With the recent rediscovery of my attention span (I thought for a while that it had left me for good) I find that I am able to sit down and read again, which is good, because lately I seem to be far better at acquiring new things to read than I am at reading them. So I’ve been churning through my backlog of books and magazines and email newsletters and aggregated RSS feeds, and not spending too much time thinking about writing in my blog.
Oh, and I started a new job. Did I mention? Really it’s the same job, only with new employers (the company I was working for liked me so much they hired me away from my old company to work for them directly). That, and I have a real desk now, as opposed to a desk crammed into an equipment closet as an afterthought. I have a pretty sweet view, too:
And just in time for the leaves to change. I don’t sit right by the window, but after a year of being stuck in my ‘enclosure’ this is a vast improvement.
[More later, this is about all the attention I was able to summon tonight. ]


October 10th, 2007 on 12:15 am
You are working in the Lloyd district facing west… hmmm…
After donning my turban I am able to determine that you work in the only building between 7th and 9th avenues on Multnomah Avenue. Somewhere between the 8th and 12th floor? If I am right you own me a drink.
October 10th, 2007 on 6:06 am
Congratulations!
Triangulating the coordinates of the buildings being shown in the view… then analyzing the light patterns from the sun… and then calculating the refractive index of the glass to work out a magnification factor… then finally observing the depth of field fall-off from the lens of your camera… I am able to conclude that your new office is in Portland! If I am right, you owe me a drink too!
Ooh. Using Google Maps “Street View,” I am able to walk around your building! I’m a virtual stalker.
October 10th, 2007 on 7:34 am
Your work in Maine, right?
October 10th, 2007 on 9:03 am
You DON’T work in Wenatchee. Am I right?? Guess you owe me a drink now, too. And since I can tell you’re still alive now, my odds of collecting just went way up.
October 10th, 2007 on 10:16 am
Is that the same office you took me to last night?
October 10th, 2007 on 12:53 pm
you’re all wrong! he got a job as a bike messenger and he’s really, um, tall. this is a view from his ‘desk.’ that’s why it’s kind of blurry.
i’m going to go have that drink now*. you can reimburse me at a later date.
*technically i ‘had’ that drink** about a half hour ago***
**drinks
***presently
October 11th, 2007 on 4:29 am
brandon’s comment made my head hurt.
(congrats on the new job.)
October 11th, 2007 on 12:47 pm
You all win. Drinks are on me.
October 17th, 2007 on 10:08 am
Wait – there are drinks?
Uh…..Lincoln Park!
October 17th, 2007 on 12:48 pm
Oh, man. I’ve got to figure out a way to write off all this alcohol as a business expense or something.
Uh, I mean: Congratulations! You’re a winner too!