Hate, Hate, HATE work today.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I work at the medical school/graduate school/research branch of a university.

Two years ago, a fellow Mouse Maven and work friend committed suicide in the U parking lot. I passed his blood-splattered car on my way into work as the police and coroner were examining it.

Last year, an office duty police detective was shot dead at an intersection yards away from where I usually park on campus.

Both of these incidents have been running through my mind since hearing of the shootings at Virginia Tech on Monday. This morning, a co-worker in my department described a shooting he saw on his way home yesterday. A man died.

Rationally, I know that this “new” campus is in one of the worst neighborhoods in the Denver Metro area. If anything happens here, chances are that it will have more to do with the local gang bangers than a mentally disturbed individual. (Though, we have plenty of those as well.)

Since I’m being a whiny bitch, here are some other things I hate at work:

My boss. Make up your fucking mind! Are you going to follow our former Department Head to Edmonton, giving up research and be a full-time MD, or actually put some time into the research here! (And give me something to do other than paperwork)

The U financial system. I’d be happy with fewer new buildings if you would hire some administrators and accountants to do this shit. Biology is my thing; actuaries and journal entries are not.

Pant Pant Ok, I’m turing off the computer and getting a Coke. (Carbonated caffinated goodness. Yum.)

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Ah ha! I always knew that’s what you’d done! The apple was just a cunning ruse.

Welcome to 2007, Mr. Turing. What do you think of Windows Vista?

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Oooooookay.

Drank my Coke. (Yes Mouseling, you’re not even born and I have corrupted you with processed sugars and caffine. The citizens of Granola, Colorado will chase me down and force wheat germ down my throat.)

Had lunch with some work buddies. I made a quick little ditty based on an old Pillsbury jingle and the fact that an annoying Big Wig’s name rhymes with “lovin’”

And I’m out of here in T-minus 90 minutes.

Nancarrow, are you sure you posted to the correct thread? :slight_smile:

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I think he’s riffing on Alan Turing.

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Ah! Thank you.

I alway thought you had to be in contact with dark forces and have a magic mirror to make a poisoned apple.

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Yeah that was it. Sorry, not one of my best efforts. Trouble is, by the time I have a joke fully formed and ready to post, witty or not, I’ve mentally inserted a dozen lines of explanatory material, heck even an entire axiomatic system. This can tend to leave people thinking :confused: at my posts.

‘Turing off the computer’… see, he’s off the computer because he uploaded his mind onto a computer and faked his own death…

never mind.