Oh, and I finished 98 cover letters. Three more and I'll be done with all the job openings I've found so far.

Ugh Hil. I hate that part of the job search.

Oh, that reminds me. I have a moment right now so I'll go look at your statement.

If the balloon shop has a four foot panda I am totally buying it.

Oh, that reminds me. I have a moment right now so I'll go look at your statement.

Thanks.

On the way home from the hospital I think I'll get the ingredients for Lasagne.

I'll have to look through my pictures and see if I can find the one I took of my niece with a christening gift--a three-foot-tall clown doll. She's got this really pensive look on her face while she's staring at it sharing the chair with her which is just adorable. (I'll have to show it to her next time I see her--she's now 16, and I have yet to embarrass her with baby photos!)

insent, Hil.

. My alarm is "Going Through the Motions" because it really REALLY captures how I feel about morning.

Oh, hey, that's a good one.

So you'll all go ahead and take my word for it and make with the virtual love and strong liquor, si?

Oh, sweetie. {{{{{{{{{{epic}}}}}}}}}}}

Check it: you can download the Jeeves "Good morning, sir" messages for only $15 bucks or so from the clock manufacturer. [link] Why don't they offer the "madam" ones?

Some of the things I managed not to say over the past couple of days:

Yes, I understand that you want to know when you can see the exhibitors. That's why I told you in our first conversation when the exhibit hall is open. The EXHIBIT hall is where the EXHIBITors are.

You don't have to give me your complete identification, your company name, your location, and a complete history of your relationship with the association. Just ask for the information you need and let me answer the three other people who are calling (probably with the same question).

The conference starts tomorrow. No, you can't get a refund. You couldn't have gotten a refund if you'd called yesterday. Or the day before. If you didn't want to come to the conference, why did you register and pay?

No, we're not having a conference for 1,500 people in our office. That's why we have the name of the conference center, driving directions, and floor plans of the center in the brochure you're waving at me.

Toddson, the stupidity of people never ceases to dumbfound.

Shit I actually said today in a meeting:

Would you like to finish the explanation or do you just want to interrupt me when I get it wrong?

Unsurprisingly, he chose the latter.

Crotchety old weasel fart. I STG he withholds information just so he can correct people. Can't retire soon enough.