pros and cons
Sure it’s great to get a bonus from your company. It just sucks that those wages are taxable. When eyes scan from “Gross Pay” to “Net Pay” you can cue the studio audience, “Awwwww.” Still it’s kinda nice to have...
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Someone’s always listening.
9AM They’re At It Again | Overheard in the Office Co-worker #1: Don’t you think the enter key is kind of phallic? You know–how it’s all “enter” with an arrow pointing? Co-worker #2: Huh. Yeah. Weird. Co-worker #1: And there’s...
stick a forked tongue in me
I’m totally stuffed. Co-workers took advantage of Restaurant Week and we went to lunch at Butterfield 9. It was an amazing meal, though I noted that I wouldn’t really bring a date there. The decor was nice, but overall the...
sign of the apocalypse #819
My Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper has 5% more than a 20oz! 5% MORE, ya hear me?! They are REALLY sticking it to the other soda companies. I say a healthy “Up yours!” to Pepsi and Coke while I triumphantly...
morning overload
Yes, it is my own fault that I did Happy Hour with friends last night (thanks to Josh, Jhim, Rob, Jenifer, Orion and Jaikob for coming out) so I am a little wobbly this morning. But this is now the...
so flexible I can kiss my own arse
For all the stress the office contains, I will take a moment to toot my own horn. It’s always the least important jobs that seem to mean the most to people around here. I turned around a document out of...
porcelain musings
From an IM session this morning, me: *hee hee.. I just had my first case of urinal shyness in years. them: really? them: I have that all the time me: … [insert the sound of my brain going kablooey] them:...
small blessings
My bowling game was craptacular tonight, but at least people complimented me on my shirt. It was the potluck night so we grabbed some chicken from across the street for our offering, but not a lot of people brought many...
Y’all better recognize!
As mentioned already, we got some serious recognition at the office. They announced our names at the company holiday party, and we might have been there if we’d known about it. I still think the party I attended was a...
stay in bed, forget the rest
I am floating high on daytime cold meds at the moment… In the weekly meeting this morning, I was absolutely fascinated with my pen’s see-through ink chamber. Right now I’m just pretty loopy, in the quiet way, it’ll take me...