You MUST!!!! And lick Adam for me.

Oh yes, I can see this. They ask for audience questions and get "Can I please lick Adam. It is for my friend Steph, in Ohio. She wants to know if it is a myth that he tastes like.....oh, no? Sorry..."

I waited too long to eat lunch today, and now my low-blood-sugar headache won't leave. I've already given it food, caffiene, and excedrin, but what I really need is a nap and a hot bath.

It is wicked busy in here today. I can't concentrate on the reading I need to do. I think I'll go home. I didn't have to be here anyway. I was just trying to make a good effort. I think an hour on my day off is showing something, right?

Oh dear. I may have been hanging around here too long.

We had a lunch for a cow-orker who's leaving. It was long and there were many platitudes being thrown around. The woman across the table from me was eating her bread and somehow the subject of her chewing distorting her face came up. She sort of puffed out her cheeks and said something about "haven't you ever put a ball in your mouth?" I almost piped up with "does a ball gag count?"

Luckily, my brain kicked in before my mouth did.

THAT would have livened up the luncheon.

And the break room -- for quite a while.

oh, we went OUT - to a nice restaurant. Lots of business lunches going on around us. And our president sitting next to me.

Thank God for Leif's bold and swaggering sense of style and for Gud having his camera handy, because otherwise today would be a total waste.

What JZ said.

Puts away the knives and pulls out the chainsaw.

Let me at 'em!! I'll be glad to handle all your asshat needs as required today. Brought to you by the person who was told she couldn't finish what she promised to by noon, had 6 units under test given to another tech and then got them all back because he couldn't do the job and she still had it all done by noon. Confidence, much? Blargh, yes, it's an important client, but I don't BS and I don't tapdance. WYSIWYG. Still, gotta say, while it's frustrating, it's not the level of asshattery seen by the rest of you today. I'm off to go drink beer and will think of you all as I do so.

Anyway, cute pictures of Leif, Gud! Thanks for making the day a little cheerier.

Oh, and sj? I've found that writing the director of the program or department head with a fix it or suffer letter that is cc: to your rep and/or senator usually gets people to sit up and take notice. Good luck with the insurance.

I just got a big honkin' bonus and was told how great my work for Team A was. Instead I am obsessing on Team B, which I asked to leave because I couldn't work with them, sending me E-mail that hinted at disappointment with my tidy-up work. Obsess obsess I should have done a better job for Team B.

Could somebody bitch-slap my brain? Thanks.

Could somebody bitch-slap my brain? Thanks.

Betsy's brain, just settle down! You got a big honking bonus, plus the appreciation and the praise. That's plenty good. Team B needs to go fuck off right now.