Work sucks. That's all there is to it. Just once, just once, I'd like to be able to tell a user what I really think without being worried about losing my job. How many times do I have to tell this guy that we a:) Don't have an IIS server and b:) Neither want nor intend to get one? How many times? How many times do I have to tell him I am not going to create an internet solution for his piddly problem that could be handled in a better, more cost effective, more secure way? Can't I just beat him soundly ?!
There are certain things about Nashville which would drive a Baptist minister to drink - in public. One of these things is the entity known as NES. Whenever NES isn't out butchering trees, apparently they're arbitrarily turning off power to entire city blocks. Granted, we had a storm the other night. Granted, there were a lot of people without power, and there was a transformer damaged. But notifying Vanderbilt 15 minutes after you've already done it that there will be "intermittent" power outages, then leaving the power off for an hour and a half, just doesn't seem Kosher to me. Blakemore is very busy street, as is 21st. I know that the traffic lights on Blakemore between Natchez and 21st were out, no police presence, just reliance that folks driving in Nashville would know to treat the intersections as 4-way stops. Since I swear two-thirds of the population doesn't understand the concept of a 4-way stop, this was a bad idea. Meanwhile, back at the ranc...
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