Oh, I love Louisa.

For Margaret, would you use a nick? Love Maggie!

it turned out to be a bait and switch to get someone fired.

One of the reasons I moved away from doing OD full time. Such bullshit. I finally got to the point, when the sooper sekrit agenda came to light, where I'd say this: No. I will not be your hatchet person. If you'd like me to help you figure out why you continually find yourself in this position I will gladly do so. And I will wager my entire fee for this event that if you do fire this person, in 3 months, you will be blaming someone else as the problem child. If firing this person really does solve your problem I will return said fee at that time.

No one has ever taken me up on it.

One retreat had me calling bullshit between the two principals of a drug rehab agency. Husband and wife team. Mucho collusion and denial. I tried to help them see what was going on in a clear headed way. "This isn't bad so much as something that needs to be managed." They went OFF and kicked me out of the retreat center. Fortunately, they honored their financial commitment to me...but 3 months later I got a call from one of the employees. The couple's 9 year old son opened an anonymous package on their doorstep to find a video of his father engaging in things a 9 year old should never see. At the same time all the local news services received the package. It was a statewide scandal. Rather than vindicated, it just left me feeling sad.

So much pretense of change with no actual change.

For Margaret, would you use a nick? Love Maggie!

Magrat.

Glamcookie: [link]

(application no like mac/Firefox)

LOVE that site! A prof used it in a class as an example of good design.

Oh, Louisa was my go-to girl name for the Dillo. And Flora.

And, of course, my name is Phoebe.

bonny ... eeesh ... that story is creepy. But not, unfortunately, uncommon.

In my various jobs (mostly non-profit/trade association places) I've gone through a few "retreats". ick.

In my opinion, my personality and psychology, as long as they don't interfere with the job, are none of your damn business. Don't run the MMPP (is that the right acronym?) on me, don't try to make me "bond" with the other staff people. If there's a problem address it as a job-related problem, and not that someone needs their attitude adjusted (without benefit of booze).

(end of mini-rant)

I love Dare. What a great name.

My all time favorite girl's name, however, remains Rebel Holiday. Since I'll never procreate, I'd love for someone else to name their girl Rebel.

Someone should have a Clara. My grandmother was Clara Estelle. Gertrude needs to come back, too.