But you figured out who I really am, right?

Yes, indeedy. How's Little Jandek?

And I realize I'm a liar, since the sushi was Tuesday night. This whole week, I've had no idea what day it is, which makes no sense because I've known what class I had and stuff, I just dissociated the fact that I had my Wednesday classes from the fact of it actually being Wednesday. I am so cracked out right now.

Speaking of research, I recently read an amazing article attributing qualities of various Greek gods to CEOs...

Getting paid to compare CEOs to Greek Gods is one hell of a business plan.

Hey Spidra! Welcome back. Come play in the music thread.

I Tivoed all three showings of the Isaac show to make certain that I caught Jesse.

I wish I could see that Greek god thing. /mythology buff

Holiday times kinda drive folks nuts with depression and consumerism. Though I'm choosing not to go to the family celebration this year (for my own sanity), I'm definitely prone to depression. Luckily, I capitulated to my poverty a number of years ago and no longer go through the craziness of getting together lots of cards and gifts. That keeps things saner. I'm also pretty isolated from major media and malls so I don't get burned out on some things. I thought I'd enumerate the things I dig about this season:

• Lights. Holiday lights, especially candles.
• Trees, garlands, winter-blooming and fruiting plants. Some bigwigs used our office for a meeting so they decorated the back conference room with garlands of evergreens (some conifers, some not) and little mandarin oranges. It looked lovely.
• Better food in the office kitchen (as long as you're not on a diet. Which I won't attempt until Jan.)
• Holiday movies (It's a Wonderful Life, Holiday Inn...)
• Baking
• The ritual of making house calls and greeting friends

Howdy, Hec! I''ll probably play tentatively at first. I'm not up-to-date with music and haven't been for years so I feel a little like I have not-so-much to contribute. Also, I turned 40 in Sept. and I think my lifestyle, etc. have finally made me have to admit it. I'M MIDDLE-AGED.

Eek!

I take it back. It wasn't an article, it was a chapter of this book: [link]

That actually sounds like an interesting book, but I think it may be because I am interested in religion and theatre and how they intersect.

This chapter I would like to read:

Chapter 3: Dramatizing Leadership
Theater Through the Ages
The Theater Metaphor in Organization Studies
Theater in The HBR Interviews: From Morality Play to Global Show
Dramatic Range
Putting On a Show

Question: what's the difference between ballpoint and rollerball pens? And is one considered more fancy than the other?

Also, I like the good Christmas music -- the stuff with trumpets and sopranos and lots of Latin, or the stuff in minor keys. Not a big fan of "Jingle Bell Rock" (mostly because it's a whole lot easier to get that irritatingly stuck in your head than, say, "Adeste Fidelis").

Finally, what the hell do I get my brother? I don't even know what he's planning to do with his life now, but I need to get him one nice unexpected present, to go with his wish-list stuff.