Stay gold, Jesse.

I thought it could be iced tea, though

Maybe it did, I was picking up the usage from the outside, really. It definitely meant non-alcoholic, you are right about that. I feel like "Can I get you some tea? Maybe a cold drink?" was a common offering, but that was a long time ago.

I just picked up my new glasses and I LOVE them. I didn't need new one, strictly speaking, as my prescription hasn't changed, but I figured a spare pair couldn't hurt, seeing as I am rather clumsy and can just imagine myself accidentally throwing them overboard while at work. They are incredibly different from what I had before, but I love them!

Dog That Has the Longest Ears in the World

Guinness World Records has a new record holder, an 8-year old Black and Tan Coonhound by the name of Harbor. His world record: Longest Ears on a Living Dog. His human companion, yoga instructor Jennifer Wert of Boulder, Colorado, says “…most days I forget how oddly long his ears are. He’s a phenomenon in the world and he creates smiles wherever we go”.

Harbor’s right ear is 13.5 inches and his left one is 12.25 inches. He will be included in the new Guinness World Records 2012 book due out September 15.

Or Coke (to refer to any soda/pop generically).

Yeah, Coke is the normal version (well, we are talking about the South here...), but I was going for the rarer regionalisms that might included under "other".

I feel like "Can I get you some tea? Maybe a cold drink?" was a common offering, but that was a long time ago.

Ditto for me, and maybe it really was just a choice between Coke and Dr Pepper at her house.

about how I was SO ACCOMPLISHED for my AGE. I was like, lady. I've been in this field for almost 15 years. I'm not as young as you think I am.

Hah. I've been thinking about this lately--I work with a lot of older folk (because the traveling is good either as a young person without kids, or once the kids are gone), but then when I do things like read Corporette and they're talking about sixth or seventh year associates being super experienced and I'm like "OK, so not quite the same thing since I didn't do law school and all that, but...I have 11 years experience in this field! I'm like, a mid-career professional or some shit. How did that happen??" (But because so many of my coworkers are in their 50s or 60s, I'm still seen as young. Sigh)

I call it all Coke. Or at least, used to. Now maybe soda or soft drink.

What could "other" be? Sodapop?

Soda pop was pretty common in King County when I was growing up.

We used to say coke when I was growing up, but we were in Germany at the time. When we moved back to Delaware, I started saying soda at some point. In college I liked saying sodapop, because I thought it was festive and inclusive of my newly formed associations with Mid-Westerners. Now I say soda, or, actually, I rarely say soda, because usually I'm specifying what I want by brand. Phew.

You know, I have Southern relatives, and I realize now that when they asked whether I wanted a cold drink, I took it to mean any cold drink. I wonder whether they were being specific, and I just didn't know? Anyway, I always got something cold and drinky, so there you go.

I'm actually thinking I won't get any responses to Q&A. Except from Tim, but you know, love and stuff.

It's been less than a week and I sort of want to throw in the towel before I get too invested to the point of lighting things on fire.

This day will not end. It just won't.

I was thinking of Plei today, after a long Batman conversation.