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Today was our department retreat, which is kind of like a family road trip except that we get paid for it and aren't family.
The good news is that Nancy and I didn't fight over the seat we shared almost at all, Devin didn't pee off the fifth floor balcony onto the patrons of the Seattle library, and with any luck no one will notice the writing on the windows* until the van's been checked out a few more times, so we'll have cover. Also, Leanne carries Tylenol 3 in her bag, so the hip/back pain that's been bothering me had it's ass kicked to the curb for three hours or so, and I was, y'know, a little wobbly on codeine.
We came up with the perfect branding for potential seattle light rail - Seattle Light Urban Transit: Cheap and Easy!
If only our own rebranding went as smoothly.
We rented a meeting room in the Seattle Public central Library, which came complete with official tour. The new SPL central building (2004) is considered a "Destination" library, extra-green, and a marvel of architecture. It was fascinating.
( I don't like it very much, but it was fascinating. )
Everyone got to pick a song for each leg of the trip, and almost all of us sang along with Blowin' in the Wind, and Peg and Leanne were impressed with my knowledge of truly random areas of music - particularly, with getting the reference when Leanne suggested that we'd ride forever on the elevator.
For some reason everyone kept asking me about things on the menu at Tulio's - how to pronounce it, what things were - I'm somewhat flattered and quite confused. I'm not even particularly fond of Italian food, not to mention the youngest there by a goood few years.
On the other hand, I usually had the answers, and I have Advanced Asking the Waiter Skillz.
*HELP! I'm trapped in a staff meeting!
**We walked through saying "Red alert! RED ALERT! Set phasers to stun!" Naturally.
The good news is that Nancy and I didn't fight over the seat we shared almost at all, Devin didn't pee off the fifth floor balcony onto the patrons of the Seattle library, and with any luck no one will notice the writing on the windows* until the van's been checked out a few more times, so we'll have cover. Also, Leanne carries Tylenol 3 in her bag, so the hip/back pain that's been bothering me had it's ass kicked to the curb for three hours or so, and I was, y'know, a little wobbly on codeine.
We came up with the perfect branding for potential seattle light rail - Seattle Light Urban Transit: Cheap and Easy!
If only our own rebranding went as smoothly.
We rented a meeting room in the Seattle Public central Library, which came complete with official tour. The new SPL central building (2004) is considered a "Destination" library, extra-green, and a marvel of architecture. It was fascinating.
( I don't like it very much, but it was fascinating. )
Everyone got to pick a song for each leg of the trip, and almost all of us sang along with Blowin' in the Wind, and Peg and Leanne were impressed with my knowledge of truly random areas of music - particularly, with getting the reference when Leanne suggested that we'd ride forever on the elevator.
For some reason everyone kept asking me about things on the menu at Tulio's - how to pronounce it, what things were - I'm somewhat flattered and quite confused. I'm not even particularly fond of Italian food, not to mention the youngest there by a goood few years.
On the other hand, I usually had the answers, and I have Advanced Asking the Waiter Skillz.
*HELP! I'm trapped in a staff meeting!
**We walked through saying "Red alert! RED ALERT! Set phasers to stun!" Naturally.
