Busy Work Week

I've been away from my computer for the last 3-4 nights because of work-related activities (resurrected my dormant 'PowerPoint Ranger' skills). Our company just finished its turn in hosting rotating contract-required meetings and my team was one person short--that 'absentee' was the boss! The rest of us pitched in to shoulder the additional responsibilities so I had to create and present two briefings as well as facilitate an information systems security working group that I was assigned to just over a month ago! Today was the final day so I was able to come home early, take a well-deserved power nap, and catch up with the blog and the current scuttlebutt on the DDN message boards.

Speaking of blogging, I remember seeing a thread on that subject (borrowing Star Trek: The Next Generation's Borg) in the 'Brewster Rockit' comic strip about a month or so ago...here are the pertinent panels:

My family is still lukewarm to my 'assimilation'. One night, I mentioned (in jest) that I was going to quit my job and blog full-time. After I laid out a 'financial plan' (said that I could earn a lot of money--hundreds of dollars a month!!--by having ads on my site), my wife asked if my life insurance was currently paid up. After I answered affirmatively, she then told our kids (in jest) that 'plan B' will go into effect shortly...we both had a good laugh!

I did have one pleasant surprise on Wednesday. I logged into the 'Open Mike' page on the DDN website and found out that the selection board picked one of my submissions for its five finalists on last Saturday's 'Popeye' panel. When I logged in this evening, the contest had already ended so I couldn't screen-capture the other choices to post on this blog. I've got my fingers crossed but I also have some concerns. I entered my submissions using my 'nom de plume' and if I win, my identity will be revealed. While I would relish such a public recognition of my wit, I would lose my 'cyber' anonymity...Saturday morning will be very interesting.