Author: Elaine

And here I thought I was compulsive about trying to keep my spice rack in alphabetical order.  v a u g h n a u s t i n  takes it to a whole new level. (Which brings back the memory of the time my sister visited, and decided to do me a favor by organizing my spice rack.  As she was lining the bottles up by size, type of container, and manufacturer, she failed to notice that they were already in alphabetical order.  Thanks, sis.)

At work, three of our four incoming lines were formerly residential lines, and we have become accustomed to two or three telephone solicitations per line per day, usually robocalls.   Even when one just ignores the line because it isn’t the main number, it is still very annoying and a break in one’s concentration.  

Tuesday, I finally took the time to enter the three lines into the National Do Not Call Registry. I didn’t expect to see any effect for the month or so that the law allows the telemarketers to scrub their lists, but today we had just one  non-legitimate call.  I’ll be very interested to see if this is just a fluke.

We have Mirra Chairs at work. These chairs won out over the better known Aeron Chairs after we tested both for a week, courtesy of a local dealer.  Last week, since I was experiencing some shoulder tension after work, I searched to make sure that I had everything properly adjusted, and found a web-site supporting something I had long suspected: there are pros and cons to all ergonomic products. I ended up trying to follow the tips in “How to Keep Good Posture When In Front of a Computer at Ririan Project” and also found “Rethinking ergonomic sitting and seating ergonomics” interesting.

The net result seems to be that sitting for long periods of time is bad for the body, and taking frequent breaks is a necessity.  And something I am doing is helping:  I haven’t noticed the shoulder tension in the evenings the past few days.