It looks likely that a this photo I took, of an old Safeway in Lodi CA in 1993, will be gracing the cover of a British retailing textbook before too long. There won’t be much money in it, but it’s sort of a cool thing to add to the grab bag of unusual accomplishments. It means I will have received income as both an writer and a photographer, at least. Not much income, but still…
That was the happy news following an exceedingly unpleasant day at work, in which I (a) tried to dispose of usless computer equipment which should have been leased rather than purchased in the first place, (b) wasted 90 minutes in a meeting where my presence was not needed in any way, and (c) killed off another 90 minutes in a series of related tasks so bloody asinine that I dare not even start discussing them…
The week’s almost over, right? Oh wait. It’s Tuesday. At least it’s McRib season again. That makes everything a little easier to take. As does the possibility of an enjoyable, rainy weekend on the horizon…
Random note to Jonno: my graphics were uglier than yours. They probably still are. And anyone who wants to see those REALLY ugly graphics from the pre-1997 versions of Planet SOMA will have to know the super-secret pre-domain URL, and I ain’t talkin’…
