Entries from November 2008

November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

This holiday doesn’t hold as many memories of tradition for me as it may for some, mostly because when I was a kid it was not really a big deal. We didn’t invite people over to share the meal, or play an annual football game, or cook together.  We were a little bit isolated in [...]

November 21, 2008

Don’t Worry, I’m Still a Dork, Even if I Act All Cool About Email

Since my last post was a snarky, I-hate-all-of-your emails post, and I feel kind of guilty about it, I am going to tell you all the story of some of my most embarrassing moments.  
 
First I’ll say that when something really mortifying happens to me, my first thought is that I can’t wait to tell [...]

November 15, 2008

Subject: Your Emails Are Driving Me Crazy, and I Consider Myself to be a Fairly Sane and Rational Person, So Stop It.

To… The Company
 
Cc… The World
 
 Bcc… Your Supervisor, Supervisor’s supervisor and the General Manager
 
I apologize for the mass email, but I am not sure who this applies to, and I really don’t have the time or inclination to figure it out, so I am sending it to everyone.  And I have blind cc’d the people above [...]

November 5, 2008

It’s Too Hard, Waaahhhh!

Almost every week I want to quit this blog. I think I have no post, no idea, nothing worth saying.  While I am trying to think of a great idea, I imagine the quitter post I’ll do, I write it all out in my head, the post in which I thank you all for reading, for [...]