Should any one of you want to become famous, create a nonprofit and start getting offended.

Dude! I'm halfway there! Actually, I'm probably all the way there. It's just that I get offended most of the time at my own Christian peeps. Which is probably not as profitable, now that I think about it.

The International Internet Association to Keep Shrift From Killing People. Really.

I wouldn't want to cramp her style.

Does this mean that liberals are "hard wired" to be different from conservatives? This data alone certainly doesn't support that claim. After all, the go/no go task is a learned activity. The reason that it's hard to inhibit tapping when the "M" appears is that you've learned to tap when you see a letter. You could also learn to tap only when you see an M, and you might be able to learn to be better at this task. Could you learn to be liberal (or conservative)? This study doesn't answer that question, but my suspicion is you could. After all, what's considered liberal in the U.S. is considered conservative in many places. In other places, a U.S. conservative would be considered a flaming liberal.

That sounds more reasonable.

I wonder what my life would be like if I started every working day with a large gin and tonic.

Dana, what's the threat level for office with a door, but also with the daily client files and fax machine in it?

Hmm. What happens if you shut the door? Do people bang on it and ask for their faxes and files? If so, I think that takes you up to "office without a door."

Any news about the open floor plan threat?

Not really. We're moving at noon tomorrow, and they were still cleaning up the space when we went down there earlier this week. I don't think I'll know until we cart our computers down there.

The International Internet Association to Keep Shrift From Killing People. Really.

Hey, I've yet to kill even one person! Unless you guys already formed a secret society and you're working hard behind the scenes to keep the Earth a No-Kill Shelter in the face of my desire to exterminate.

OMG, you know who this guy is? It's Toad of Toad Hall!

TOTALLY Mr. Toad!

There's a tropical depression forming almost literally right along the coast. That hardly seems fair. They think it'll be a weak tropical storm by the time it hits later today.

Hmm. What happens if you shut the door? Do people bang on it and ask for their faxes and files? If so, I think that takes you up to "office without a door."

I really can't because I need to watch out for clients who'll just blithely wander into peoples' offices. It's just...there's no consideration for my being on the phone or having lunch, or just in general not wanting a bunch of people congregating around my desk or bitching about paperwork, faxes or schedules while standing around my desk. BAH!

Also, you know the quickest way to piss me off when you call for some information? Tell me what I "forgot" to tell you. I didn't forget to tell you; you forgot to ask.