things to be grateful for

Tomorrow's QA meeting (to discuss difficult queries that have come in to the helpdesk over the last month) is going to be very full, and likely to overrun. Sigh.

Oh well. At least I'm not taking the minutes. ;)

--

The Doctor: Hello, I've come to see the Lord Mayor.
Secretary: Have you got an appointment?
The Doctor: No, just an old friend passing by, bit of a surprise. Can't wait to see her face!
Secretary: Well, she's just having a cup of tea.
The Doctor: Just go in there and tell her "the Doctor" would like to see her.
Secretary: "The Doctor" who?
The Doctor: Just "the Doctor", tell her exactly that, "the Doctor".
Secretary: Hang on a tic.
[The secretary goes inside. There is the sound of a cup dropping and the secretary returns.]
Secretary: The Lord Mayor says "thank you f-for popping by." She'd love to have a chat, but, um, she's up to her eyes in paperwork. Perhaps you would like to make an appointment for next week...
The Doctor: [happily] She's climbing out the window, isn't she?
Secretary: Yes, she is.

-- Boom Town

tired

I do not think that it is too unreasonable to be tired after a day when I survived a 3.75-hour meeting. And gave blood. Though not at the meeting.

Also, I wish to state that I hate the Akin Osteotomy. (In a theoretical sense.)

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Ts'ai Chi'h

The petals fall in the fountain,
the orange-coloured rose-leaves,
Their ochre clings to the stone.

-- Ezra Pound