I read in Reader's Digest once about horrified employees who'd just put their company's chairman of the board on hold when Johnny Paychek's "Take This Job and Shove It" came on the office radio that was tuned to the same station that provided their hold muzak.

The Dumbo octopus looks like a real-life Pokemon character.

Empress - you around? I need to hire out some smiting. BIG smiting. Like 5 people who need special level of hell smiting.

Our phones have a horrible feature: you can force the recipient's phone to go into speakerphone mode. Basically, you can FORCE their phone to answer.

One of officemate's bosses likes to use this feature if his callee doesn't pick up. You know, when they might have a valid reason for doing so?

Anyway, I remarked that it was a horrible feature to have.

So the guys next door, who can hear everything through the walls, are now torturing me with it.

I'm sure my big boss is wondering why I just shouted YOU ARE SO EVIL down the hall.

So 12.

I'm currently earwormed with the Lemonheads Confetti.

He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her if he couldve.
The storys getting closer to the end.
He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her if he couldve.
Hed rather be alone than pretend.

She just wanted him to love her but he didnt.
He took to the woods and wandered in it.
Walked along and on until they couldnt.
Stole himself to tell her that he wouldnt.

The tempo is way more upbeat than a breakup song should be but that is sort of perfect for where I am emotionally. A little sad, but even more glad to be moving on.

The fact that I'm possessed by a breakup song speaks to the fact that the whole matchdotcom thing may have been a bit premature. Ima leave that alone for a while.

Basically, you can FORCE their phone to answer.

Not if they unplug it.

But really, that is just an awesome amount of flubdubbery....

Empress - you around? I need to hire out some smiting. BIG smiting. Like 5 people who need special level of hell smiting.

Hey, this reminds me, I heard the perfect story for MM and Aimee this morning on NPR. It had camels, of course. And! They were jockeyed by robots!

Here it is [link]

Did someone post this? I think someone did, but just to be safe I'm gonna post it some more....

Ghostly Phantom Hedgehog Haunts the Old Wickshire Mansion

This albino African pygmy hedgehog was born in Cumbria, England. Albinism, more technically known as hypomelanism, is a congenital disorder that results in a lack of melanin pigment in the eyes, skin and hair.

Years ago, after the very cool software development company I worked for graduated from the developer's living room to taking over a floor in a big glass highrise (that was a wild ride, I tell you what) our employee perk of being able to choose the hold music bit us hard.

One of the original founders of WordPerfect was on the phone, holding for the developer. Suddenly, he wasn't. An assistant called back (from their Utah headquarters lined with photos of the two principals with their 5 girls and 5 boys respectively...very Mormon families) to inform us that the song Why Don't We Do it in the Road was probably a mistake in judgment.

All instrumental, all the time, from that point forward.

If reading the lyrics earwormed anyone and only actually hearing the song will help: [link]

I'm sure my big boss is wondering why I just shouted YOU ARE SO EVIL down the hall.

Call him, force his phone to answer, and tell him.