from the “out of the frying pan into the fire” dept. Well, tonight I have a company meeting, so I don’t have time to type much. Today was pretty fun. We’re practicing a skit to be performed at our user conference on Friday. Naturally, I get to be in it and play a whole bunch of...

from the “provider number, please…” Today’s gripe is directed toward the Illinois state Medicaid agency. I’m always amazed at how these poeple don’t understand the words I am speaking. Here’s an exerpt from the latest conversation. Me: “Hi, I’d like...

from the “two is better than one” dept. Yay! I finally got my other laptop back. Now, I’m back online with my corporate Outlook connection, and my infrared internet connection to my palm. Plus, I’m connected via Trillian to all the four major IM clients – AOL, MSN, ICQ and...

from the “harder than a diamond” Illinois medicaid has to be the most vague specification that I have seen. I can’t believe how crazy this spec is. It’s like they just assume that the reader of the spec is able to understand exactly what they want. Absolutely amazing. I’m...

from the “mmm… Macintosh” dept. Today, was a little bored at work, and started browsing the web. Suprise there, right. Well, my eye keeps going back to the Apple web page. Every time I see a mac, I want to buy one. Why? Because they look cool, they work well, and they have the best...

from the “extrapuntal football” dept. Well, Lori finally flew back to Shannon. That’s right. She is in KC no longer. I’m going to miss her, but I get to go to Shannon in a month and check out her pad up there! Today’s work day was slightly fine, but mostly boring. I had...