Category Archives: Miscellany

Miscellany

Mostly healthy again, yay!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I got out of the hospital late on Saturday. They switched me off the intravenous antibiotics to a pill form, so they didn’t need to keep me. The ear is almost 100% better. I can hear again (yay!) and it’s not hot and doesn’t hurt (also yay!). No […]...

Published On - May 8, 2007

Carolyn Miscellany
Miscellany

Blogging from the hospital

I got home last night from work and noticed that my left ear felt all hot and a little tender. By 10p last night, like the whole left side of my head, from the top of my ear all the way down to my collar bone, felt swollen and it hurt to move my neck. […]...

Published On - May 4, 2007

Carolyn Miscellany
MiscellanySES

SES NY: Day 4

First off, you’re probably wondering what happened to Days 1-3, right? Well, it’s been a busy week, so you’ll have to cope 🙂 On the upside, I have been taking copious quantities of pictures which I shall be uploading to Flickr (set name is SES NY 07) as time permits later today. Right now, I’ve […]...

Published On - April 13, 2007

Carolyn Miscellany, SES
MiscellanySES

Leaving for SES NY

I’m (finally) all packed (I think… though I’m sure I’ve forgotten something because I always do) and I’ll be leaving the office for O’Hare at 12:45p today. Flight should land at LGA at quarter to sevenish, and I’m hoping I can get to the hotel and then to the SES NY Charity Party before nine. […]...

Published On - April 9, 2007

Carolyn Miscellany, SES
Miscellany

Google is NOT a spell checker

My daughter’s “computer class” teacher instructed the children to type words into Google when they weren’t sure about the correct spelling, and if Google doesn’t come back with a “Did you mean…” and offer an alternate spelling, then obviously the word was spelled correctly. I discovered this while I was proof reading my daughter’s essay. […]...

Published On - March 15, 2007

Carolyn Miscellany