Your family's in Jackson, ChiKat? My grandmother was born and raised there, as was a college friend.
They're actually about 30 miles south of Jackson in a tiny town, Bolivar. My dad is in a nursing home there and my mom lives at home in an even tinier town outside of Bolivar, Saulsbury.
I heard of an office once that rebelled against "casual Friday" and instituted "formal Friday". Men would wear tuxedoes, women would wear gowns and tiaras.
That's kind of fabulous, but unless you wear the same gown every week, it could get expensive. I also don't know how comfy I would be working all day in a gown. I have worn a tiara all day at work and know that's perfectly doable.
ChiKat, yeah, the article didn't mention how the girls afforded the finery! I think a gown would be totally comfortable all day, providing you had on comfortable underthings. And providing you weren't too troubled about the chance of, say, dropping mustard on it.
I heard of an office once that rebelled against "casual Friday" and instituted "formal Friday". Men would wear tuxedoes, women would wear gowns and tiaras.
Once, a neat gimmick. Regularly, no.
I actually do like Verdana on-line because it is easier on my extremely bad eyes. But never for print.
Furry Friday
This could make some people really really happy.
We do spirit wear Fridays and wear our school shirts. We also have "gold Wednesdays" and wear a gold/yellow shirt (school colors=blue and gold).
Oh, the Parthenon. I must go see it again, now that work on Athena is finished
The one time I was in Nashville was for a F2F for the board I hung out on before I discovered Salon and Table Talk and y'all. We stayed in the hotel right across from the Parthenon-alike, which was very cool to walk through. There was an Athena there when I visited (1999, IIRC)--have they just refurbished her?
Work on Athena began in the 1990's, I think, but when I went to visit with my girlfriend in ~2004 Athena was there but unfinished. There may have been another smaller Athena in previously? I don't know.
One office I worked in had Ugly Shirt Friday once a month. This was fun, and quickly became Ridiculous Hawaiian Shirt Friday.
Long day, but started my ANT/Twitter experiment. If you wanna help me, do whatever it is you're doing there: [link]
Also, since I've been gone for a few days to finish with this academic year, let me just {{{Bitches}}}. I love you guys.
OMG, sj--are you eloping THIS weekend, or just planning a future elopment in maine??
