I successfully survived our first month-end without Boss. Judging by his lack of any appreciable responsibilities, you may wonder why this was a big deal. The fact is that my company's month-end, and the hours of tedious report creation that come along with it, was the only area where Boss held the reins until his final day. He held the reins so tightly, in fact, that none of us really knew what he did during the last few days of every month. Thus, the past 10 days or so have been spent retracing his steps. I have read old e-mails, dug through trash cans and pored over locally saved files on his PC. Last night ended up being a 12-hour day, but it was well worth the effort---I think everything worked out well, although we won't know for sure until our clients have a chance to look over their data.
Robert Palmer has died. At the height of his popularity, I was in high school. My wife and I were aghast at the thought that, in the 80's, he was just a little older than we are now. But it was only yesterday, wasn't it?
Posted by Matthew at September 26, 2003 11:04 PMI can remember back one night during high school days, I came to pick up Sly from work to go out to the club. He had bought the new Robert Palmer cassette Simply Irresistable for us to listen to on the way down.
Posted by: Erik at September 27, 2003 06:20 PMDo you remember that video? The one with the women in black? It's still one of the most-played videos in MTV history.
Posted by: at September 27, 2003 11:42 PMOne the great artists of the 80s. I think Power Station is great to. He formed that with some of the Duran Duran guys.
Posted by: Erik at September 28, 2003 06:34 PMKelli said to tell you that it was John and Andy Taylor (she was a huge Duran-Duran fan)
Posted by: Matt at September 28, 2003 10:10 PM