Lifelines to the outside world. We all - well, the vast majority of us, I’d imagine - have something we do during work hours to maintain our sanity by reminding us of our real lives, our passions, those things we do outside of working hours. Even those of us who are lucky enough to like our jobs - me! - heck, even those of us lucky enough to have ( Read more... )

Yeah, it’s been a couple of those weeks at the office and today isn’t much different.  Although, for the second day in a row (!) I actually have time to take a brief break and mess around on LJ, which both allowed me to write a this week’s edition of Death Is Not An Option and inspired the subject matter.

Death Is Not An Option - The Rules
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This week’s game was loosely inspired by yesterday morning’s KFWB poll in which coffee addicts admitted that many of them would give up money, good food, and even the opposite sex if it meant they did not have to give up their coffee. It’s an experiment, but I have a feeling that our results might be a little different.

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There are good coworkers and bad coworkers and then there are the ones who work right next to you. Even good coworkers who make valuable contributions to the team can have habits that seriously grate when you’re forced to work in close proximity to one another, which brings us to this week’s game. I’ll be playing along too, of course…

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I had a lot of fun with last week’s Wedding Poll/Game and it looked like several others did as well, so I figured why not continue with a weekly round of Death Is Not An Option for as long as it amuses us...and by us, I mean me ;)

This week’s game was inspired by a predicament hooloovooobriefly found herself in last week. I’ll be playing along too:

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Weddings are definitely a topic of discussion these days. Most of us know people who just got married, are currently planning weddings, and/or may even be on the verge of getting married ourselves. Although mostly wonderful - indeed, despite a few stressful moments leading up to it, Mortgaged’s and my wedding day is still one of the happiest days ( Read more... )

I initially wrote the " stress test" as a humorous way to create my first poll and keep my post about a stressful day from becoming an all out whine. But, I have to say that the poll results themselves turned out to be very interesting and gave me a little insight into you all. For example, even in a large group of smart asses, 
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On days like this when my head is pounding for the second day in a row and I've felt run down and tired for Bob only knows how many days in row, I sometimes briefly fantasize about what it would be like to live a stress free life ( Read more... )