The boss did utter a mournful "I've had that since I've been on the job. 30 years."

Jessica, I LOVE the kerning game! OMG! I may have to keep playing. I got 91, 78, 100, and 100!

Public Service Announcement: TJ's frozen pumpkin bread pudding is OMG delicious.

I have made that from scratch! Take a can of pumpkin, mix with sugar, eggs and milk and pumpkin pie spices. Pour over a baking dish full of torn up stale bread from the freezer. Bake at 350 for a while.

Eat for days. So tasty. NOM.

I had a nice lunch with a cousin of a friend, who promised to send my resume around. So that was promising. And in ten minutes I have a screening interview with a placement firm, woohoo.

I hope you get some good offers!

I will have actually gone into work one day this week. I will be telecommuting again tomorrow. Tuesday was the snow day and I kinda worked today (I was technically off, but was responding to emails that only I knew the answer to.)

I am so not cut out for working at home, alone. In the 10 minutes I was in the office, I had to blather the whole saga to anyone who would listen.

Even if I want to ignore them, I guess I like the presence of my coworkers....

Timelies all!

Hugs to all who want/need them.

Parents upset after vicar tells their children the story of Saint Nicholas, thus ruining their faith in Father Christmas. I think this is my favorite bit: "Loads of kids went home crying – it has ruined Christmas for them. It wasn't a nice story for children to hear, there were lots more he could have told. Not only has he spoiled Father Christmas for them, a lot of them are now questioning the existence of the tooth fairy as well." [link]

One legend claims that during a terrible famine a malicious butcher lured three little children into his house, where he killed them, cured them in a barrel and planned to sell them. Saint Nicholas, who was visiting the region to care for the hungry, resurrected the three boys from the barrel by his prayers.

Which is totally the best part, especially when it's told as "Nicolas and the Pickled Boys." [link]

Did the story include the 6 to 8 black men? (Which is now my favorite Christmas story of all time.)

Ohhh, kerning game.

Person on the other side of the wall, complaining about customers: "I sent them an email with all the instructions. They read it, then they said, 'So, what do I do?' And I want to say, 'Stab yourself. Find a pen and stab yourself in the neck. The end.'"

Oh we've all wanted to say that at some point. Right? Right?

It's the opposite of the training I've been doing at work. There I get a list, the beginning of a web address that is NEVER where the training can actually be found and none of the names match from the paper to the search terms to the actual training. I've spent three times as much time hunting this stuff down as just going through the training, taking my test and printing my certificates takes.

SCANDAL!!!!

That was some interesting editing, I mean that in a good way.

Oh we've all wanted to say that at some point. Right? Right?

Yep.