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The Diary of a Nobody – The Funny Novel of Everyday Life
Monday March 28 I started thinking early out about 1 or so, when I got back from lunch…The circumstances appeared to be favorable: we had stolen Jason for the day from Maintenance and it wasn’t too busy. But circumstances, as … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 28, 2016
…the ultimate opponent is the warriors own self…To actually overcome one’s own defects is the nature of victory. – Deng Ming Dao, 365 Tao The biggest obstacle to success is oftentimes ourselves. This is because there is a lot to … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody – The Funny Novel of Everyday Life
Sunday March 27 Today’s Mystery of the Front Desk is that most guests who had 10am checkouts were leaving their rooms at 10am…Prudence, who runs the housekeepers from a desk in the back office – the same desk I watched … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody – The Novel of Everyday Life
Saturday March 26 The only downside to the odd hours I’ve been keeping is The Wife and I are off-kilter schedule-wise…More than anything we are not eating together at times we are accustomed to eating together at…This means we are … Continue reading
The Thought For The Day – Garrison Keillor
…actually it’s more like golf. You’ve got to go out and do it every day and live by the results. – Garrison Keillor, Love Me Garrison Keillor is an American humorist. Like all good humorists he not only makes us … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody – The Diary of Everyday Life
Meet Sparrow, an average man passing an average life. Friday March 25 I can’t believe I went this long without talking about my new iPhone…I know you’re pretty shocked, too. It came Wednesday, right on schedule…Actually, a bit early…The email … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody – Drivel From Sparrow
Meet Sparrow, an average man passing an average life. Thursday March 24 So I head to the back office this afternoon and Ariel is manning PBX (the hotel operator’s desk) and she’s just back from lunch and there’s a grilled … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody – The Novel of Everyday Life
Wednesday March 23 You know, I was thinking about this as I went to bed, and there is no reason not to consider this a three-dayer…Sure I went in for graveyard Monday night, but I slept in Monday and lifted … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody – The Novel of Everyday Life
Tuesday March 22 I spent most of the graveyard shift at work training Mic, who is going to take over as fulltime night auditor…This despite the fact he has no front desk experience and is, in fact, transferring over from … Continue reading
The Diary of a Nobody – The Novel of Everyday Life
Meet Sparrow, an average man passing an average life. Monday March 21 Enjoyed a rather enjoyable day off before heading into graveyard tonight. First I slept in…I haven’t been able to do that too much lately and I was in … Continue reading
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