Favorite client: pays bills not only on time but early. Easy to get along with always appreciative. Never bargains, so I find excuses to give her discounts so she is not paying a higher rate than pain-in-the-ass clients who are hard to work for. Decided I ought to give her some sort of gift.

Problem: she runs a one person office, and I know she gets hit on a lot by vendors which creeps her out. So I think no chocolate, no wine or booze, no candy, no flowers nothing that could feel too personal. Something that shows appreciation for a good client but with no vibe. Given the circumstances I need to choose something that is really unambigous about being a gift for a good customer, and not overly personal.

Something office related. A nice pen, like maybe the fancy wood ones, for example.

Maybe Harry & David type goodies?

Happy... Standard Time, everyone!

For some reason, Halloween made me think of "Dogs in Elk", and so I just went and re-read it. The hilarity sure stands up over time, and I also get a kick out of seeing lori in there!

Probably because of the team at MIT that recreated Dogs in Elk with a pumpkin carving. And, wow, that was 10 years ago. Probably the dogs are no longer living. But happily romping in elk carcasses somewhere in the great beyond.

I think she's adorable and that the camera loves her, but I'm biased.

Dude, no. Your child is ridiculously "I will dominate your face!" photogenic.

Agreed. I am consistently blown away by how incredibly gorgeous and expressive that child is.

Definetely agreed.

I started getting a pretty bad migraine (by my measurement, not ita measurement) at about 2:00 yesterday afternoon, so I've been asleep at least 11 out of the last 16 hours.

I may never need to sleep again.

Yes, the pumpkins! I had forgotten.

And I missed the post, but Plei, your daughter is the most photogenic child I have ever seen. I imagine she is also that cute in person.

An odd case where reading the comments is worth it - this article about Andre Agassi wearing a wig in the 90's only took 25 comments to devolve into a raging flame war about Obama's place of birth (with a healthy side helping of racism and anti-semitism). Record derail!