On Assignment: Goodbye to Summer

In better times.

When I got married I became an honorary Alaskan, and for the past four summers we’d go up there in late July for the salmon run. This year we thought it prudent to skip the trip since we’re moving in August.

And it’s a good thing we did, becauseI am now in the midst of a month-long, all-hands-on-deck client emergency that’s swallowing up almost all my time.

Life in the War Room

It’s 10-to-12-hour days, shut off in a windowless conference room with five other people, hashing out s...