George Will on the Soul Train would be AWESOME.

Ooh, it does on the iPad. Nifty.

Does shaking an iPad remind you of shaking an Etch-A-Sketch? Because that's what it seems like to me.

ION, 3 people in my department of 5 are out today (2 of them all week), and I have to do the jobs of 2 of them plus me. I will be as crazy as Charlie Sheen by the end of the week.

(I laughed in incompetent!boss's face -- not on purpose -- when he asked me seriously if we would be able to meet a deadline for a schedule that he created on the assumption that everyone would be here all week. Uh, yeah, dude. I can do 3 people's jobs, but I still only have 8 hours a day to do them in. Maybe you should try helping. Oh, wait. You can't. Because you don't know how to do SHIT around here.)

This is when I remember I want to keep booze in my desk.

This is when I remember I want to keep booze in my desk.

When I was a kid, I always thought it was cool in those '60s TV shows where the guy has a bar in his office.

Not actually having a bar in my (not) office is more disappointing than not having a jet-pack or flying car....

crazy as Charlie Sheen

This is totes the new 'flipping out like a mammal.'

Stay strong Sistah Steph. You can do it...or at least survive it.

George Will on the Soul Train would be AWESOME.

No.

Did I ever tell y'all about the night my husband got high and told me, among other things, to "Get up and shake it to Soul Train"?

crazy as Charlie Sheen

This is totes the new 'flipping out like a mammal.'

Tim hadn't really heard about the utter bizarreness of the stuff Charlie Sheen has been saying, so I went looking for quotes last night. When I told him the "tiger blood" one, Tim said, "Martin Sheen IS A TIGER?!?"

Does shaking an iPad remind you of shaking an Etch-A-Sketch?

It really really does, yes.

heh ... someone posted an article about Charlie Sheen in the office kitchen - basically little bits and pieces. One - the last if you read it top to bottom, left to right - is a quote from John Stamos, the gist of which was that no, he wasn't replacing Charlie Sheen on the show, but that Martin Sheen had called and asked him to be his son.

My sister had been ignoring Charlie Sheen, so I gave her a brief primer. I love Skype, because I got to see the look on her face.

I did read that CBS will be paying the crew, which is good.

My father used to have a bar in his office. There are perks to the diplomatic corps, even third tier.

where she's said things like "this is my fault. If I'd been a better mother, you'd be a better daughter."

Last year, my mom wrote an email that said something like "my one regret is not raising my daughter to listen to differing views in a fair and balanced manner." She wrote that email to my DH. And then followed with a list of other ways in which I'm disappointing to her.

Currently, a year later, things are much, muchmuchmuch worse and overflowing with added guilt. She's told my sister I've abandoned her, and that I haven't spoken to her in weeks. Despite speaking to me on the phone last week. She's playing some money games on the side, so something she offered to pay for, then decided to only half-pay for, we've decided we could finance ourselves with less stress and scrambling - plus we figured she needed the money for something else. So we just this morning got an email telling us how horrid I am for rebuffing their gift.

I am in the crazy aisle with Vortex. I hate it.

Sparky, before you ask, yes he's talking with recruiters out of state. Oh, and apparently my parents are planning a delightful elderhostel getaway with yours. Unless the crazy is overflowing there too.

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tons of job~ma for DH Amy.