Somebody left chocolate on my desk. No note, no apparent reason. I love nice people.

I’m trying not to feel like too much of a jerk right now, as none of it was intended, but still. Writing has always been problematic. What words to use? How to use them? What do they mean? Do they mean the same thing to you? Culture, language, personality, and worst of all, emotion have [...]

I get a lot of sales calls on my line at work. To date I have never received a call that offered a product or service relevant to us because (a) if the salesperson had done any research at all, they would know that my boss would not be the appropriate person to call and [...]

I’ve never been so happy to be back at my nice quiet desk. I knew I had a few busy weeks, but when I finally had a moment to go back over personal e-mails I’ve been meaning to respond to and they date back to June . . . Oops. Life seems to accelerate so [...]

I just got jumped by the pooch. I was throwing the tennis ball for her, and I made the mistake of sitting on the floor while I threw it and waited for her to bring it back. We were going for quite a while, and she was in a fantastic mood. When bringing the ball [...]

Oh yeah. Nothing says protection like a laser cannon and glowing eyes.

So I’m listening to music at work on Friday . . . with my headphones on, as the Vogons will deep-fry and eat me if they hear anything other than the sweet rustling of meaningless paperwork. Some areas of the office they won’t even tolerate working with headphones on. Luckily the two women I share [...]