According to my ice-cream and product choices, I am a self-critical introvert.

Are you making that up?!?!??

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Well, I just got verbally attacked by a rep from the Carpenter's Union.

He barged his way onto our floor, was rude and yes, I made a smartass comment while they were up here. But outside, he leaves just behind me and SCREAMS at me. Swearing, screaming. And then he told me I needed to quit smoking. I told him he needed to quit being an asshole.

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Food choices:

Coffee: You're lively, dramatic, seductive and flirtatious and live life with gusto. You throw yourself headfirst into everything and prefer to live in the moment rather than think about the future. Best match: strawberry

Okay, fine. But does it matter that my choice was based on the fact that I don’t like stuff in my ice cream?

If you picked A in at least two out of three, you're a quiet, reserved, contemplative person who tends to think before you leap. You're the opposite of impulsive.

I picked 2 As and a B. riiiiight. He should consider the fact that there is one savory and one sweet choice in the first two, and two sweet choices in the third. As a person who prefers savory flavors, I’m going there every time.

We cannot determine whether the addition to the letter was made by someone within the office or by someone with access to the office, but it is on my letterhead and the responsibility for it lies with me,

You know, I give her MAD props for just accepting the responsibility. A lot of Republicans people would have blamed it on staff, said “the person responsible will be fired”, etc. She just stepped up to the plate.

If me and my date are at the ice cream parlour, we're ordering at least two flavours. And then share.

See, I’m not a sharer. Of course, when in a sharing environment, like Chinese food or tapas, great. But, as a general rule, I’m selfish. But, this is not news.

My other fear is using the word "pubic" instead of "public".

A friend of mine who works on the Hill had an office where “pubic” was not in the spell checker, so that it would always show up.

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But outside, he leaves just behind me and SCREAMS at me. Swearing, screaming. And then he told me I needed to quit smoking. I told him he needed to quit being an asshole.

the fuck?

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And then he told me I needed to quit smoking. I told him he needed to quit being an asshole.

I suspect you're much more likely to quit than he is.

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No kidding. He never gave it up while he was pregnant.

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I know, wtf indeed.

t shudder

All I kept thinking about though (thank you, ita!) was how, if I ended up on the ground, his penis was in perfect kicking position and I could pivot on my elbow.

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Wow, Peggy fucking Noonan (the famous Reagan speech writer) is trashing Bush: [link]

It's very well written. Lots of quoteable stuff, but I'll try to limit my quoteage...

Bruce Bartlett has written of how, as a conservative economist, he was treated with courtesy by the Clinton White House, which occasionally sought out his views. But once he'd offered mild criticisms of the Bush White House he was shut out, and rudely, by Bush staffers. Why would they be like that? Because they believe that as a conservative, Mr. Bartlett owes his loyalty to the president. He thought his loyalty was to principles.

There are many stories like this, from many others. It leaves friends on the outside having to self-censor or accept designation as The Enemy. It leaves a distinguished former government official and prominent Republican saying, in conversation, "Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot!"

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The president has taken, those around him say, great comfort in biographies of previous presidents. All presidents do this. They all take comfort in the fact that former presidents now seen as great were, in their time, derided, misunderstood, underestimated. No one took the measure of their greatness until later. This is all very moving, but: Message to all biography-reading presidents, past present and future: Just because they call you a jackass doesn't mean you're Lincoln.

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My other fear is using the word "pubic" instead of "public"

There is a parking garage in Bethesda MD whose sign out front has read "PUB IC PARKING" for as long as I can remember. And then I went home one year, and they'd gotten a new sign, and I was terribly disappointed.

In other "change is bad" news, F&B has completely revamped their menu, for like the bazillionth time this year. Now they don't even have garlic aioli for the fries anymore (I asked if they still had any, the cashier brightly told me they did, and then handed me a tub of tartar sauce), they've changed all the hot dogs, lost the chicken frites entirely, and added a bunch of lame pretentious wraps and salads. Dude! Bring back my freaking Prairie Dog!

I don't like how the ice cream choices in the Food Sign thing fail to reciprocate. Like, as a Coffee, I'm apparently best matched with a Strawberry. But Strawberries are best matched with Rocky Road, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Vanilla! WTF? Are we all doomed to unhappy ice cream love matches?

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Snack foods are so confusing!

This is true. Like, does "cheese curls" mean stuff like Cheetos, or stuff like Cheese Puffs, or both? And actually, was he talking about all pretzels, or only little snackfood pretzel twists, or only fresh soft pretzels?

Plus, I would get different kinds of ice cream depending on whether I was getting a cone or a sundae or whatever.

If me and my date are at the ice cream parlour, we're ordering at least two flavours. And then share. That's the way a good date goes.

Hm. I don't think it would occur to me to share. Which is probably due to a both my fussiness and my complete lack of dating skills. Or maybe just the latter.

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