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All Growed Up?
2008-04-29 03:40:00
Do any of you feel like grown-ups? No, I said feel LIKE grown-ups, not feel UP grown-ups. I?d hate to be accused of promoting inappropriate touchyness. Any way, touching isn?t what I wanted to touch upon today. I know you ARE grown-ups, but do you FEEL like grown-ups? Perhaps it was my death experience, which I detailed yesterday, or the fact that I spent 2 hours eating at Lucy and Ethel?s ?pretend restaurant? dining on plastic steak and ice cream on Sunday, but whatever the reason, I still don?t feel like a grown-up.I am just months away from 35, but don?t really feel like an adult. Does that make sense to any of you? Now I know I am not the tallest dude on the ranch, but there has to be more to it. Yes, I have to look up at most people, but that can?t be it. I have a family, I have a corporate drone job and leave the house every day wearing a real tie (as opposed to the clip-on type that I want to wear), I have bills and I even have plenty of that four-letter word: respon...

When Duck Doesn?t Really Cover It
2008-04-28 04:34:00
My friends, ?technically? I am writing this from the great beyond. There is a belief at the moment that I am dead. Like right now, while I type this. I know, it?s all spooky and stuff, huh? It sounds shocking, but I apparently perished in an unfortunate emergency of some sort or another that was very nondescript in its nature but ?should? have involved ducking under my desk.I say ?should? have involved ducking under my desk because well, I didn?t duck or cover or even cower for that matter. For the record, I did squat but apparently in the case of this emergency ?drill? squatting doesn?t amount to, yes you guessed it, diddly. Oh crap, I meant to say ?squat? but I messed up the punch line again. Death makes it pretty hard to concentrate. You see, I was caught during this untimely and unfortunate emergency of some sort another that was very nondescript in its nature but ?should? have involved ducking under my desk (I guess I could have just said ?drill?) in the hall speaking with anot...
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Even More End Of The Week Randomocity
2008-04-25 03:49:00
The weekend is finally upon us. What better way to ease out of the work week than to slowly drain the extraneous thoughts from our mind in the same manner that you?d wring out a rag after using it to wash your car. For some reason that doesn?t sound like a very desirable thing to do though, does it? I?ll work on better segues for next week. Now, let the randomness begin? * If Joe Cocker had a seizure while performing, how would you be able to tell?* I like to hum while eating hummus. It just feels right. I do not, however, like being smashed between two objects when eating a sandwich.* Want to feel like a complete failure? Get up early, get dressed to go walking, go downstairs, put your walking shoes on and then go back upstairs and get back into bed. You could try to be cool and call it a run-through, but you?d just be denying your laziness. Though, I did go up and down the stairs twice?* Isn?t Rory Calhoun a great name? Would it surprise you if I told you that he starred...
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Ho AND Hum
2008-04-24 06:38:00
I?m taking a new path today, blazing a new trail, breaking new ground, going where no man has gone before (oh wait, that one is probably copyrighted), going where no male has gone previously (ha, try to get me now!), forging new frontiers, being unique, exploring, mapping new vistas. I am hunkered down in the fetal position of the old cold war bomb shelter that we writers know as writer?s block. Instead of taking the easy way out and declaring defeat by subjecting you to a repost, I am going to write through my writer?s block and you are going to come along with me. What will happen? Where will we travel? Beats me. If I knew, I?d have a decent post to treat you to today, but since gas is just about 4 smacks a gallon here, it won?t be far. Plus, I don?t feel that usual limber feeling in my fingers which tell me that I am about to hunt and peck my way to writing satisfaction. Well, I?ve managed to come up with one paragraph already. I was tempted to do an entire post today usin...

Groovy TV
2008-04-23 03:33:00
When the discussion and idea of today?s post initially started between me and the way cool Sonia, it was going to be inspired by and about the Match Game or possibly, Match Game ?76, the ultra cool game show from the 70s. As we thought of how best to pay tribute to The Match Game, well, we drew a?blank. If you?ve seen the Match Game, trust me, that was funny. That was a great show with such wicked-hip panelists as Richard Dawson in his pre-Family Feud swinger days. Even Charles Nelson Reilly was part of the gang. I swear it was like a senior citizen?s Rat Pack. If you had asked me growing up what Florida would be like, I would have directed you to The Match Game. Anywhoo, we modified the theme ever so slightly so that we can discuss how 70s TV influenced our lives, and in my case, at least half of my cultural references.Being yanked from the warmth of my mother?s womb and placed into the cold harshness that was the last week of 1973 (I?m thinking of starting a novel using that last ...
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It Makes Me Want To Sing!
2008-04-22 05:36:00
I know you all have been waiting for this one! Yep, even though you were clueless about it, I know you?ve still been waiting. In fact, I?m not really sure how you even were able to contain yourselves. I mean I barely could and I knew about it. It?s probably been tougher on me since I?ve had to wait while anticipating it. Isn?t waiting hard? It?s probably not as hard (that?s what she said) as weight lifting (sadly, that was the only other play on the word ?wait? that I could come up with), but still, it?s pretty hard. How hard is it? It?s like ?smelling bacon coming from your neighbor?s house and having to fight the urge to barge in and join them for breakfast even though you didn?t return their weed whacker and you still have their cat (don?t ask why)? hard. That, my friends, is hard.You might be wondering what I?m talking about right now. Folks, it?s National Karaoke Week. That?s right, it?s time to honor that age old tradition where we get up in front of mostly complete...
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Wait Until They See What I Hid In My Fake Arm?
2008-04-21 01:39:00
Don?t you love tomfoolery? I don?t mean the word (though that?s pretty cool too), I mean people doing less than smart things. According to the AFP news service, tomfoolery can be done with limbs. You may not think that?s possible but the story I?m about to make fun of comment on totally proves it. Are ya ready? It?ll be good. I promise. A man was recently convicted for smuggling baby iguanas from a small South Pacific island into southern California. I guess he was thinking ?Iguana have lots of illegal baby lizards in my home.? Or not, but admit it, you saw that cheap line coming from a mile away. Seriously, these ARE the jokes folks. I?ll be here all week and remember to tip your waitresses please. Maybe he had just finished watching ?Bizarre Foods and had a hankering for reptilian relish. I?m kidding, I?m kidding. But, I hear it?s really good on all beef hot dogs. Again, kidding!Whatever the reason, he stole them from an island preserve, and if I remember correctly,...
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More End Of The Week Randomocity
2008-04-18 03:25:00
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but randomocity isn?t even a real word. What? Well anyway, we?ve made it to the end of the week, unless you work during the weekends, which makes today Sunday night, maybe? Just as you clean your desk off at the end of the day (unless you want your boss to think you?ve been really busy), I am clearing out my mind at the end of the week and this is what I came up with?* It occurred to me the other day that I am now past the age that they stop singing about in the Beach Boys? song ?When I Grow Up To Be A Man.? I am now 2 years past the last age they mention (and I should mention that you have to turn the volume up very, very loud during the fade out to even hear the last age they mention). I?m not sure how I feel about this. Maybe you female readers feel the same way when you hear ?Girl, You?ll Be A Woman Soon? after you have become a woman? For clarification purposes, I mean ?becoming a woman? in the age sense, not in the bow-chicka-bow-bow s...
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Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
2008-04-17 03:27:00
It?s another useless and quite possibly anti-real holiday Thursday (Hi Kat, sorry). It?s not everyday that we get to celebrate bogus holidays (when you count yesterday?s 3 celebrations ) during back to back days. Well, that?s excluding Christmas Eve and Christmas (I get my birthday on the 24th and then Christmas on the 25th. It?s ok; you can go ahead and write my birthday down just in case I forget to give it to you again. Though that is as likely to happen as it is having photos of me wearing a sombrero and hula skirt dancing to ABBA hits surface on the internet). Today is Blah Blah Blah Day. I had my own idea regarding what the day celebrates, but it?s a good thing I went ahead and looked it up. I would have assumed (and no, assuming does not make me an ass, it makes me a motivated go-getter for postulating a theory without adequate information. I?m a trailblazer, if you will) that it was just a day where we are supposed to go around saying lots of meaning less things like ...

Busy Celebrating Wednesday
2008-04-16 03:17:00
If you thought you were going to be busy Wednesday because it?s the middle of the work week and studies have proven that the 16th day is the busiest day of every month* (the asterisk I just put there means you need to skip forward to the very bottom of this story and read the little footnote I added. It?s ok, you can do that now and then come back), wait until you find out about the not 1, not 2, but 3 incredible holidays that need to be celebrated. And because I am writing about more 'bogus' holidays, this is where I say ?Hi Kat, I?m sorry.? So, clear your calendars, get out the streamers and Smore making kits because it?s time to celebrate International Moment of Laughter Day, International Stress Awareness Day AND National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day.Where to begin? Well, let?s get the negative day out of the way. If I recall, it was recently National Stress Awareness at Work Week and now we have International Stress Awareness Day. That?s really not important but I just wante...
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What Do You See?
2008-04-15 02:56:00
I know that I am very behind (would that make me ass-inine?) in getting this story out into blogsville, as it has been circulating for almost a week now, but I had to write about what I think makes up the reflection in the now famous photograph of VP Dick Cheney with his shades on taken while he was fly fishing. Let?s just say it hadn?t eluded my ?noticement? (I?ve had such a hard time finding other places to use that word lately). After all, this is the VP who takes congressmen out into the woods and shoots them for sport. I?m kidding. Really! Got that Secret Service? I?m making that up.Though it does sound like something a James Bond villain would do doesn?t it? Don?t believe me? Just watch Goldfinger, or Moonraker or A View To A Kill or even Shadow of Gold. Yes, I made that last one up. I just wanted to see if you were paying attention. In fact, other than Goldfinger, I?m not sure if Bond is hunted in the woods in any other Bond film, but once I made the statement, I kind of had ...

This Wouldn’t Happen With Barney Fife
2008-04-14 02:50:00
I recently read a Reuters story about cops in China. In China, it airs on the Panda Network. Get it, Cops is on FOX here and in China it would be a Panda? Seriously, I worked on that one during my entire conference call the other day. Oh well. It seems that a new policy has been issued for police in one of China’s provinces. I guess instead of a police policy, it should be called a policey? You’re right; that wasn’t funny. The new policy states that officers who have received a write-up (as we call it here in the states. My Chinese is a little rusty, so we’ll just go with that) or are facing relationship or financial stresses are going to lose their department issued guns. Uh, does that strike anyone else as you know, ODD?Does this redefine the term ‘police state’ for anyone else? Does anyone else wonder how bad things are when officers can still be on patrol but are deemed too ‘something’ to be able to carry weapons? Does anyone else refer to police as ‘Barney ’ ...
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Wild Schmild
2008-04-12 17:38:00
Today is officially (Hi, Kat. Here’s my useless holiday warning) ‘Take A Walk On The Wild Side’ Day. So, I am celebrating by doing something that is very wild and crazy for me and that I don’t do much of anymore (at least for the last several months anyway). I am writing the elusive Saturday post. Well ok, that’s done. Have a great weekend!And a very, very, very special thanks to Meleah for this awesome award:It’s not everyday you get an award. It doesn’t happen a lot, so it’s a pretty nice feeling when it finally happens. A lot like bathing. Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz

End Of The Week Randomocity
2008-04-11 06:54:00
In lieu of actually thinking today, I present the following to you packaged as something that hopefully appears to have taken more thought and time than it really did. Although after rereading it, I think that eventuality is rather doubtful.* Is the Flowbee considered an antique yet? I ask because I can’t find one. Yes, I’ve been looking. I’m all for self-induced haircuts. I want a haircut, I own a vacuum, what could be better?* Turns out that if a flight leaves Dallas and another flight leaves Waco at the same time, it really won’t matter which one arrives first because both flights were cancelled when the airline went out of business at noon.* When you take your children to a bounce-house place for a birthday party and you end up playing in the bounce houses, is it a good or bad thing when you are leaving at the end of the night and the birthday girl’s parents pat you on the back and say ‘thanks for being the entertainment?’ They did say it with a smile, but my...
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Work – Where People Come Together
2008-04-10 04:06:00
Perhaps it’s the fact that 30 Rock and The Office are finally new this week (they aren’t on yet, get back here), but I feel like sharing the latest in my office with you all. As you know, I suck excel at coworker relations. Though to be honest, I thought it would be boring and quiet (which means peaceful) with Female Coworker in Texas for the week. That is until two of my coworkers, Mr. Laylow and Ms. I Want To Go To Mime School gave me a present.There are a few things I should mention first that will help set the scene. First, our boss was on vacation, two, it was late in the afternoon and finally, NO gift is given in our office without it making fun of someone or to mockingly celebrate some unfortunate mishap, achievement or occurrence. Why yes, I’ve received a lot of these gifts, why do you ask?The minute I received my gift, I recognized it immediately (this is where the picture gets all wavy and fuzzy as we prepare for a flashback. Join me, won’t you, as we travel ...
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Important Information Concerning Blogging
2008-04-09 05:02:00
Wow, do I hope that got your attention. If I learned anything while doing PR, it’s that a catchy press release title really works. I also learned that the folks over on the creative team had a lot more fun than I did, but now I just sound bitter. I read (and chances are that many of you did as well) recently that bloggers can be at a health risk. I’d say that I feel obligated to weigh in on this matter, but I really had nothing else to write about today and let’s be honest, just throwing up a Podcast of me singing Elvis’ ‘Do the Clam’ kinda seemed like taking the easy way out. Plus, you might laugh at me.It turns out that a tech blogger recently died while covering a tech conference and a few other bloggers who write for tech type blogs have all had health troubles. Apparently, in the world of 24/7 blog writing, these bloggers feel much more pressure to come up with good stories and the newest scoop so that they can continue getting paid for their blog writing. Hit...
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Time To Go Exploring
2008-04-08 03:36:00
Exploring is fun. Exploring is exciting. Exploring is perhaps the most enjoyable of all the words that begin with ‘ex.’ I offer as examples (oh hey, that’s another one and that wasn’t even intended) exit, excruciating, excavate, ex-boss, ex-girlfriend, ex-person I used to hang out with before they got annoying because they always said ‘that’s what she said’ in the middle of every sentence, exhume and expatriate. See, not a whole lotta fun going on there, which makes explore that much more desirable, as opposed of course to it being expendable…Why all this focus on exploring? Well, it’s simple (and I once again must apologize in advance to Kat). This week is ‘Explore Your Career Options Week.’ If only I had known this last week when I wrote about my TV show idea where I try out all types of jobs. That would have been perfect for celebrating this week. But once again, I have fallen victim to premature blog posting. It’s a complex issue that can be ver...
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Uh, Um, Gulp, Ahem, Well?
2008-04-06 19:30:00
It took 5 years, 5 months and a handful of days, but it finally happened this morning. Let me set the scene for you. Lucy and Ethel were mimicking every dance step and singing or saying every word from ?Hairspray,? I was desperately scouring contently surfing the web for an idea to write about today, the coffee was getting luke warm, the clouds were rolling in, The Supremes? ?Love Child? was playing on my Windows Media Player, our dog Mabel was asleep outside in the door-way of the twins? playhouse, I was wearing my favorite t-shirt after just discovering it had two holes in it (yes, I cried. Like a baby), the dishwasher needed unloading?you know what, we?ll just consider that the scene has been set. I think I was a little too thorough there, sorry.Anywhoo, as I sat reading an article about how Twinkies first went on sale today (which I would be so willingly to celebrate by deep frying them if only I had gotten that deep fryer for Christmas?stupid Santa), the TV dinner was inven...

Time To Focus On The Work Place
2008-04-04 03:16:00
It?s holiday time again (sorry Kat). However, today we need to focus on two holidays you might not be aware of (sorry again Kat). Don?t worry though; you?ll only need to buy one card since the holidays are kind of related. First, April is Work place Conflict Awareness Month. I know it?s already the 3rd, but there?s still plenty of time left to celebrate be aware. It?s also Laugh At Work Week. I won?t focus much on this one since it?s pretty explanatory. Not that you have to copy me, but I?m going to do what I did last year and ?roast? each of my employees and my boss each day this week. The only difference this year is that I will remember to tell them I am ?roasting? them in good fun before I walk up and start making fun of them with no warning at all. Something tells me it will go over much better this year.As far as Workplace Conflict Awareness Month goes, I guess you really shouldn?t ?celebrate? it. Just like the issue of the structural degradation of Liberace?s piano at...
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Of Horse Hooves And Lip Balm
2008-04-03 04:41:00
The title has nothing to do with the post; I just really, really like the way it sounds. Although don?t horse hooves get turned into lip balm? Wait, I think it?s glue and those are two things you never want to confuse. I?m pretty sure Lip Balm comes from seaweed. Oddly enough though, you can smear seaweed across your lips and find it to be anything but comforting.I was thinking on the way into work this morning that I should hit my brakes before I slam into the guy in front of me. Naw, I?m kidding. I just wanted to see if you were paying attention. Well, I did think that, but I am referring to another thought I had while driving into work. I was thinking about other types of jobs that are out there that might be fun to try. Then I thought since my resume reads like the freeway at rush hour (start and stop, start and stop) that my best bet of getting to try out new jobs would be to pitch a TV show about it. Yes, it?s like Dirty Jobs, but cleaner (say those last two words wi...
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Wii Could Only Be So Lucky
2008-04-02 04:09:00
If the military can train dolphins to stop torpedoes or gophers to find land mines (ok, I made that last one up, but seriously, think of the practicality of it), then I have no problem believing the story I read this morning. It said that the military has adapted the Wii remote controller to operate a robotic bomb diffuser. Those guys are so clever, what will they do next, adapt the Ipod to control nuclear missiles? I think they may already be working on that one though since every time I use my Ipod at the house, my microwave turns on and my garage door opens. At first I thought it was a defect, but when it kept consistently happening, I just figured it was designed that way. Plus, it seems to do it in rhythm with whatever I am listening to. Those Apple engineers are something, aren?t they?If you have used the Wii remote, you have already realized what a great device it is. In fact, I have already revised my living will/trust thingy to reflect the fact that if I ever lose an...
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Time To Be Honest
2008-04-01 04:17:00
A friend of mine from the real world (does anyone remember those? They are the friends we had before blogging that we can actually touch) was looking at my blog for the first time this past weekend and had a few questions after reading through many of my past posts.While a lot of the questions centered around the question of why I haven?t been fired from my job yet because I seem to offer no real productivity at work, there was one question that really set me back on my heels. I mean the heels of my feet. I don?t wear heels. I just feel that needs to be stated. Although, I don?t want anyone thinking anything just because I feel that needs to be stated. Ok, let?s just drop this whole topic. What I was getting at was the fact that my friend called me out on something that I didn?t anticipate having to answer. This must be what it feels like when a politician has that skeleton (or high priced call girl) in his closet brought out for all the world to see.At first I felt betrayed and the...
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6 Words, That?s All. No More. No Less (Wait, That Was 8)
2008-03-29 23:38:00
I have seen this tag around blogsville a few times over the last few weeks. Each time I did, I was overcome with joy that I had not been selected to describe my life in only 6 words. It?s much like the way I feel when I wake up on a Saturday or Sunday and think for about 30 seconds that it?s a work day and then realize it isn?t and I can go back to bed. The reason? I could only ever come up with one word: ?What?? And let?s face it; that?s not much to brag about. Then, I opened up my blog comments the other day only to discover that I had been tag teamed (that?s what she said) by the deputies of both Karma and Misfortune. Now, I don?t blame the wonderful Hotfessional who tagged me (after all, being tagged and thought of by any fellow blogger is a wonderful gesture), but now I have to use 6 words to describe myself. I probably know about 67 words (although once you take out certain expletives I have learned from Female Coworker that are not allowed in the workplace and are pro...
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A Sad Day Indeed
2008-03-28 01:51:00
Though I?ve known about the possibility of this happening for a while now, it was made official earlier this week. I am losing my muse, my inspiration, my nemesis, my sworn foe, the Admiral Decker to my A-Team, the Khan to my Kirk, the Dwight to my Jim, the Jack Donaghy to my Liz Lemon, the Clinton to my Obama (and to be totally balanced and fair), the Huckabee to my McCain. Female Coworker is moving to the Lone Star State, the Great State of Texas. I don?t know the official date yet, but coming soon, she will no longer be around our office.If you?ve spent more than, oh, about 2 minutes on my blog, you would think that I would be renting a bounce house, hiring a catererererer (were there too many ?ers? there? I tried to spell it as it sounded) and playing Ella Fitzgerald?s version of ?Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead? on constant repeat to help me celebrate. Actually, I?m not doing that, though to be honest, she hasn?t left it, so there?s still a good chance that I will. But, I?m...

Happiness Is. Or Isn?t?
2008-03-27 02:41:00
Happiness is a bunch of stuff. It?s fun being happy. It?s also fun saying things that you know will agitate your coworkers, it?s fun getting to Disneyland in the evening when there are 4 times as many people coming towards you to leave as there are going in with you and it?s a whole lot of fun teaching two little 5-year-old girls how to say ?that?s what she said.? Here is some more stuff that equals happiness, at least to me, because something tells me that your list might differ slightly, as in a lot:Happiness is lowering the basketball hoop as low as it can go when no one is looking so you can pretend your low post moves are as good as Shaq?s, before you twist your ankle. The exact opposite of happiness is making a long basketball shot from the street and there is no one around to witness it. Ok, it was an unplanned bank shot, but I?m still counting it!Happiness is opening the fridge and the first two things you see are a block of cheese and some corn tortillas. Though I?ll a...
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Today?s Meaningless Holiday? Whatever You Want It To Be!!
2008-03-26 01:42:00
It?s been a long year folks, but March 26th is finally upon us. I started to get really itchy mid-January. I just didn?t think I was going to make it, but finally the wait is over and one of the best days of the year is here. I can finally stop looking with longing at the big blue circle I made around March 26th. It?s ?Make Up Your Own Holiday ? Day. Yep, the day where you or me or us or them or we get to make Wednesday about whatever it is we or me or you or them or us want. I?m trying to post this early enough so that you still have time to call in sick and celebrate your holiday.Getting to decide what you want Wednesday?s holiday to be about is a very big responsibility, just like making the choice between a kraut dog or a Chicago dog at Weinerschnitzel, and that?s AFTER you?ve made the decision choosing Weinerschnitzel over any other fast food place to begin with. There are so many options. After all, we have so many different passions, interests and things we?d love to ...
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If Only Don Pardo Was My Tag Along Friend?
2008-03-25 03:52:00
I have a problem. It?s a big one (I?m really, really resisting saying TWSS here, by the way) and I need to discuss it. My problem: I seem to enjoy and actually have the biological need to quote memorable lines from Saturday Night Live in almost every conversation I have. I actually cannot stop myself from doing it. I won?t say that I get a tick in my face or anything like that when an SNL quoting opportunity presents itself, but I do get a little giddy. To help you understand, I can only say it?s very similar to that pure rush of joy you get when someone around you blurts out ?That?s What She Said? for the first time and then says something like ?Dammit Michael (or your name), now you?ve got me doing it,? to which you HAVE to reply ?I know, that?s what she said.? Getting the final TWSS in helps assert your mastery of the art over them and prevents them from getting too big headed too early in their TWSS career, but that's really, really besides the point here.Sometimes, SNL t...
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Reasons I?m An Idiot, Numbers 303-310 (Formerly Known As ?Things I Learned
2008-03-24 03:31:00
* My friend at work has helped me name my autobiography, you know, should a reason ever actually arrive for me to write it. The name is inspired by my heart issues and will be called The Angina Monologues (even though saying the word ?Angina? makes me nervous and blush a little). The title may be changed if we decide to use The Angina Monologues as the sequel for our never quite fully realized musical, ?Nylons in Arizona.?* When Female Coworker says this is the first day in a month that her phones haven?t been ringing off the hook, isn?t it a law of office etiquette that you have to start crank calling her office immediately? I don?t know why everyone started getting so righteous on me after I did it.* When Female Coworker tries to exact revenge for the prank mentioned above by telling on you by saying that you ate meat for lunch on Good Friday, isn?t it also office law that you have to respond with a ?that?s what she said?? Again, I don?t know why everyone started getting so ri...
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Repost: Beyond The Cubicle Wall?
2008-03-21 15:49:00
I thought this little workplace post would be a good repost for a Friday. Get it? Good? Friday? Oh, why won't The Hallmark Greeting Card Company return my calls. Any who, after rereading this, I cannot for the life of me figure out how I was allowed to have a job after late July, which is when this was written...By the way, have you ever put a post together, saved it, walked away and then spent most of the next day wondering why no one was leaving comments on your blog? Yep, I forgot to post it...If I ever decide to write a mock work place soap opera (a Mopera, if you will), today?s post title would be the name of it. I haven?t regaled you with my tales from beyond the cubicle wall in a while and yesterday (back in July, which is kind of like yesterday with just a few more calendar pages in between) was one of those days that reminded me that I need to. The day got off to a bad enough start and I should?ve realized it would be best for me to go home, even though it was my fault.I ...
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Working 9 To 5. If I Have To. (yeah, it's a repost)
2008-03-20 04:30:00
Maybe it?s the dawning of spring and much warmer weather or it could just be the way my boss looked at me when I left the office (45 minutes early) this evening, but I have found myself thinking about other career paths on occasion lately. I should say that on occasion means when I am awake, or just breathing, really. It?s not that I hate my job, but the walls of my cubicle do feel like they are closing in on me tighter than the trash compactor in Star Wars. As a result, I?ve been watching people around me more closely to hopefully get alternative career choices. Well not alternative as in bio-fuel maker or exotic animal manure composting?not that I have anything against anyone currently doing that. In fact, do you have flyers and handouts I can take with me?While out walking this morning, I passed a pool guy getting his truck ready for a day of cleaning other people?s pools. I don?t know if it was the exhaust of the two 18-wheelers that passed me at that moment or what, but I start...
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