I can hear you!

When you talk about me, and my ass, even with my headphones in...I can hear you!



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Work texts

Jenny Maroney said "work sext" the other night on 30 Rock, so funny.

But actually, I like texting for work, it is much less weird than I thought.

What do you think? Work Text, yea or nay?



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Airport chairs

I bet I have already blogged about this, but it bear repeating. Making it impossible for humans to lie down in an airport waiting area is terrible. Really terrible. I flew overnight on purpose for a work thing, and it became painfully clear that I, like a horse, would have to sleep upright. Boo, I say!

Now, I know there are a ton of valid reasons why this is designed in the way that it is (homeless people? Space sharing? The blight caused by people lying down?) but it I'd argue that is is truly meanspirired.

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Department of Obvious

This almost doesn't need to be stated, but:

The "holiday season" may start with Thanksgiving, but Christmas decorations (and decorations that purport to be all inclusive winter-holiday themed but are effectively Christmas decorations, and any other specific-winter-holiday-that-isn't-Christmas decorations) really should not go up before Thanksgiving. Ditto Christmas carols. The non-stop prevalence during Advent should really be enough, let's not push it before December, m'kay? Thanks, all retailers.

Stocking Stuffers

Stocking stuffers should, for starters, fit in a Christmas stocking. So please, all stores ever, if you're going to advertise something as a stocking stuffer it should be size-appropriate, in addition to cute or funny or, frankly, utterly useless. This is not to imply that all stocking stuffers are useless, my Christmas stocking often includes quite useful things like silicone measuring spoons, or socks. Some people I know get amazing jewelry in the toe of their Christmas stockings. But you know what no one wants in an actual stocking? A Hummingbird Feeder with Ant Moat. Too big. If you want that as a present, I don't judge (well, a little. There are much more attractive options), but it is a gift. You know, for under the tree.

Let's take some examples from Amazon (searching in the stocking stuffer category). Flinger flying animal puppet = stocking stuffer. 10" Atomic Clock = present.

This isn't about price or tradition. It's about grammar / logic. If the purpose is to be stuffed in a stocking, then it should at the very least fit inside a Christmas stocking when boxed and wrapped.