<waves back>

Oh, you were trying not to be mean.

yes, but clearly, i'm not very good at it.

Most of the time I don't even try. Does that mean I'm not very good at it either?

Righteous fury seems more your speed than boring ol' meanness, Vortex.

THEN having to explain to her (AGAIN!!!) that the page count has to be divisible by four and WHY.

How did this person get a job in publishing? HOW? Would you like a croquet mallet to smack her with?

And now, in the time-honored tradition of ignoring stress by window-shopping on eBay: Oooh, one of the MCR armbands from the previous tour! I just don't know if I want to spend $45 to indulge my fangirlishness. (And yes, I can hear Pete saying that I do not need it, and that I should close the browser window.)

Since I'm not in publishing it took me about a minute and a half to figure out why it has to be divisible by four.

Sail is me.

She's been in publishing how long? I'll be glad to bitchslap her for you if no one else will.

I'll let Sail take it, she's related to the Roller Derby. I think her bitchslapping powers are probably Mighty.

I am right there with you. In fact, once I get back from my weekly check-in meeting with my boss, I think I'm going to spend some time updating my resume. Because if I don't, I will go crazy.

I would swear you just had a weekly check-in, like, day before yesterday. Are these at least helpful to you in some way, or yet more time taken away from Stuff You're Trying to Finish?

Well, I suppose you could not have a number of pages divisible by four, and then add some extra blank pages that say, "This page intentionally left blank because my boss is an idiot."

Am I the only one who finds the irony of printing "this page intentionally left blank" hilarious? When I first pointed it out around here ("here" meaning Work, not b.org, where Irony is properly appreciated) I got a lot of blank looks - Engineers, y'know.

edit for clarity of expression

Am I the only one who finds the irony of printing "this page intentionally left blank" hilarious?

no, not at all.

I'm trying to decide if I want to kill a little time this evening by going to the outlet mall up the road.

Yes!

I mean, that's how I would like to kill a little time this evening. Alas, with this deluge, I think it's home and jammies for me.

I would swear you just had a weekly check-in, like, day before yesterday.

Oh no, Monday's check-in was to see if I was okay after the horrible horrible week last week. And I'm sure there will be some sort of check-in on Friday, before I go on vacation.

Are these at least helpful to you in some way, or yet more time taken away from Stuff You're Trying to Finish?

Not really helpful, no. But then, my boss is trying to make up for being a mostly absentee boss for the past six months or so. Pity it isn't really working.

Yay, Vortex Validates!