So, LexisNexis people, is this funny? Slashdot has it under Comedy:
"The politicization of Bush's Justice Department, which this week was officially determined to be illegal, has a funny side too. Sometime in 2005-2006, White House Liaison Jan Williams attended a seminar on LexisNexis searches, and wrote one herself. When she left, she passed it on to her successor Monica Goodling in an email. Justin Mason, author of SpamAssassin, is skeptical about its accuracy:
[First name of a candidate]! and pre/2 [last name of a candidate] w/7 bush or gore or republican! or democrat! or charg! or accus! or criticiz! or blam! or defend! or iran contra or clinton or spotted owl or florida recount or sex! or controvers! or racis! or fraud! or investigat! or bankrupt! or layoff! or downsiz! or PNTR or NAFTA or outsourc! or indict! or enron or kerry or iraq or wmd! or arrest! or intox! or fired or sex! or racis! or intox! or slur! or arrest! or fired or controvers! or abortion! or gay! or homosexual! or gun! or firearm!
Needless to say, when asked about it, Williams first said she didn't remember ever seeing it, then said she'd used an edited version just once. LexisNexis records show she used it, as shown, 25 times."
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Whenever I get "please advise", it usually means a disdainful "something's broken/not working and it's ALL YOUR FAULT."
I get these, but often spelled "please advice" - always makes me read it a couple times. Then I offer my advice.
It has been making me do it and has been driving me crazy all day.
I'm not glad to hear it, exactly, but I am now reassured that it's Yahoo being stupid. I'm familiar with that.
And hey, you guys don't have to agree with me that "please advise" is passive aggressive. Unfortunately, that's all the context I have for it as a person in tech support.
I sometimes use "advice please" to indicate that I'm not sure how to handle something (i.e., someone wants a huge amount of information RIGHT NOW ... and they aren't members or anyone I've had dealings with, but my boss may have offered them info).
What was the free jewelry site?
Please advise is kind of p/a in that it is unnecessarily formal and unspecific, IME, but I only get it from people who I don't supervise -- people I supervise would be specific about what they want. It depends on the workplace.
Also on the lexis thing, it is easy to accidentally run 25 searches in lexis's records, so that part doesn't faze me. Why she didn't run a search on the person's name by itself is a mystery, but not surprising given she was learning the software.
Re: Plants
Thanks to Bonny, Plei & Beverly for the input. I think between Devil's Ivy & Aspidistra, I'm going to have to plump for Aspidistra given that it's non-toxic for cats (though hopefully they shouldn't get anywhere near it, but still) and I'm not so sure I want to fight the Devil's Ivy for dominance of the room.
So, Plei, where should I go looking for an Aspidistra, then?
Ay dios mio. Something that is really not a big deal is about to become a slightly bigger deal, made bigger by the fact that I'm going to be out of the office at meetings tomorrow and Friday. Ugh!
