Photo of the Day - Yet More Bathroom Wit

Bathroom Wit, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

Signs hung inside the men's restroom at the Harbour Public House on Bainbridge Island, WA. Don't worry I'm not frequenting the men's room, these were taken by Don.

Photo of the Day - More Bathroom Wit

Bathroom Wit, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

Signs hung inside the men's restroom at the Harbour Public House on Bainbridge Island, WA. Don't worry I'm not frequenting the men's room, these were taken by Don.

Photo of the Day - More Bathroom Wit

Bathroom Wit, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

Signs hung inside the men's restroom at the Harbour Public House on Bainbridge Island, WA. Don't worry I'm not frequenting the men's room, these were taken by Don.

Photo of the Day - Bathroom Wit

Bathroom Wit, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

Signs hung inside the men's restroom at the Harbour Public House on Bainbridge Island, WA. Don't worry I'm not frequenting the men's room, these were taken by Don.

Photo of the Day - Bathroom Wit

Bathroom Wit, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

Inside the mens restroom at the Harbour Public House on Bainbridge Island, WA. Don't worry I'm not frequenting the men's room, these were taken by Don.

Photo of the Day - Funny Sign

Funny Sign, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

Inside the ladies restroom at the Harbour Public House on Bainbridge Island, WA.

Mid-Week Randomness

Mid-Week Randomness

A little random ditty about Seattle, originally seen on Seattle Metblog.

Me as Fruit

You Are a Strawberry

You are friendly, outgoing, and well liked by many people. You are popular, but there's nothing you ordinary or average about you. You a very interesting person, and you have many facets to your personality. Sometimes you feel very conflicted. Your different sides of your personality pull at you. You are a very sensual and passionate person. You are fiery... you can't help it. In general, you keep your passionate side under wraps. You are only wild in private.

What Type of Fruit Are You?

Friday Randomness

The work week has seemed extremely long this week even though it's only be a total of 3 1/2 days. Monday was a breeze and the day flew by. Wednesday through Friday have been a different story and have been extremely frustrating. I have been unbelievably busy but my task list has only grown as I keep getting pulled from my regular tasks to deal with emergent and difficult customer situations and deals that need closing. Don't get me wrong, I love to close deals but not when everything else just piles up.

I have been working on some *behind the scenes* improvements to my site this week as I menitoned in my post last week and I have some exciting news. Inspired by Don's Tumbld site, I have created one of my own called Jewells in Brief. The site consists of links that I have posted to del.icio.us, random ideas and thoughts that I have posted to Twitter, photos that I have posted to Flickr and then posts from this blog. I feeds update every hour and don't pay attention to the time on the postings as it is never accurate.

I have been busy this week uploading pictures to Flickr. While doing so noticed that you could activate statistics to monitor the activity (views, favorites etc) related to your photos, so I did. My statistics are depressing. According to the Flickr world my pics aren't interesting, they are rarely viewed and no one considers them "favs." :-( I am going to continue to upload the remainder of the pictures from our recent vacation to Florida and hopefully someone will find those interesting.

UPDATE: 01/05/08 10:58 p.m.
I just checked my Flickr stats for the past 24 hours and I have 227 views in the last 24 hours. I guess I should whine on my blog about my unpopularity more often. ;-)

April 11 - aka April Fools Day

I was so careful not to answer the phone or fall for any pranks on Sunday, April 1 but I fell for one hook, line and sinker tonight.

I was sitting a Happy Hour (with one Long Island Ice Tea in me) when my middle brother Dave and his wife Kristen called to share some absolutely absurd news with me. Without question I accepted it as the truth and then asked if he was kidding and he said that he was. Oh, I was so irritated.

I think he was just jealous of the posting about his little brother yesterday and had to get even.

I called him on the way home from Happy Hour and he was delighted with his prank.

Brothers are so mean! This week proves it!

Misheard and misinterpreted

I was listening to the radio on the way to work this morning. The DJ announced that they would be playing a new song that has been unbelievably popular in the UK. In fact, it's been the fastest selling single in UK history. So I turned the volume up a bit so I could hear the song better. It was okay, but didn't grab me immediately. After hearing it I decided to email my little brother Jimmy and ask him if he had heard it and see what he thought. My email to Jimmy:

Have you heard the new song from RK Fire? Apparently it's the fastest selling single in UK history. I heard it on the way into the office this morning and thought of you.

About 1 hour later I received a call from my brother. It went like this.

"Jewells, I don't know how to tell you this but the group is not RK Fire is Arcade Fire."

"Yeah that's what I said in my email, R... K... Fire."

"No, not R... K..., ARCADE, like where you play video games, an Arcade."

"Oh, it's Arcade? Oops!"

Silence

"I heard it wrong, I am and idiot"

"It's not my favorite song anyway."

"Yeah, me neither."

Field Report: Bathroom Habits

I moved to a new cubicle two weeks ago. I am adjusting to the new spot and actually like it more than I thought I would. The main drawback is my close proximity to the bathrooms. I hear the toilet flush what seems like hundreds of times each day. And it's surprising to me some of the things that I have noticed about the bathroom habits of my colleagues. Some notes that I have made:

• The men turn the bathroom light off when they leave the bathroom, the women do not. (This also turns the fan off, which I thought most people appreciated in a bathroom.)
• My male colleagues visit the bathroom more often during the day than my female colleagues.
• There are more conversations in the ladies room than in the men's room.
• I have noted that several of my male colleague will divert their plan of going to the bathroom if they see someone else entering the bathroom before them . They will do something else and enter the bathroom a few minutes later. There is room to accommodate more than one so it makes me wonder if they have performance anxiety?
• The drinking fountain (located directly between the 2 restrooms) is used by the men more than the women. (This may explain the reason for additional trips to the bathroom.)

Well lunch break is over now. Back to work. Happy Friday!

Me as an M&M

It's me as an M&M! Create one on your own

The meaning of my nickname

Just in case you were wondering...

What Jewells Means

J is for Joyous E is for Enjoyable W is for Whimsical E is for Enjoyable L is for Lovable L is for Liberal S is for Sweet

What Does Your Name Mean?

Well this is right on!

Today's horoscope from my desk calendar. It reads, "In this climate it's easier to become irked about a situation than it is to leave it alone. However, becoming irked will do nothing but tunr it into a honking federal case."

I love this...

I have seen this before but stumbled across it today and it made me smile! :-D

Free White Jugs

I received this following email this morning and it made me chuckle, it's so random.

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Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:00 AM
To: Entine Company
Subject: Free White Jugs

Hello,

These jugs must go by end of today. There are about 50 jugs with caps, white, and 1 gallon in size. They are in the warehouse in front of the R&D doors. Help yourself to as many as you like.

The State of My Week

The governor of Washington delivered her State of the State address today. This inspired me to name tonight's entry, The State of My Week.

The song of the week, "Everybody Run The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun." If you don't remember this 80's hit you can click on the link above to view the video. It's a bit off color considering the number of shootings that happen in our schools nowadays, but it's also a bit funny. I can't take credit for this funny song coming back into my life, it was Don.

Cooking Tip of the Week - When the directions call for milk, don't add Egg Nog. It makes really funky tasting Mac & Cheese.

Miracles do happen. One of my clients with an antique piece of equipment that they are replacing in September was saved from a very expensive repair because *it just started working again.* Crazy! But I'll take it.

I have a friend in Winnipeg Canada on business. It's -18 degree below zero (Celsius). BRRR!

We are expecting another winter storm in the Seattle area tonight. Many of my colleagues packed work and took it home in case they "can't make it in" tomorrow. The most shocking was someone who grew up in Pennsylvania. I pretty sure they get real snow in Pennsylvania and this storm is really nothing. I don't get it. I am so tired of the wimpy attitudes of my fellow Washingtonians. Everyone is freaking out and my buddy Steve &*%#ing Pool is predicting a trace to 3 inches of snow.

Sometimes I really kick butt at work. Today was one of those days. I walked into a situation hoping that it would turn out one way but sure that it would actually turn out the opposite way. I was so pleasantly surprised when it was resolved the way I wanted and quicker than I ever dreamed possible. Damn I'm good. ;-)

I am listening to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 right now. This has been one of my favorite pieces of music for as long as I can remember. I have never seen it performed live. I have seen many other favorites performed live but ironically very little Bach and he is one of my favorites. We are going to the symphony on Saturday night to see the Seattle Symphony perform the Brandenburg Concerti. I can't wait! I get a huge smile on my face just thinking about it.

Is tomorrow only Wednesday?

When I arrived a work this morning there was a power cable laid out the entire length of the parking lot. I didn't think much of it. There is an empty lot adjacent to our building and they have been getting ready to develop it. I just assumed that was the case. One of my colleagues stopped by my desk around noon and commented on it and said that he thought it had been ripped out of the ground by thieves. I saw a story on the news about this last week but still thought it unlikely. Then later in the day I saw a utility worker gathering it up and putting it around a spool, once again I didn't think much of it. Then I saw another crew outside getting the spool of cable and putting it in their truck, and once again I didn't think much of it. Then I was getting ready to leave the office just after 5:00 p.m. and a utility worker knocked on the window. We let him in and he explained that it had been ripped out of the ground by thieves the night before. The second crew that I had seen picking up the cable was not a crew but the thieves. I am being interviewed by the police tomorrow. There goes my wish that 2007 would be "police interview" free.

I hate when people drop the ball and then give half-assed apologies. But even more than that, I hate when people patronize me.

The clock in my kitchen is one of those atomic clocks in which you don't have to set the time because it magically communicates with a satellite. On Sunday afternoon the clock started spinning around at an alarming quick pace, much like it does when it's setting itself. I thought maybe the battery was dying and figured that it would stop soon enough. But alas, it's still spinning. Crazy! I had left it alone because I wanted to see what would happen and I am shocked that it hasn't died yet. Now it's just driving me nuts, I think I will put a new battery in it before I go to bed.

Speaking of bed, it's that time. It’s cold out tonight and I can’t wait to crawl into my warm bed. Hope you are warm wherever you are.

Package Update

For those of you that have been worried about my package from Amazon, here is an update. I don't understand the logic in sending package for a 3-night stay in Louisville, I am just glad that it's finally moving and hopefully it will arrive today as planned!

Date	Time	Location	Event Details
January 3, 2007	06:00:00 AM	SEATTLE WA US	Departure Scan
January 3, 2007	05:20:00 AM	SEATTLE WA US	Arrival Scan
January 3, 2007	03:38:00 AM	LOUISVILLE KY US	Departure Scan
December 31, 2006	09:56:00 AM	LOUISVILLE KY US	Arrival Scan
December 31, 2006	05:40:00 AM	COMMERCE CITY CO US	Departure Scan
December 31, 2006	04:41:00 AM	COMMERCE CITY CO US	Arrival Scan
December 31, 2006	01:33:00 AM	OAKLAND CA US	Departure Scan
December 30, 2006	09:59:00 PM	OAKLAND CA US	Shipment picked up from seller's facility
December 30, 2006	03:23:11 PM	US	Carrier notified to pick up package