Category: ye olde day job

  • Dumb job humor

    So I have these conversations with myself at work sometimes. Me: Hehehe, that’s hilarious! Me: No one but someone who’s been staring at sketch maps of old mining features for four hours would think that’s funny. Me: I don’t care. It’s still funny. The one for today is from a photo log. Photo logs are…

  • Illuminated Manuscripts

    Years ago, I remember someone talking about their college class in medieval history, or something similar. One of their assignments, which sounded awesome, was to copy out by hand a manuscript page from your classmate, passing it from person to person over the course of the semester, to see how it turned out in the…

  • Office food

    The community food counter at work had an embarrassment of riches this Friday, which got me thinking again about the phenomenon. Most people I mention the CFC to frown at me in confusion, which has lend me to a theory about the situations in which they form. First, a definition: the community food counter at…

  • Holidays and avocados

    Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy most holiday decorations, though as an occupational (or perhaps serious hobby..ial?) hazard, I have a little more trouble with the music. This weekend has held some doozies, however.

  • Beware of microwaves

    We had excitement around the office this week! Someone (who shall remain unidentified) put a polar fleece-wrapped heat/cold pack in the microwave and left it for far too long. The next thing the rest of us knew, there was a strange chemical-y smell in the hallway, and since we’re being good about safety procedures lately,…

  • Tortoise ramps

    A quick archaeology humor update to hold y’all while I’m away without internet on a familial vacation. You’ll notice that I’ve tightened comment security for a while. For if I did not, yea, my inbox would suffer beneath a prodigious weight of spam, ere I return. But fear not! You can always register or comment…

  • Insulated!

    I forgot, in dismissing my pictures of racing, that I’d slipped in a My Archaeology Hat Doesn’t Come Off one. I figured if you’re sticking around this blog, that one might interest you most! Follow me below the jump. It’s big because I want you to be able to see the details.

  • Post Con

    I’m back! Con was a ton of fun, as they so often are, especially since Norwescon is at the center of several of the spheres of my past. I ran into someone from high school there this year. I also got to be on my best attended panels ever, thanks to Jim Butcher. In his…

  • Lab friends

    So I was down in the basement lab the other day, and I opened a cupboard to find a lab creature I hadn’t seen for a while. I figured I should introduce the denizens of the lab to you all! Photos below:

  • Short story marathon!

    First off: comments are working! This weekend, I’m thinking of doing a little bit of a self-challenge, and seeing if I can finish a short story in one weekend. It’s not really that I need to push myself to finish things, but I should actually be working on Book 2 at the moment, so I’d…