[OT from cottage renovations]
whatever else I am supposed to be getting done mostly isn't. here's why ...
model board - CSX Baltimore Terminal
also, things are rather piling up at work. we've an office move coming up in less than a month and all the necessary preparations are well behind the curve, oscillating somewhere between "late" and "later". fifteen people, 260 computers and 280 pieces of furniture, half of the latter of which cannot physically be accommodated in the smaller quarters into which we're moving (solution will be to have the excess trucked to corporate HQ in NJ). electrical and HVAC work are not yet started in the suite (corporate and landlord have not yet come to terms on the work) and with the holidays upon us the operating efficiency of bulding management and contractors can hardly be expected to improve. oh, and they want to get painters in there to slap a coat on the dingy walls. but that's all way OT from here ...