It is time for my annual complaining about our "Holiday Offering" to our maintenance staff. I hate that it is called an "Offering" because that just seems like the wrong word, with weird religious undertones. How about gift?

Not to mention a certain vibe of alms for the poor. Yes, I recall this conversation. Ugh.

Suggest that Maintenance set up an altar, with the most forbidding looking member of the staff standing nearby, ready to pass judgement on the appropriateness of the offering. Suggest that next year's quality of maintenance depends on appeasing the jealous gods.

edit: a bit of fear and trembling always works, too.

Ooh, Kat makes good lemon curd! (Haha, Swype made that Kremlin curd, and when I tried to correct it it was all Lenin curd? Swype apparently has opinions about my politics.)

Sorry to hear about the wtfery, Kat. Hope you get the insurance deal sorted.

Ha, third party shipper.

I am headed into my last week of craziness, two school parties this week and one work one, that we're hosting. But then, break! And it will be a long one, because we're taking off the first week in January for the movie premiere that they filmed at the SO's concerts two summers ago. I have a lot a lot of shit to get done over break, so it won't be particularly restful, but I'm still looking forward to it.

I like the altar idea! That would be great. I just hate the whole process (although I am not opposed to giving small)gifts, and actually have some candy for the woman who vacuums and does the garbage in my office, because she is super nice and I am super messy. Just not this wholesale collection of money- aargh. Every year I am irritated, but I know if I said something people would think I am reading to much into a nice thing that we do, and also, I am sure those people now count on the extra 300- 500 they get, tax free!

Oh, I need hive mind Google fu. There's a motivational gif (yes, I know, but I'm doing a thing) that had the text "You have the same number of hours in the day as Beyonce" but I can't remember where I saw it or figure out how to search for it. Any ideas?

I can find the quote, but not as a gif.

Today is being super Monday-esque. Our financial systems have not finished their update with last week's costs, so I'm already behind on my weekly workload. I got an e-mail from K-Bug that just makes me want to cry and I have no clue how to respond.

I've had that conversation, Connie. So many people come into the library with the I hate computers brain. In rare instances I have been able to have conversations that has somebody at least start thinking that maybe. The hate on that they have for the computer is part of the problem

Don't respond,now . In the end your response might be something like I can' t respond. Because. This email is...controllingb, a threat, telling me to be the bitcha, telling me to be a doormat, etc. and that is not something I can respond to.

But wait to say anything. If it can't be said face toe face ,it can wait.

Unless this makes no sense- then ignore me