This was the week I figured things would mostly get back to normal around here, and they have. I woke up yesterday and waded through a lot of stuff that I should have done on Sunday when I was out having a pleasant drive instead, then went to the bank and out to lunch. The afternoon was devoted to paying work, and I made a lot of progress, which felt good.
On the work front, I’m now facing what I had feared last week. I’m busy with one project that I had figured would be done by now but which keeps getting extended. All the hustling I’ve done since the first of the year trying to find new work is paying off, too. I’ve got two serious queries for long-term projects in front of me, plus a project of my own that I want to finish before the end of the month. And then there’s another project I want to get done in April before the Saints start playing baseball for 2005. I’m almost wondering if I should hire some help.
- Hmm. AFL-CIO to lay off quarter of its staff so they can concentrate on
increased spending on political and legislative activity
. Seems to me as though someone should organize their workers. - In Coyote Blog’s Negotiation Bait and Switch, Warren mentions a business lesson it took me a while to learn, too:
Sunk costs are sunk and therefore irrelevant.
When a client changes the terms after you’ve put in a bid, sometimes it’s best to just walk away, and sometimes you stick with them and accept the changes, but basing that decision on the time and effort you put into making the bid isn’t good business. You have to treat the changed terms as a new bid, and decide again whether you’re looking at a good deal or not. Taking a crummy job just because you’ve put a lot of effort into the bid does not lead you down the path to happiness. [instapundit] - Here are some info the far-ranging bus service cuts that the Met Council is proposing. Look at the proposed route changes if you want to know exactly which routes will be affected. The St. Paul paper says 70% of bus routes hit, which means about a tenth of the total runs would be cut. [strib and press-patch]
- If you didn’t catch yesterday’s Doctor Fun, you may want to go back and take a look. I’m glad I did.
