Friday, November 27, 2009
Days after a holiday – especially after Thanksgiving or Christmas – are really strange at work. The office is nearly empty. The people who are here are working but are distracted by the empty space. It’s surreal, being in a place where all the desks look like they normally do but the people are missing.
It’s a good day to clean the desk, the filing cabinets and streamline the inbox. It’s like a mandated “organizational activities” day. Make sure the paperclips are in proper order (smallest to largest), throw out the old files that aren’t needed any longer (DOS 6.1 upgrade instructions), and clean off the desk (months of coffee rings to scrub)…
There’s a phrase that goes something like “if you don’t have time to do it now, then when will you have time to do it?” that encourages people to take action immediately rather than procrastinate.
I now realize the answer to that question is “I’ll do it the day after Thanksgiving!”
Is it 5:00 yet? 
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Is this tumblr? (link to Patrick Moberg’s description of social media sites…)
Or is this tumblr? (link to a tumblr that has “funny captions” on photos…NSFW)
There’s a joke in here, someplace, that describes that surreal moment after the fifth bottle of wine when Santa takes a surprising spot in the F/M/K game that asks “Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy”.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
That means it’s my birthday.
Let my last year as a 30-something begin.
Monday, November 23, 2009
So after my post about F/M/K I played a few games with friends.
The problem: I didn’t know my friends as well as I thought because their replies were…um…
Example one:
Me: “OK, F/M/K: Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Idi Amin”
Not-Me: “Can I kill them all?”
Me: “I changed my mind. We aren’t playing this. Let’s drink.”
Example two:
Me: “OK, F/M/K: Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed”
Not-Me: “I don’t believe in marriage. Can I F two of them at once?”
Me: “I changed my mind. We aren’t playing this. Let’s drink.”
Example three:
Me: “OK, F/M/K: Robert Plant, Robert Smith, Robert Dylan”
Not-Me: “Who?”
Me: “I changed my mind. We aren’t playing this. Let’s drink.”
Sunday, November 22, 2009
The photo links to the blog where I found this. I still think this stuff needs more Buffy…
