Zen, I thought you were going to call in sick so you didn't have to attend this meeting.
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Meanwhile, I am sitting in a conference room having an unproductive meeting, and someone just called into the conference room phone system.
"Sorry, you have a wrong number."
"No, I don't."
You almost have to admire her chutzpah.
Dana, I was, but my dang work ethic intervened. I should have done it anyway! There's another editor on this team who's much more engaged than I am; I'm really not needed at all.
Crowbar, Zen!
"Oops -- my call dropped, and then I couldn't get back in! So sorry."
Crowbar, Zen!
I tried to download it but Crowbar.exe is not compatible with my system
"Oops -- my call dropped, and then I couldn't get back in! So sorry."
Don't tempt me. Lying and deception are totally compatible with my system. They're built-in. I could hang up the phone and I'd still be connected to the webex conference. Wonder if anyone would notice. "I could hear you but no one could hear me! I don't know what happened!"
We are now using acronyms I've never heard of before. No one cares about the fonts, Debbie!
Can I make a living writing sleazy porn?
I know someone who paid for grad school writing fetish porn for Amazon...
I do too. Probably the same person. Though given the internet, who knows?
Last night a local bookstore had an erotica slam (people reading their favorite sexy bits, either from books or their own). Haven't heard how it went.