How NOT to impress a powerful partner with your industriousness of billability, by: me.

File all documents on your desk, leaving it mostly empty and shiny except for a clean pad of paper. Begin selecting which pens to put away by which ones have the most ink. Make eye contact with passing partner as you appear to be mostly occupied with staring at a pen in each hand. Get back to actual work.

Hec, you wouldn't start a file on me just because I like my water lukewarm would you?

Probably wouldn't go over so well in Kansas City

You'll find as much difference of opinion there as anywhere.

does anybody have a favorite Flickr account that's not their own?

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Or, you know, thought of Certain Crack you introduced me to...

HAH! Speaking of crack, I think I hurt myself with the Plastic Winchesters this morning, the ones with the trolls and the John and then the one after with WeeDean that I didn't have time to finish.

You know what's going to happen when Lee tries to normalize using you as the baseline? I just move Lee over into the freaky category. Same with Nora.

Dude, you're putting me in a corner with Plei and Nora and you think that's a BAD thing?!?

Consuela, when you come back from Escapade, can I tempt you and the dvds to the Burbs? I'll give you scotch!

I like my water room temperature, too! One of the several reasons I keep a pitcher on my desk now.

Make eye contact with passing partner as you appear to be mostly occupied with staring at a pen in each hand.

Ha! Sorry.

Here's what it has come to in my work life: I just had a meeting that I felt pretty good about, compared to other recent meetings. One of the other participants called me after to make sure I was OK. Because she thought today's meeting was rough. HAHAHAHANO.

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mac lost his first tooth. loves baseball. is being spoiled.

I'm feeing guilty for living far away, am breaking out, and am consuming way too many vanilla cokes via Sonic.

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Hec, you wouldn't start a file on me just because I like my water lukewarm would you?

I wouldn't start a file, no. I'd just update your file.

::gives Jesse the lukewarm eye::

Dude, you're putting me in a corner with Plei and Nora and you think that's a BAD thing?!?

It's the corner with the giant gerbil feeder water bottle. Room temp, as madames have requested.

mac lost his first tooth. loves baseball. is being spoiled.

Go baseball! Go Mac!

Does he love playing it or watching it?

You guys see how I stay out of the category? Burrell and I are slick like that.

It's good to know that ita's got my back.

Allyson, I say go ahead and lean a little. You've got a pretty big load of karmic goodwill built up what with all your good works and all.

so far playing. apparently they had video of it in Ethiopia. We'll see later this spring how he does watching a live game.

Okay, now I'm confused as to the status of my file. Not that I'm changing my stance on drinking water.

It's the corner with the giant gerbil feeder water bottle. Room temp, as madames have requested.

We are perfectly capable of drinking out of a cup, thank you, just don't put any ice in it, please.