Last night, I finally picked up a payment for work that was sent around the 25th of August. That's really lame on my part, right ( Read more... )

Hearing Sarah Palin repeat the idea that John McCain's strong "fundamentals of the economy" was really talking about the "American worker," it made me think of how many LiveJournal and blog and forum posts are made by the American worker during the work day. How many people read email or check sports scores or read movie reviews or dozens of other ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's not raining right now, but it probably will. It's just one of those grey days history teaches us is best spent in bed... or at home ( Read more... )

I think the universe is against me listening to "Standing" from the "Once More With Feeling" soundtrack uninterrupted while at work.

Seriously, I'm not even kidding. No matter what time of day it is, I can almost guarantee that sometime during that song (one of my top three favorite songs on the soundtrack, performed by my favorite character), ( Read more... )

If you ever decide to order something from a vendor marketplace, like Abebooks or Amazon's Marketplace or something, don't order something on one day, then a full ten days later write to the seller, asking them to ship your order to a different address ( Read more... )

Okay, so I may or may not be avoiding work right now (hush! don't judge!), but I have to share this, 'cause I'm amused by me it ( Read more... )

Yesterday, we had an order that was supposed to be shipped to Banchory. Ellen asked me, in that sort of "I know this, really, but I'm just checking" way, if Banchory is in Scotland. I start scanning my brain for all my knowledge on Banchory, and, honest to god, my first (and, it should be noted, only) thought I had was, "Well, their Quidditch ( Read more... )

So, I'm here at work, and the phone rings. It's for Nick, so I have to take a message. As I'm fumbling around for some paper and a writing utensil, I say, "Let me find a pen."

After a moment, the woman on the other end of the phone says, "I've got a pen right here." No lie.

I was good and let it slip by without comment.

Why do I get all the "special" calls ( Read more... )

I think I've got an allergy to something on the books here. The past couple weeks, whenever I start actually handling a book, my nose starts to get runny, and I sneeze a lot more. Benadryl works like a champ on the sneezing and runny nose, but it also knocks me out. I've spent the last two hours, roughly, trying not to nod off. And I've been ( Read more... )