Cute yet disturbing: USB teddy bear

Have you tried pouring hot water down it?

I've taken office supplies home, inadvertently or for work I'm doing at home. However, I've also brought office supplies in to work, freebies or items that I particularly want to use, so I honestly think that if it's not a wash, my employer ends out a little ahead.

It seems like every few years I see an article about how stolen pens and paper clips are the ruination of American business, but those studies never seem to take into account the whole picture. Often, there are hours of unpaid work, or situations like mine when you're conscientious overall but not so much that you don't use a pen or paperclip. I mean, if someone walked in off the street and asked for a sticky note or a paper clip, I'd give it to them too.

My roommate just got back, and we tried some crazy, last-ditch plunging. Then called a plumber. And now it looks like the mad, mad plunging may have fixed it.

That's how it works, shrift. The world is cruel.

Kat, I hunted through the archives, and the first mention of the PGJ I found was me, Sep 19, 2002 4:53:39 pm EDT #2182 of 10024 in Natter 1 here:

Stick with me girlie. I'll show you the brazen ways of the Pink Gingham Junta.

But it formed before then, I know it. Just can't find it.

So basically, you should have called the plumber, then done some light plunging and it would have all been fine.

Okay, now I've found this:

connie Neil17-Sep-02 9:58 AMSpike's Bitches 1: Heart of Snarkness38So we're on the snarky porn site and talking health. Though of course it's Teppy's health, which is a deeply interesting subject. brenda m17-Sep-02 9:59 PMSpike's Bitches 1: Heart of Snarkness40Well, it is in the general boob region. billytea17-Sep-02 10:33 PMSpike's Bitches 1: Heart of Snarkness67One of her boobs got promoted? Dang, that could cause unrest. Her entire torso could fall under the heavy hand of a junta. lori17-Sep-02 10:36 PMSpike's Bitches 1: Heart of Snarkness71Only if the hand is dressed in pink gingham.

But that's not the genesis either.

HGTV show Freestyle? Apparently, not so free afterall.

So basically, you should have called the plumber, then done some light plunging and it would have all been fine.

Yep. I plunged my entire afternoon, and all I got was this flushing toilet.

From the article sumi linked to:

For instance, books are primarily visual props, not meant for reference or reading. They should be placed in random horizontal, vertical and diagonal patterns in a bookcase for maximum visual stimulation. Forget genre; books should be arranged strictly by size.

This is the part of the desing shows that usually bothers me. Once I saw them completely empty out a "cluttered" bookcase and only put a few back in.