Blushworthy MM crosspost. I bet you do have a presence.

Stage presence or "Dude, deodorant, look into it" presence?

Have only moderately thought about you in ice cream topping though.

I'm told I'm rather good in cherry pie filling.

But I know the Discovery Channel would freak about "fuckcake". I like it though.

That would be awesome, especially if I had Mike Rowe's "job".

"We need you to masturbate Polar Bears."

"I need you to get a grip on reality, fuckcake."

And all roads really do lead to Baltimore...it was the Balmer opera. He says he joined to meet women.

Oh! Although I know I knew this about him I just processed that that may mean that my old boss, who has sung in the B'more opera chorus for years, may have known him.

I'm such a geek--haven't even been there and already having Smalltimore moments. There may be an intervention or something. Sheeit. No, you have a strong voice, MM. And you've smelled good when we met. Yeah, you'd bring something new to those production meetings. Wrod.

MM. hrm. that's a tough one. I know at an anime con, the Masquerade's MoC main job is to keep things moving along and to make sure that no one breaks the time limits. At a more traditional Masquerade I understand that the cosplay elements are missing. There are probably videos of previous Conclave Masquerades somewhere...

Actually, as producer, I think Rowe *decides* to masturbate polar bears.(Not usually for fun, but every once in a while, chemistry happens(/Rowe) I always like the crazy ones.

I think Sox had some kind of encounter with Mike Rowe in Baltimore, but I can't think what the story was, now.

I have one more annual review to write, and then I think I'm done. I've tried hard to include specifics about what all these people have done for the library over the past year -- I hope they appreciate it. Looking at what their old supervisor wrote, it was very unspecific but very high praise and it suddenly struck me that maybe they'll miss that.

Looking at what their old supervisor wrote, it was very unspecific but very high praise and it suddenly struck me that maybe they'll miss that.

yeah, that's a problem. But, your way is better.

They're still getting excellents and outstandings in a general sentence, but I've been using the rest of the space to try and come up with some project to link to -- instead of a whole paragraph of how great they are without mentioning anything they actually did.

I think UCB programmed me to do it this way since we didn't have annual reviews, but peer (tenure) reviews where you actually had to come up with specifics or risk not getting bumped up.

Belated Happy Birthday, Pete!

Kristin, if Byron refuses his meds, you might want to ask your vet for a piller. Saved our sanity when Teddy was on multiple meds twice a day. Also, if he gets several very small pills, you might want to look into getting some empty gelcaps at your local pharmacy. It's easier to get one large gelcap down them than two or three itty bitty pills.

I think I may have sold my stage presence in a yard sale 5 years ago.

funny... I picked up a used stage presence on eBay a few days ago... It smelt of elderberries...

Scrappy, I am so sorry to read your post and wish you and your family much comfort.

Go you Sparky for getting evals done. Man, I hate those as much as I hated grading mid-terms.

I think Sox had some kind of encounter with Mike Rowe in Baltimore, but I can't think what the story was, now.

it is true. he was very gentle... [TOTALLY KIDDING].

He's friends with some friends, and they have a great Boxing Day party. We talked for a bit this year - he's very funny in person, and was still trying to finalize the title for his book [Sparky, I was cheeky and suggested "Shit flows downstream and payday's on Friday" in honor of Grandpa] - and I met his (very patient) girlfriend, who's pretty darn funny herself. (Not a lot more to tell - DH and I were swapping places every few hours between party and watching baby sleep). The best version of the QVC nun story is here: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine [link] (the right link, this time)

There's much more to write - suffice it to say that Mal and Iris tore up the National Aquarium and there will be photos (and several TWC posts) soon. Raq was an excellent swimmer and managed to pull both toddlers out of the tank before the sharks noticed...