Hey, I got a third reader!
Today we start the Baker blog. There are some amazing savvy bloggers in the Houston area and I hope to eventually be as good as them. I will provide links to my favorites like bloghouston.com, houblog.com and isfullofcrap.com which offer brilliant analysis covering local news and happenings in our city.
Nice bit of cheering up. I needed it after the last couple of days. Sometimes my job is filled with people almost as smart as one of Laurence’s customers.
On the other hand, then there’s folks who want me to call them in Buttcrackistan and talk them through something when a simple screen capture of the screen image will clinch what their issue is. You know, because I can’t see over their shoulder.
Nope. They want me to call them. Tying up five microwave relays, two satellites, and a network of tin cans strung across goat herds is their idea of a good time, apparently.
Only in my case it’s more like “Sir, you’ve been out of compliance for two years. This isn’t exactly an obscure rule, we’ve been sending you notices every month for TWO YEARS. We know you got them because we’ve got a record of you calling on such-and-such-a-date.”
Babble, babble, babble.
“Yes and I’m sure they’re all very cute kids and it’s a damn shame we’ve called down hellfire and damnation so that you can never feed them again — unless you do this one teensy-weensy little thing that the rest of our customers find possible.”
Babble, babble, babble.
“Let me get this straight. You’re objecting to us enforcing the VERY well-known rules?”
Babble, babble, babble.
“I’m sure Marvin will be pleased to hear from you. Give him my regards.”
I wish I could really answer them like that.
(As usual, I’m being a little obscure as to what I’m talking about here. If you’re thinking “why are you being such jerks about some stupid regulation,” believe me, if I specified it, you’d be asking how the holy hell we let them go for 2 years. Laurence can talk trash about his customers becasue there’s a number of companies he could be working for. There’s only one City of Houston, and it would probably take a dim view of even this much glasnost, komrade!)
In other news, I found some information on those “limited” annexations, and I’m working on making it available to blog with this weekend. However, I’m going to be spending time tinkering under the hood (I may upgrade to WP 2.0.3) so I may be slow posting. Or I may FUBAR the site completely. Any bets?
Yes. $5.00 for FUBAR. It’s just so easy to do!
The weekend was fubar instead. And then there was MONDAY… omg….