Connie - direct mailers like are successful. The knick knack cost pennies. and since it was from an organization you do not have ties with, it was a blind mailer, which is worth them spending the extra pennies on in order to potentially bring in a new donor. New donors are gold and donors cost less money to retain that to initially get.

And the "gift" is to guilt you into sending money, basically. And it works! On average.

people, you are not chatting enough.

people, you are not chatting enough.

Let me fix that by burbling about my new amazing boss! Who is sending me to a conference the first week in December IN VEGAS! Whoo! Seriously, I had to apply for a corporate Amex and everything.

You could read this, which I thought was from the onion, but in fact, is not; [link]

I just drove CJ and another Search & Rescue kid to a HUGE fire. A retail space behind Whole Foods (rumored to be an incoming H&M) had its insulation catch fire. The smoke had just turned to white when I dropped the boys off.

I'm now ensconced at a Pete's, trying to stay in the area while they do their thing. I'm always jealous of the nommy holiday coffee drinks since I don't drink coffee anymore. But they have pumpkin chai and it is NOM. The gal was also selling me on some Solstice Tea, which is an Earl Grey variant - may need to buy some to have at home. It smells SO good.

OH. threadless.com has a series of shirts inspired by Disney villians, people should go look.

I just got an invitation to join the office holiday gift exchange.

The person who made it made every other letter red and green. And it is in Papyrus!

The person who made it made every other letter red and green. And it is in Papyrus!

That seriously might incite me to physical violence.

OMG, the person at my old job did that, and my work buddies and I had hours of entertainment later sending each other emails that way. Good times.

Sometimes I think things aren't ridiculous enough here at my current job.