I have got to get out of here soon. Now annoying coworker is sending me IMs that go like this.

Hey Daisy

I just sent an email.

The subject was The Task I Needed to Do Today

If I'm actually going to do it tomorrow.

Is it ok to email that today?

Why the typing out a few words at a time? Why not write the whole thing and hit send.

Matt, I think that's for the best.

Shouldn't that be...

Matt,

I

think

that's

for

the

best.

DJ, how old is your coworker?

I learned to do that in IM because I didn't have a "typing" indicator and back in the old days, and that was how I learned to let people know I was typing.

Otherwise I would get interrupted typing long responses with "still there?"

Actually it would be like 7 posts, each with a different word.

But it's annoying me in IM, so I'm not doing that to y'all.

Mid-thirties? She seems my age.

She makes me dread my office IM. Dude, don't use me as a proxy so that you don't ask everyone stupid questions. Ask them the stupid question, they won't think you're stupid as long as you only ask it once.

I swear though, every fucking morning it's shping Good Morning! shping Do I need to put in a request shping for the thing that is my fucking job? shping Or do you have it?

I could probably keep an indoor plant alive if it would scratch at the door for more sunlight and looking longingly at the faucet.

Ooh. That'd be nice.

Personally, I know I don't care enough for pets, societally (ie, I would not be spending $500 on surgery if they swallowed something they shouldn't have), so I don't have any. If/when I feel the need for that...well, maybe.

Timelies all!

I'm in the "love my cats, but know full well that they are cats" category. We may jokingly speak for the cats, but we hold no illusions that they are intelligent in the way humans are.

Matt, the segment where Larry the Cable Guy skated with a roller derby team was actually worth the 12 minutes to watch it. I wouldn't say that for the rest of his show.

I didn't want another dog while the kids were little. They really don't get enough attention when you have little kids. I'm glad we inherited Cody--especially since I found that Chihuahuas do NOT shed! And his messes, like him, are small.

Having kids changed the way I feel about pets. Not that I don't love them, but they slid down a few rungs on the family hierarchy.

They make lights to stick into a plant's soil, they blink when they need water.

1 cover letter and resume off! Now with a letter I am happy with, I should be able to get a few more out this evening.

I once inherited an office plant that thrived, and I'm convinced it's because I watered it like nature -- way too much sometimes, big gaps in between waterings, etc.....

GO MSBELLE, GO!!!