April 20, 2006 - Commerce, hydroponics, and effortless blogging
Commerce. Yesterday, I received some more frames to try from eyeglasses.com. They'll send you frames to try, for free. You return them and have them put lenses in the ones that you want. Unfortunately, you have to involve your optometrist in the process, because they provide you with the prescription and measure your head for the frames. That's unfortunate, because my optometrist also sells eyeglasses. And I have to say, I felt a little guilty going down there to have them fit me for free, only to buy glasses from someone online. So much so that I couldn't admit that I was already in the final stages of the purchase process; instead I just sort of skirted the issue with the optometrist's assistant by describing the online process and explaining (without invitation) that I was in the process of "shopping around." Of course he knew what was happening and managed to get a couple of digs in on the inferiority of the online process (also unsolicited).
I received my frames via my address at the firm which had them delivered to my office, as a courtesy. They also delivered my little in-office hydroponics system (ordered online) that arrived yesterday ( a rather large box). While this arrangement is an official courtesy; I'm still freeloading. And I should add: all of this shopping online is done in my office using a firm computer.
So, I'm wondering why I don't feel any apprehension about using the office as my personal concierge and loading dock, while I'm uneasy about asking my optometrist, who has already received some cold hard cash from me for other services, to do a service they quite readily perform for free.
A more important question, however, is: what am I going to grow in my new hydroponic nursery? I'm thinking that a bean plant, a vine, crawling across my desk would be pretty cool. It'd look nice complemented with some herbs, something to make tea out of, maybe chrysanthemums. Eventually, the office will become more alive than dead. At the moment, dead stuff is winning. But the other office plants are growing, although a recent outbreak of scales on my umbrella tree threatened the balance. The addition of row crops to the ferns, bromeliade, peace lily, etc. may be just what's necessary.
I downloaded atmosphere lite v5.5 for the laptop yesterday. The result is gurgling water flow, crickets, mooing and bleating, and the occasional puppy bark wafting through the foliage. With any luck, my office will return to its natural state. This would result, I'm thinking, in it being overlooked in the short term (like a vacant lot) by others in the firm, and, of course, eventually, it would be seen as a natural resource worth protecting (sort of urban wilderness). Just maybe, the firm might forget about me altogether, my office and I would just sort of settle into a state-of-being similar to white noise. Perfect.
Today's rule, and it's a difficult one: this blog cannot become yet another obligation. It must be fun and effortless or it must die. As a rule, therefore, this blog cannot be worth the effort it takes to write it. If that ever occurs, It's over.
I received my frames via my address at the firm which had them delivered to my office, as a courtesy. They also delivered my little in-office hydroponics system (ordered online) that arrived yesterday ( a rather large box). While this arrangement is an official courtesy; I'm still freeloading. And I should add: all of this shopping online is done in my office using a firm computer.
So, I'm wondering why I don't feel any apprehension about using the office as my personal concierge and loading dock, while I'm uneasy about asking my optometrist, who has already received some cold hard cash from me for other services, to do a service they quite readily perform for free.
A more important question, however, is: what am I going to grow in my new hydroponic nursery? I'm thinking that a bean plant, a vine, crawling across my desk would be pretty cool. It'd look nice complemented with some herbs, something to make tea out of, maybe chrysanthemums. Eventually, the office will become more alive than dead. At the moment, dead stuff is winning. But the other office plants are growing, although a recent outbreak of scales on my umbrella tree threatened the balance. The addition of row crops to the ferns, bromeliade, peace lily, etc. may be just what's necessary.
I downloaded atmosphere lite v5.5 for the laptop yesterday. The result is gurgling water flow, crickets, mooing and bleating, and the occasional puppy bark wafting through the foliage. With any luck, my office will return to its natural state. This would result, I'm thinking, in it being overlooked in the short term (like a vacant lot) by others in the firm, and, of course, eventually, it would be seen as a natural resource worth protecting (sort of urban wilderness). Just maybe, the firm might forget about me altogether, my office and I would just sort of settle into a state-of-being similar to white noise. Perfect.
Today's rule, and it's a difficult one: this blog cannot become yet another obligation. It must be fun and effortless or it must die. As a rule, therefore, this blog cannot be worth the effort it takes to write it. If that ever occurs, It's over.
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