Hmm...I guess I consider myself a dork!

It appears that after a phone call this morning, I missed calling in to a conference call yesterday. I had the days messed up in my head. Me? Mentallly confused? There's a news flash right? Anyway, yesterday's post wouldn't have been like that if I would have been paying attention to the DATES! Thank you to my "immediate superior" for calling me and asking why I missed the phone call yesterday. That's too bad, because I know I would have fell off my chair giggling.

I'm really looking forward to "our" lunch next week since it will be good to see everyone again. Especially now that we are one big happy family AGAIN! I know that some people might think of me as that one "special" reletive that everyone seems to have, but hey, you gotta love me!

I've had people writing me about how to get to this site, because people are talking about it. I've even been told that my boss's boss may be viewing this. If so, then Throw yo' hands in the air!

So today I'm taking a little abuse from the "guys" down here, because yesterday I did something really dumb. I moved a printer from one location to another. Long story short, the port on the hub was bad, so we moved it to a new port. Now the fluke says it's working but the printer won't ping. Of course we have three people involved, me, one of the "guys" and the tech lead. Needless to say the tech lead asks the magical question, is it plugged in? Well, it was, but not in the right spot! I had been finger the holes in the back (rather then spinning it around AND LOOKING), and found the one that "felt" right. I plugged it in and heard a "click" so I thought I was good. Did you know that you can plug (and I use the term plug verry loosely, more like wedge) a RJ45 cable into the appletalk port on JetDirect card? Yeah...that's me, I'm a dork. So now the abuse begins!

Gotta go....need coffee!

Uhh...how do I say this?

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN ROCHESTER????

Yeah, I think that just about sums it up. So I'm sure Mr. (someone who is my immediate superior), is thinking that this fat man either has a crystal ball or knows where the leak is. Well it's niether, I can read the evironment, after all I did say it last week.

It was a quiet day here, with the bi-weekly team meeting. We (me and Mr. Dick) got some "props" shouted out for our most excellent work. Besides that, it's just ticket after ticket!

Later...I gotta have a beer!

ALERT!! ALERT!! HOT RUMOR!!!

Dig this! You may have seen an org announcement come through concerning our buddy Mr. Skip. Seems he is stepping down because of personal problems? The personal problem is the chunk of ASS he is missing from NOT TELLING (as in keeping it a secret - assuming that they knew) the execs at the big "X" about our little transmogrification. Can you say "I'm a mushroom farmer too!" I knew you could! Seems they found out the from an article someone saw in E-week!

I'll go you one better - speaking of mushrooms, there are 3(?) other contracts that are involved who know NOTHING! Dick, squat, bumpkiss, (add your own term here)! They will be finding out the day of the townhall. All they know is that an important announcement is going to be made. Blindsided? I don't think so, but I know they don't have the inside track to the info that we do.

Someone better invest in some cast iron undies, cause folks will be looking to rip off a chunk o' Ass!

I got to get a tylenol - my head hurts from giggling!

Alrighty then! Needless to say, once again we ran out of IP addresses!! I was really worked up over this because I had 3 separate people come up and tell me that need to make sure that I release the IP after I finish "imaging" a machine. Yeah, that's how close to the edge they are. Needless to say I went batshit right after that (along with one or two other SAs) and wrote to Mr. Eugene for help on how to explain to these Server FUCKS how you configure this properly. Now I only say this cause I got several lines of bullshit when I told them they should change the lease expiration to less days. Whatever!

Now I realize I have talked alot of shit about this place, but let me tell you the neat stuff. First of all, the WHOLE network is 100Mb (even between the buildings) and it is fast. Second, they run Windows 2000 on all the desktops (although most servers are still NT 4). The image they install vis'a'vis "Ghost" is very stable and quick (even though it pulls over the network). Fourth, they have some pretty nice perks like the automatic hot drink machines (two per floor). These a like mini-vending machines for coffee, cocoa, tea. Not to mention the water /ice machine combo (the industrial kind). The place is in a Tech developement area which means the traffic is not bad and the parking is great (3 story parking garage next to the main building). I noticed that a certian "VirusScan" company is next door.

Well, there, I gave them the respect that they deserve for the good stuff. On the other hand they have now been able to sit at their desks a little more lately. I actually got commented to (from one of them) about how we are "all over the tickets." I said it's nothing special, I do this everyday and my queue is always being worked. I've also been showing them the merits of closing non-contacting customers. No reply - no work! They are learning, but it's taking some time.

Hasta la vista!