Telephone sales people

One of the challenges of work is people who call & want to sell you something over the telephone.
They don't understand that most of us don't want to buy something sight unseen, and we don't have the wherewithal to keep up with items sent "on preview". Keeping up with my things is challenge enough; why do they think I can keep up with their things, too?

This morning's telephone caller finally got the message. Yesterday, we had one of those scam callers who wanted to know the model number of the copier. I asked what company she was calling from, and she hung up. The noise in the background is a good clue that it's not a legitimate operation.

Otherwise, it's a cold, gray day, but it isn't sleeting. That's a good thing!

New week, new weather

Talking about the weather is a big focus for me. Here in Texas, one can see a 50 degree drop from the high of one day to the low of the next. We go to bed with the ceiling fan on, having had the windows open, and get up in the morning to temps in the 30s.
This is the last week for most of the staff to be here until the new year. We've had the last staff meeting of the year and our end-of-year party will be later this week.
Happy holidays to all!

Cold morning!

Cold mornings make me want to stay in bed with a good book. My reality is that it feels better to get my bones out of bed & into a warm shower. Once you've gotten that far, why not go to work?
The rooftops in my neighborhood were coated with last night's sleet...or was it snow? How seasonal!

RSS

RSS is an amazing tool. I hope the sites I've tagged will provide information that is useful and not merely fun. I've added a weather site, a couple of genealogy sites, and a couple of news sites. In figuring out what to add, it seemed wisest to pick sites where the information is time-critical.

Image generators

Playing around with image generators is fun! How nice to put a frame or magazine cover around a noteworthy picture!

Weather change

We are in for a change in the weather today. I always listen to NOAA weather radio while getting dressed in the morning. Cold fronts always come from the northwest in Texas, so if the temperature in Amarillo is 30 degrees with snow flurries, a cold front is on the way. The next town whose temperature is given is Abilene, many miles to the southeast of Amarillo. If Abilene is similarly cold, one gets an idea about how fast the front is traveling. If it is still warm in Abilene, the front won't be here until the afternoon.

Out my window

After a cloudy morning, the sky is now a clear blue. The gold-leaved pecan tree behind the building across the street makes a beautiful contrast.
Today's reading included an article on weeding media. I started to copy it and realized it didn't say anything new. So: I"ll save a tree and not print it.

Today in the world of books

I like to read book reviews. Much of the fun of learning about new books is sharing with other people. Some of us have definite tastes in reading, and prefer mysteries, or biographies, or books of a practical nature. My tastes are very wide ranging; recently I've read a mystery (not a new one); attempted a Shakespeare play, and now am reading a non-fiction book about geology and maps.

Starting to blog

What fun! I picked a template based on the color (orange). Can you tell I'm a faithful Longhorn?
Having started out in libraries as a summer youth volunteer, I cannot imagine working in any other field. It's my goal to try to make this blog interesting and not boring.
Thanks for reading.
The Bookie