That makes me want a Ruby Red. They require no sugar.

Salt and vinegar

Sometimes I think I would kill for a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips. Tonight is one of those nights.

For all that's holy, stop saying salt and vinegar! I don't have any and would have to go way out of my way to get any (lime, yes; chili lime, yes; pork cracklings, either with or without salsa, yes; avocado-flavored lentil chips, yes; but salt and vinegar, nowhere nearby), and you're making me CRAVE them!

I'm guessing saying Barbara's Cheese bakes won't help, will it.

brenda, can I come work for your company?

Hey, why not?

It's actually quite fascinating - they've just remodelled all our offices, to the point that there really are almost no actual offices. It's all wide-open, few interior walls, lots of meeting spaces - the kind of area in the pic is intended to be a break area but also a place for impromptu meetings. And it's used that way, all the time. It's all about the whole "culture of collaboration" thing that a lot of companies talk about - they're trying to put their money where their mouth is.

It's especially interesting to me because at the soul-sucking place, we moved to bigger, beautifully designed, upscale space about a year ago, - what actually happened was that communication lines and interaction were so cut off that it was a whole different atmosphere, and it seriously impacted how we worked.

It's like board culture - this sort of set up, v. threaded, v. some of the other ways people do it - it's amazing how the physical [virtual] design affects how you interact.

t /space management lecture

brenda, I like that - we have an open-cubicle set-up, and they're going to make us into individual-cubical jockeys, and I dread it. How far would I have to relocate?

No, seriously. I'm hating my job lately. I keep telling myself I can't leave because I have no skills, but that is, in fact, ridiculous.

Oh, hell. The meds are kcikign in and I have to go to bed. Carry on without me! save yourselves

I'm guessing saying Barbara's Cheese bakes won't help, will it.

AAAAAAHHHH! You're trying to keeeeell me! Is it not enough that I had to remove FIVE writing implements from my ceiling this afternoon, or that my students cannot reliably determine whether or not LEAD will SINK in WATER, you must taunt me with delectable snackybits as well?!?!

Salty-crunchy, plus cheesy . . . oh, my nemesis, someday I will conquer thee, I swear!

In WTF news, I stopped at Walgreen's on my way and was handed a box of 100 syringes without question, then had to sign for my Claratin D.

Lee, did they give you a sharps container too?

Nope. I'm a bad citizen, and don't use one. (I clip the needles though)