Just a quickie update, so y'all won't think I'm all politics and no fun these days.

Actually, it being the October before an election, it sometimes does seem like I'm all politics these days. At lunch and coffee breaks at work, people hardly seem to be able to talk about anything else. Daniel and I usually manage to talk about other things, but the presidential election is a pretty recurring theme.

Meanwhile, at work yesterday, I think I participated in a record number of meetings. I have mixed feelings about meetings. They always run longer than people want, are often dull, and take time that I could be using for writing. On the other hand, in our corporate culture, meetings are both how important decisions get made and how many important decisions get communicated. If you don't get invited to meetings, then either your input isn't important, or your being kept informed isn't important.

Hmmm...that's interesting. I hadn't quite verbalized that little underlying assumption of corporate culture. If it's really true, it ought to have interesting consequences and manifestations. (It would imply that you ought to be able to tell something about a person's status in the company by looking at their Outlook calendar. Hmmm....)

Well, I've gotta go or I'll be late for a meeting. (Really!) Talk to you later.