Wouldn't you hate if if you were required to stand every time your boss entered the room?

All rise for Liu, the prima donna!

What, no brass band performing "Hail to the Comptroller"?

New York City's new comptroller, John Liu, has ordered his staff to rise whenever he enters the room and to address him as "Mr. Comptroller."

The new presidential-like formalities were laid out during a series of meetings last week that had veteran denizens of the Municipal Building snickering behind his back, sources said.

"I am making the adjustment myself. I'm used to calling him J.L.," said his press secretary, Sharon Lee. "This is universal, for people who have known him for years or people who are meeting him for the first time."

It WOULD be fun to make people say "comptroller" as much as possible...

I love the site Hack a Day, but can people see what's wrong with this paragraph?

[Sean_Carney] build this clock that tells the weather instead of the time. The two hands display the current conditions and the temperature. Forty below zero seems amazingly cold if you’re on the Fahrenheit scale but [Sean's] from Winnipeg so he’s operating on the Celsius side of things.

Weather clock

eta: Possibly intentionally wrong....

I don't get how -40°C isn't devastatingly cold--isn't it about the same as Fahrenheit?

Yeah. -40 is the one temp that's exactly the same for F and C.

Liu, she said, typically tells them to retake their seats and to call him John after the first formal greeting each day.

That's even more bonkers. Every day he tells people they can call him John??

And msbelle, I said my prior comment so maybe you don't have to have that as an added to-do item, unless there's something distinctly wrong with the afterschool place.

Holy crap, that's narcissistic!

Oh, I forgot to mention the Very Buffista Book I got for Christmas -- it's called Literally, the Best Language Book Ever. It's about pet peeves.

This is a guy that shows up at more unnecessary photo ops than Chuck Schumer and always tried to have a hand in political things that didn't involve his district or constituency. Liu transparently wants to be mayor. Nice start on that, Mr. Comptroller!

Holy carp, y'all. Old Navy had some super cheap clearance prices, so last night I ordered a bunch of exercise clothes and colorful underpants ($1.49/pair!), and they've shipped already.

I guess the universe really wants me to give yoga a try. And to rock some sassy pants.