My boss is now in NYC so I've had nothing to do today besides answer an email from him. (I'm here in case I need to take care of any issues with our biggest client.)

I finally decided to get off my ass and start studying for Microsoft certification exams for MS SQL Server. I might as well make myself more employable while I'm here.

Oh, msbelle, that is odd and would drive me nuts.

I wanna go home. I know my boss would understand but I should be able to tough out one day in the office. Too many people on the phone. I can't tune out the voices. I'd put in my headphones, but my ears are still so clogged from being sick that the idea is painful. I'm full of whine.

Yay, Amy!!!

Hooray, Amy! I'm so glad you have a chance to do what you love again.

I have a serious case of the don't wannas. This is a problem.

Go tommyrot!

Suzi, you're still sick, don't push yourself too hard.

Anybody remember the "Jams" craze? Big, baggy, cottony, comfortable, elastic waist, bright colors, deep pockets because it was guywear. Cool because of the association with surf and skate board culture. Fat girls rejoiced. For awhile they were everywhere. I fondly remember some of my greatest youthful adventures occurring in that pink and purple pair of jams and my Batman t shirt. Good times!

I just finished editing an article about developing a test to measure whether patients with facial paralysis can make a spontaneous smile in response to something funny/pleasant (as opposed to the voluntary smile people make for pictures, etc.).

So the article described how they developed the test, which was by searching YouTube for funny videos and then showing them to a control group and then the patients. They didn't give any links to the videos, but just described them, like "Goats," "Big dog dancing," "Dog on Skateboard," etc. And now I really want to see them! (Though I suspect I've seen the skateboarding dog, because I love him.)

I just saw the cutest pair at Target on clearance, but I would have had to hem off all the detail on the cuff to wear them without tripping.

Put a seam above the detail instead! It'll work if the pants are straight at that point, problematic if they widen.

Yay, Amy, getting back into editing!

I just finished editing an article about developing a test to measure whether patients with facial paralysis can make a spontaneous smile in response to something funny/pleasant (as opposed to the voluntary smile people make for pictures, etc.).

Well, could they? Come on, that's interesting! Melisa had Bell's palsy for a while, she couldn't move half her face at all. A chiropractor cured it, no lie.

Put a seam above the detail instead! It'll work if the pants are straight at that point, problematic if they widen.

I think they got wider, but I'd have to look again. They were jersey knit, though, so I don't know how well hemming them not right at the bottom would look. So cute, though, a black and white print with this paisley border detail.

That is interesting!

On the flip side, have you all seen this crazy ad with people laughing and crying? [link] I think my father has that, but only with laughing, thank goodness. I mean, sometimes I think he is happy and laughing at things that are funny, but he definitely laughs for literally no reason.