working nights

I’ve had a thrill working nights this week (5 p.m. to about 1:30 a.m.) to help cover the conventions. About 10 of us sit in what’s called the “hub” (all of the computers together, facing each other). Facilities brings in a large spread of food each evening (pizza, sandwiches, empanadas). We load up our plates. [...]

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tagged (by two!)

Ok, so I was tagged. If you don’t know what that means, well — neither do I. But this is what I’m supposed to do.
1. Link to the person (in my case people) who tagged you: alongstory and bethsits.
2. Post the rules to your blog.
3. Write 6 random things about yourself.
• I’m working nights for [...]

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grass, weed, pot. hm.

There’s a temp who sits next to me, filling in for my former mentor who went on maternity leave. I call him boy genius. He’s 22, recently graduated from Northwestern University, and much, much smarter than me. He’s helping me with much of the techy stuff that is part of my job now, like embedding [...]

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the joy of being a regular

A few weeks ago, I went to the Bagel place on P Street in Dupont Circle, through the alley from my townhouse that burned down two years ago. I used to go there every Sunday; I hadn’t been there in two years. I also used to order the same thing — a poppy bagel, double [...]

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