Yeah, still sick. Congested and low-grade fevery - I'm suggesting low-grade because it's enough to make you feel odd and slightly nauseous but not enough to make you feel like you should really be asleep.

(Although, my guess is, I should probably really be asleep.)

And when I stopped by the Walgreen's on my way home from work on Monday they were so completely out of orange juice that I got the impression that my entire town may have this bug.

From ABC to WB: TV Worth Talking About?

It's a shame there's no WB anymore.

Ya know how I have complained about my job for yonks?

This is the first week where the balance has tipped from old job to new job and so far so good. I'm busy, learning new things, being challenged, and have gotten good support and feedback from my new manager.

See...I'm not always grrrrrrrrrrrr.

I went mildy nuts and bought the Ultimate X-Files Collectors edition, and it arrived yesterday. Scully! Mulder! Cancerman! Skinner!

Yum, so many episodes I want to re-watch. Now I want to start doing vids.

Pretty late myself, Fred, but I passed on your tips and SIL says "thanks".

The LOLcat Bible:

At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz.

Good God, Scrappy. I'm so very sorry for your loss, and your poor family. I can't even begin to imagine how it must feel. Peace to you all.

Meara - YAY for the job!

All the various Buffistaspawn just overwhelmed me with their combined cuteness. Just - adorable. (As was the image of ND crashed out with the kitties! Bless!)

Also - PC, that's absolutely awesome about your friend and her Bollywood career! Go Team Her!

So, today we're off to The Ancient City with 42 small children in tow. Fingers crossed nobody hurls on the hour-long bus journey...

PC, that's absolutely awesome about your friend and her Bollywood career! Go Team Her!

Thanks, Fay! It's very cool.

Wanna hear something bizarre?

Last weekend, I'm chatting with a good friend who owns a super high-end communications firm here in DC. We are sharing the typical "this was my week" stories.

She starts telling me about this really interesting proposal she's gotten from a similarly high end architectural design firm. It involves a integrated business strategy model that she thinks is really impressive.

Suddenly, a bell goes off in my head...certain phrases sound very similar. I say, "Wait. You aren't talking about X company, are you?"

She's stunned. "Yes, how do you know them?" she asks.

I KNOW THEM BECAUSE I DEVELOPED THAT PROJECT AND TRIED TO SELL IT OT THEM NEARLY 6 YEARS AGO.

Here, let me show you the proposal I wrote.

What are the freakin' odds of this happening? Company X courted me long enough to get this great idea out of me and then dropped me like a disease. Now, 6 years later, they are peddling it to others. I met this friend less than 2 years ago and we've become quite close. We don't often talk about her clients. In fact, I only know the name of one other company she works with.

I was SO angry, and then went through every stage of grief because this incident is what precipitated my decision to leave organization development behind.

In the end, it was a good thing, as I really love my work now, but jeebus. I was used.

The living well is the best revenge news is that my idea IS really good and this company has never been able to get it off the ground. Apparently I was too small potatoes for them at the time. "We didn't think she'd have the ooomph to get it off the ground." Well, apparently they were big enough potatoes to know it was a good thing but not enough to make it work.

Ha.

But still. Isn't that bizarre?

Well, Company X is about to get a cluestick, if your friend happens to mention the interesting confluence of ideas that Company X is now peddling.