Yesterday I was being driven to the airport and texted a girlfriend to let her know that I was headed out of town. She replied, “Eight years ago today you were also at the airport”. I had no idea, at first, what she was referring to. We had not ever…
Salmon Of The Sea
On-site at a hotel doing a meeting and discussing lunch, which is salmon, with my colleague. She just said to me: “Salmon is the fishiest fish in the sea.” I wonder how the salmon would feel about this?
Is That Seaweed In Your Swim Trunks Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
Spending a few days at the beach with my mom and husband with my husband making his annual leap (literally) into the ocean today. My husband, bless his heart, is very laid back. Sometimes I refer to him as Rigor, as in mortis. He doesn’t rush to do anything and…
The Perfect Ending To A Pretty Bad Day
TGIF! Today was in the top three worst days of my career; a major problem/crisis (whichever you prefer, I prefer neither) caused many things to topple down with me in the middle. In my non-professional world, the worst thing I ever have to do in the way of chores is…
Drum Roll Please . . .
Since it’s September 1st, a new month, I want to announce the new name of this blog. The url will not change for a few weeks, but when it does, it will be called what is represented above. I am very excited for this new phase of my blog’s life…
Word of The Day
hyperventablating “hy-per-ven-tab-lat-ing” Definition of HYPERVENTABLATING : to lose one’s mind because of stress Examples of HYPERVENTABLATING I sent my colleague an email with some errors she had made and she Skyped me that she was “hyperventablating”. First Known Use of HYPERVENTABLATING August 31, 2011 @ 3:23 p.m. EST Related to…
It’s Never Good When Legal Documents Come To Life
Normally I am reading contracts at my desk with the verbiage of “Force Majeure” (defined as a superior or overpowering force; an unexpected or uncontrollable event or simply, an act of God). Today, I was protecting my desk from that very thing.
