Started my two-week job at the Virginian-Pilot. What a learning experience this is going to be! It's a good thing I know more geography than the average person. I'm going to learn a lot more geography before this job is over. I'm entering a bibliography of travel guides into the computer, and I have to code each destination, so I have to know where the destinations are, be they Borneo, Bali, or Ixtapa. So far, I've gotten just about all of them correct, but tomorrow I'm going to bring my gazetteer just to be on the safe side.
In addition to geography, I'm learning WINDOWS. I had used WINDOWS very briefly when I worked at Chevron. At the time I thought it was the pits. After using it today, I am convinced it is the absolute pits. I can't understand why it's so popular. It's far too complicated and cluttered. It takes about five minutes just to get to the application you want, and then, if you accidentally hit the wrong key or move the mouse in the wrong direction, you get kicked out of it and have a struggle to find your way back. I'll take a plain, old-
fashioned menu any day.
Roy's confrontation with the mechanic's boss didn't go too well. The boss only knocked $100 off the bill, which was a pittance, everything considered. But at least the engine is now running flawlessly. That's what counts.
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