I fear if I had a label maker today, people would be walking around with thingies on their forehead saying "moron", "idiot","wtf?", "WHY"

And the stupid piece of equipment making me mental would be covered with "WORKDAMNIT!STUPID!HATE!"

So. Just as well I don't.

bon, did you get married yet?

Later this month. The current wedding stress is that fewer people are coming than we expected-- like a lot fewer. I'm going to assume it's the economy, and not our noxious personalities. But I still have a catering minimum to meet, so I'm putting out A LOT more food and alcohol per guest than I expected, and I have to find all that food and alcohol somewhere. Everyone gets a magnum of Dom at the bon Bob nuptials!

At the bookstore on Wednesday night, we found two copies of the Wall Street Journal in the cafe. A few weeks ago, we changed our newspaper policy from "out in the open so anyone can pick one up, bring it to the cafe, read through it, and then leave it in a messy pile so we can't sell it later" to "behind the register for sale only," so having two copies lying around confused us mightily.

A new employee was working the register that morning, so he could have just handed them out for reading instead of selling them. So, I labeled the hell out of the newspaper section behind the counter for all the newbies and to clarify the policy for the customers (a few of whom have bitched about the change to me). I love working with that label maker!!

Kathy, you know, I've been wondering about bookstores' losses from things getting trashed that way. It seems every time I get coffee at a bookstore, there are people with piles of books, magazines, newspapers, etc., which they read, crumple, spill coffee on and so on ... and then leave them on the table. Since I always carry at least one book with me, I don't understand this.

So Palin thinks Couric was playing hardball? "It's like, man, no matter what you say, you are going to get clobbered." Yeah, like asking what newspapers she reads, that's a toughie!

What a maroon.

I labeled all the usb cords for my computer with file folder labels folded over the cords.

bon, so nice to see you. I say, you order gobs and gobs of bottles for the bride and groom table and if you have to just take unopened bottles home afterward, so be it.

I am sure it is the economy. Plane tickets are astonishing to me these days. But have you called the people you haven't heard from? People suck at RSVPing these days. Including my husband, who then had to deal with a very embarrassing call from his friend who is getting married this weekend (in Denver, and we are not going.)

Yeah, I can't believe the $500+ plus prices for flights that (in my head) should be $300 TOPS.

Bob is suffering because I keep trying to label his file folders so he doesn't do stuff like, say, throw away his first paycheck from the university. Which he did.

I don't know that a label will really help that. Sorry.

I am making slow progress on the hated work. I'm trying to decide if bribing myself with a trip to Ikea over the weekend in order to come into the office makes any sense. Possibly being alone in the office + weekend Ikea crowds will make everything worse, not better....

All the talk of label makers reminded me I needed to back up the MS.

I remember a wedding that Lewis was best man at, for his best friend from med school-- both bride and groom were Russian Jews and the families were very practical. They couldn't see the point of buying big ass floral arrangements for the tables, so the centerpieces were big ass bottles of Absolut set on round mirrors with votive candles artfully arranged around each bottle.

That was one of the most raucous weddings we've ever been to, plus bonus! extra vodka left over, so we got to take a few bottles home that made up our vodka stash for several years.