Are people who aren't specifically celebrating Valentine's Day early supposed to avoid eating out for the entire weekend beforehand? Perhaps they should remain indoors with windows shuttered so as to avoid spoiling the mood of the holiday week?

I took myself out to a nice crab leg dinner on Saturday - not too much of the VTD vibe then. Tonight I'm having dinner with a friend - we're ordering out to avoid the throngs of couples in all the restaurants....

No V Day celebration here as DW is out of town through tomorrow night.

Word not giving me fits at the moment, but Excel is. Every time I type IHS (Intensity Hue Saturation), Excel changes it to HIS. Cause that's what it knows I MEANT to type.

I sent you one, didn't I?

This year? Chocolate? Score!

Um, no, I haven't received anything.

I kinda talked trash about a key member in my 9am meeting who didn't make it to the meeting, despite being here.

Turns out his mother broke her hip, and he'd just found out. Oopsie.

Every time I type IHS (Intensity Hue Saturation), Excel changes it to HIS. cause that's what it knows I MEANT to type.

I think you can turn that feature off. But I'm not in the mood to navigate Excell menus to find out for sure.

Word not giving me fits at the moment, but Excel is. Every time I type IHS (Intensity Hue Saturation), Excel changes it to HIS. Cause that's what it knows I MEANT to type.

This is why I do most of my word processing in Quark, even though you're not "supposed" to. No problems with auto-correction.

Turning off the auto-correction is not hard.

(1) When exactly was the vote that determined it was men's sole responsibility to plan Valentine's Day festivities? I missed it.

In some families, it's a man's responsibility kind of by definition.

We always made a big deal out of V-day when I was growing up, but it was more an excuse to exchange goofy cards with family members and eat chocolate. Kind of an "I love you and am glad to have you in my life" day. I always send cards to family and friends who are far away and that's who I get them from, too. I think it CAN be a couples thing, but I wasn't brought up that way, and am glad about that.

I bought a box of cheapo "Hello Kitty" cards and asked the weekend shift to make sure everyone had one on their desk when they got in this morning.

Turning off the auto-correction is not hard.

It shouldn't be. But for some reason Word still kept "fixing" my em-dashes and ellipses after I thought I'd turned off the auto-corrects in question. Actually correcting the problem required finding some additional menu that DH led me to. I hope I can find it again next time I'm setting up a manuscript.

I bought Lori the best accidental Valentine's Day Gift yesterday. She was there for the entire transaction and I looked at her and said, "Happy Valentine's Day."