Me: Unrelatedly, they changed the name placard on my cubicle when I wasn't looking. You may address me under my new name, David Lau.
rain_herself: Well, okay, David.
rain_herself: Or do you prefer Mr. Lau?
Me: Hm. Mr. Lau has more cache.
rain_herself: Fair enough.
Me: Actually, I'm making a lot of assumptions here. I haven't spoken to my new cubemate, so she might very well be Mr. ( Read more... )

• I tried an experiment recently to cut out sugar for the duration of my work day, since I was hitting a two-cocoas-and-a-fistful-of-cookies habit, not counting random donut drop-ins. I did great, eschewing the cocoa and the cookies and even the coworker's chocolate collection, then looked down at an office fun fair to discover that I'd downed 3/4 of ( Read more... )

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So, hey! I haven't done this since LJ's heyday, I don't think. but since LJ seems to continue burgeoning despite protestations to the contrary this might be a good way to take the community's pulse, as it were, so what the hell ( Read more... )

Some time ago, the pharmaceutical company I work for, which specializes in rare diseases and genetic therapies, distributed ribbons to support "Rare and Genetic Disease Awareness." Fine, good, no problem. Except that the ribbons appear to have been cut from blue stone-washed denim, which seemed, well, odd ( Read more... )

This coming Monday is Memorial Day, which according to my temp agency is an actual bona fide Paid Holiday. Even better, for the first time I've been on the job long enough to qualify! Except, oh would you look at that, I haven't worked enough hours to actually qualify, despite my full-time status. A damned shame all around ( Read more... )