Finding a parking space that is exactly 35 steps from the last classroom I will be in on campus today, meaning that when my class is over at 6:15, I'll be leaving at 6:16 or 6:17, and not 6:30. 
Archive for January, 2005
Happiness is…
Watching your boys pick up dirt, sticks, stones, and leaves from the gravel path you walk on… then telling them gently to put the sticks, dirt, stones, and leaves back down, and watching them do it over and over again.
Watching your boys run to mommy's open arms as she waits at the end of the path.
Watching your boys play “spaceship” on a playground, running around to look at the different buttons they can push, levers they can maneuver, dials they can turn.
Watching your boys “wrestle” each other when they both want to play with the same toy, then settle the argument, each on a different other toy.
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Went to dinner tonight with my in-laws, wife, and kids… Then we came home, and the kids went to bed, and my wife and I had a romantic evening - sitting across from each other in the living room. She worked on her homework, I worked on mine.
I'm reading “The Lexus and the Olive Tree,” by Thomas Friedman. It's a good book about globalization.
Tomorrow ought to be interesting.
I'll need to make breakfast.
So, rather than take the bus in this morning,
(Sirius Commercial Music intro…)
While driving, I ventured out of my music safe-realm of “1st Wave” which is a station devoted to “New Wave” rock that formed the core of my formative teen years, and checked out a bunch of other music stations. I found that I could listen to, and even enjoy, 60's, 70's, classic rock, and even the kids station (for a few minutes, anyhow). No, I'm not being paid by Sirius for this commercial. If I had XM radio, I probably would be gushing about that as well… For those of you who know me, you know that music is like a religion to me. I find it soothing, cathartic, and all other things that most people would use a religion for. When I'm down and out, I go to the music. When I'm ecstatic, happy, thankful, I go to the music. My mood drives the music I listen to. So what's the big deal about satellite radio? I'm a fidelity freak, and honestly, I don't like ripping and burning my own CDs, I prefer the DJ to mix the music for me, and I never know what mood is going to strike. I can't carry 300+ CDs with me in the car, so I figured this would work, and it has. The clarity and fidelity is amazing, especially with the line-out cassette adapter… no - no FM transmitter for me, thank you - it sounds flat.
(Sirius Commercial wrap-up)
Anyhow… we're back at it at the university I work at. In the past two days, we've had 1,500 inbound calls, of which we've been able to answer about 1,000. For most call centers, this would be viewed as a disaster; however, in mine, anything above 50% on the first week of classes is acceptable, because we can't staff for the busy period. The representatives that I have have been doing very well, on average, while some just don't get the fact that this is a call center, and their job is to take calls. I have a particular representative who likes to test me, and yesterday, he pushed hard. He got here late, and then when he got here, he took 15-20 minutes to start taking calls. I'm sure if I question him, he'll say that he needs that time to come up to speed on all of the (nonexistent) changes in our environment. While I understand an overriding need to gently get into the swing of things… well… never mind. It just upsets me to talk about it, and I don't think I can speak to him without throttling him. However, a nice e-mail will soon find its way to his in box, with a copy to my boss. I suspect that will straighten things out.
I added a new friend to my LiveJournal friends menagerie -
So, it's been a while since I updated my LiveJournal. I found a client I can use on my Palm Tungsten T. So, today I write from my transfer point at Dadeland Mall.
I found the perfect combination of bus routes that get me to work in a reasonable amount of time, yet still give me decent bike time for exercise. I feel it when I don't ride my bike, and it costs me $2.50 per day to commute.
I started my class term last night at 9:00 pm, when I dropped my class in geography. I just couldn't see spending $150 for textbooks in one class. I will stick with my other course in Contemporary International Problems.
Got my satellite radio installed at home AND in the car. Early results do not look good for local commercial radio. Details soon.
I'm sitting here in Sebastian, at my folks' place. It's a very relaxing home on a canal… Festivities last night were quaint, we welcomed in the new year watching the ball drop on ABC, with Regis Philbin filling in for Dick Clark. They might as well sign Regis now for next year… I don't think Dick will be back. The show did miss something without him, but it could have been much better had it not been full of celebrities ad-libbing their laments about Dick Clark.
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