BOWNE: THE SAUNA CHRONICLES

So the techpool used to be situated in one corner of the office, adjacent to a nice window view of the midtown skyline. Then one day some asshole exec walked over to our corner and said, "This would make a great office for me. Why don't all of you go somewhere else?" Much like the Native Americans before us, we were forced to relocate. And relocated we were--into a closet behind the office kitchenette.

There is no ventilation in this kitchenette. There are no windows, either. Somehow, you can plug in a half-dozen computers, but without any means for the warm air produced by our machines to escape, our little techpool now feels like a Turkish sauna. I spent 8 hours in the sauna today. I still feel dehydrated, but it's only Tuesday. God, this job sucks.

OTHER NEWS:

So I won the 2-disc collector's edition of Akira on e-bay. Was $6--including shipping and handling--a good deal? Ah, it'll probably suck.