Archive for August, 2003

On my birthday, I coin a new word.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2003

Yes, yes, it's the 24th Annual Scott Jennings Day, and you should observe the day as your family's tradition would dictate, but I'm stuck here at work trying to reflect on the past year and plot a course of some sort for the year to come. Reflecting is a mixed ...

The Science Directorate is gonna flip.

Thursday, August 21st, 2003

The article presents the empircal cases for and against alternate universes, one of the more curiously pointless Star Trek plot devices. I'm still with the Vulcans on time travel, though.

These things go down on Fridays, in general.

Friday, August 15th, 2003

The first round of layoffs came today. We lost one from our team, three from our department. It was the wrong day to have forgotten my medicine. I've survived until Monday. Now let's see if I can shake the feeling that I'm just barely skating by. I'm far too brilliant to ...

Baby’s First Straight Flush

Friday, August 15th, 2003

I'm "admskot47." ***** Hand History for Game 138791652 ***** 1/2 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (LIMIT) - FRI AUG 15 20:12:33 EDT 2003 Table ShortSleeves (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button Total number of players : 10 Seat 1: coupdegrace ( $71) Seat 2: mooch47 ( $36.50) Seat 3: admskot47 ( $72) Seat 4: keithma ( $89.50) Seat 5: GaryPayton ...

Oh, what a beautiful morning…

Monday, August 11th, 2003

Are you in need of a quick way to destroy an optimistic, I'm-going-to-attack-this-new-week sort of attitude? Here are two easy steps: 1) Heavy rain on Monday morning 2) An e-mail from upper management containing opaque allusions to layoffs coming over the next several weeks The preliminary speculation-rumor is that these moves will shake ...

I wrote this in ten minutes, which is a miracle for me.

Thursday, August 7th, 2003

As near as I can tell, the prescription speed started to wear out around 3pm, about seven hours after I took it. I can't be sure, because I worked so quickly and accurately today that I took care of all the work that I had been telling people I had ...

Salvation, 20mg at a time.

Thursday, August 7th, 2003

Jesus Christ, this prescription speed is AWESOME. Is this what it feels like to hold a train of thought for more than ten seconds at a time? I'm loving it! I've accomplished more at work in the three hours I've been here this morning that I have for the past ...

I’ve got the “21st Century Sampler.”

Wednesday, August 6th, 2003

In the case of Life v. Scott Jennings, the verdict is in. My shrink diagnosed a major depression, which was half expected, and the diagnosis au courant, attention deficit disorder. I've felt ADD my entire life, so I'm pretty relieved to be getting treatment for it. I'm on Zoloft for ...

A list of three things I’ve thought about recently.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2003

I've utilized the "numbered list" format for ease of reading and convenience.