We have our own zip code, for crying out loud, so you have to look at the campus map or directory to find the address you want.)  ---  Speaking of Saltmine U, I have to say that this last academic year has been rough. ...  My typical weekdays have looked like this:    4-4:30 a.m. - work out / panic that I've overslept and skip working out  4:30-5 - get ready for work / even greater panic because I've really overslept  5-6 - commute to work / drive in if I've overslept  6-8 - sort myself out, drink coffee, read and answer email, deal with any overnight crises  8-12 - meetings  12-1 - lunch  1-3:45 - design / more meetings  3:45-6 - commute home  6-10 - dinner with friends or family / cook dinner / work / collapse / work out if I missed it earlier  10-12 - wind down for the evening  Yes, that's four hours of sleep a night, roughly.

To describe a color that you perceive as 'red, with a little blue in it, but not purple, but kind of dark, not a pastel,' is not only unwieldy, but another person looking at the same color will probably describe it differently. ... This is such a major tool that most designers have quite a few PMS colors memorized, and can give you a rough estimate of where a certain number will fall in the color spectrum; e.g., PMS 360-380 is the green-chartreuse range.

The phone calls ran like this:   —The intranet's broken. —When you say, 'broken,' can you be more specific? —It doesn't work. —Okay, which bit isn't working, exactly? —I can't get to [obscure page that by uncanny chance, was only ever used by this person]. —Ah. ... I don't suppose you had a chance to read that email sent out a couple of weeks ago, in which we let you know that you'd need to upgrade your browser in order to use the new site, did you? —Oh.