in mid-May, Natalie tagged me with a meme and I just now found it. (Well, actually I'd seen it but didn't do anything, being all consumed with making icons for LiveJournal.) Having been without a computer for a week and not having my graphics ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/06/07/6-things-you-probably-never-wanted-to-know/ I've started eating a little bit better in the past week and have felt much better. Basically eating breakfast at home and having a reasonable evening meal. But last night I gave into laziness and ordered a pizza. Ugh. I could really tell a ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/05/08/bleah/ I haven't worn belts for a long time (because I'm too fat thick through my middle and they don't fit). But I recently bought a top that came with a belt. (I was going to try to link to it, but the top is gone, i.e., sold out.) ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/05/07/im-a-fashionista-baby/ This may not be a newsworthy post for most people, but for a hermit in the making, it's pretty awesome. Many weekends out of the year, I will go home from work on Friday and not go outside until heading to work on Monday. (And I like it.) This ... http://gailoverholt.com/blog/2008/04/14/busy-and-productive-weekend/