And if she doesn't like Seraphina or any of the variants, she has two middle names (one of which has several variants of its own) to fall back on.

They might use Sally I suppose, since it's a nickname for Sarah. It sort of fits the mid-century vibe of Violet.

I just overheard the manager of another department in our group complain to one of her people that they didn't have the scanner they really want yet, so the document was going to have to go through another department to get scanned as a jpg, and I popped up and mentioned than I knew how to use the department's copier as a scanner (one of my co-workers showed me how last week). Now I've got them thanking me right and left for showing them!

Now I've got them thanking me right and left for showing them!

Way to up the job security. "Layoffs? Layoff anybody but Kathy, she knows how to work the machines!"

"Barbie's Creator was a Sex Addict" [link]

Jack Ryan, whose five wives included the actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, is accused of staging wild orgies at his mansion in the exclusive Los Angeles suburb of Bel Air and surrounding himself with busty prostitutes hired because of their resemblance to Barbie.

Layoff anybody but Kathy, she knows how to work the machines!

Egg-zactly!!

I haz new computer! I am using it now AIFG!

My old iMac started dying on me in the last week, so I took the chance to buy a new MacBook Pro. It is so cool! It will take a little getting used to the track pad, but I can live with that!

A friend of mine has a white friend named Mei Ling. Always referred to as "my white friend Mei Ling."

Huh. I know a white woman in Manhattan whose name is pronounced like that.

I think its worth noting that Robinson was asked before Rick Warren was announced as leading his invocation -- this isn't a patch job, it was the plan from the start.

Not to beat a dead horse, but... it doesn't make it any easier to accept the Rick Warren invitation for me. If it were simply that Warren disagreed with gay marriage due to his religious belief, I wouldn't have an issue (even though I disagree). No, what he did was compare gay relationships to incest, bestiality, and pedophilia (and he was asked to clarify this position and said yes, that was exactly his meaning). There's just no way I personally can support that and it offends me when people say, "Well, Obama is just trying to surround himself with people with different points of view" because this is hate speech, pure and simple. It is in the same league as racism, anti-Semitism, etc. and I think none of it has a place at the inauguration. It's just not okay. And yes, it made Obama's glow much much dimmer in my eyes. And I am sad about that.

Huh. I know a white woman in Manhattan whose name is pronounced like that.

I think this one lives in Georgia or somewhere. But anyway, it's really no odder than Michelle Santangelo or whatever.