I am honored to count among my friends here in lj land many creative types. Not just the "usual" creative types of artists and performers (though you are legion) but a lot of general creative thinkers and problem solvers, who bring fresh approaches to parenting, home maintenance, and even desk jobs. Thank you ( Read more... )

You may recall that I spent a good portion of Earth Day running around my office building putting signs in the conference rooms asking people to turn off the lights when they leave the room. I'm thrilled to report that this is working swimmingly; the frequency with which I find unoccupied conference rooms with the lights on has decreased ( Read more... )

Acronyms. Every company has 'em. Some make sense; others are just...weird.

So what do you have, good friends? What strange acronyms make your company run?

We have JARs (job action requests) and CARs (contractor action requests), but I'm told that's fairly common. But we also have the SOW (statement of work), the OAF (order authorization form), ( Read more... )

I'm not usually one for rereading books. I'm a moderately fast reader, but nowhere near fast enough to be rereading things all the time when there are so many other books I want to read for the first time ( Read more... )

Yup. Abandoning the "all w" motif for a while ( Read more... )

In light of this weekend's goings-on, it seems fitting that this week's Wednesday Wondering relate to the little furry beings we share our lives with (not Ron Jeremy).

Give me pet stories, folks! In particular, for those of you with multiple pets, I'd love some good yarns about your how your various fur-kids get along with each other (or don't). ( Read more... )

Good friends, let us discuss mondegreens. Those gorgeous, ridiculous, incorrect lyrics that sometimes seem better than the originals you misheard. What are yours, your family's, your friends'? Which ones persist when you sing the song, even though you know better now?When I was a teenager, my mom and I had an ongoing argument about The Eagles' " ( Read more... )

OK, nice people, here's your Wednesday Wondering: What's the most illogical/inconvenient/ridiculous feature of your workplace? I don't mean your company or your job duties; I mean the actual location in which the work takes place. What about it just doesn't make sense ( Read more... )

I'm trying something new on Wednesdays, though I won't promise every Wednesday. Just some questions I'm curious about and want to see my friends' answers to. You can reply as a comment here or as a separate post in your own journal (please post a link here if you go that route). Let's get some conversations going.

Here's your first question: How ( Read more... )