I am just not used to having people all around and foot traffic going by my cubicle. I think our stint in the sub-basement reinforced my already robust misanthropy.

[link] - debt article in line with the debt discussions we've been having off and on for the last 2 months.

bread and goat cheese (which is very good)

Do you pretend you are Heidi while eating this?

blarg. I'm bringing gronky back.

My minion missed the message about me not being in the conference call at 12:30 because the person who had called the meeting (not on staff) had done no work and - moreover - was not planning on doing any. Just making some. Which I wanted to avoid and come back later with "thank you but there is no way this can fit in the schedule."

Hee! Jimmy Kimmel's response to Sarah's "I'm F**king Matt Damon" video, and it's almost as funny (equally NSFW in terms of language, so put on your headphones when watching!). [link]

Huh. Appears that the post office lost the money market check I sent to pay off that credit card. I've called and put a stop payment on it and now need to mail another one. Not a huge deal, but I'm a tad annoyed at the USPS for costing me $10 and a fair amount of stress.

Interesting article on South Africa's elephant management plans. They have too many, they say, and culling efforts are complicated by the fact that elephants themselves are complicated.

the post office lost the money market check I sent to pay off that credit card

I need to go check BofA again, because ISTR they advertised something about guaranteeing your online payments get there for an extra fee. I didn't realise it was a jeopardy.

kinda quiet in Natter today, isn't it? what's everyone having for lunch? i think i'll have to live vicariously through you because mine is a boring sandwich, pretzels and some cookies from home.

I just ate some low-fat string cheese as a snack. Wow, that was deeply unsatisfying.

I had some pierogies, asparagus, carrots with a ginger glaze and some grilled chicken strips.