Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread of Their Own 8 (2013)

[Big Owl]

At the Doctor's office this afternoon, I was handed a nice pen to fill out some paperwork. I told the woman handing me the pen to be sure to ask for it back when I turn in the forms. I turned in the forms and returned the pen without prompting. She asked me why i had asked her to ask for the pen to which I explained that when it came to nice pens, I sometimes suffer from kleptomania. When I got to the car, I realized that I had their clipboard under my coat; so I walked in and placed the clipboard in front of her. She opened the privacy glass and she said, "I saw you walk out the door with it and I would have stopped you; however, I was too busy looking up the word "kleptomania”. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to contain my laughter before I explain what kleptomania was.

[michaelskis]

Going to B-Dubs with the family tonight! (like I said, best I might do is become a vegetarian plus B-dubs)

[Hink]

please, she's in Ohio for heaven's sake

Ohio gets MLK and President's Day. Who is in Ohio and not getting that?

[mendelman]

please, she's in Ohio for heaven's sake

Wrong terra...

Ohio gets MLK and President's Day. Who is in Ohio and not getting that?

Me.

MLK Day had been horse-traded in the past for Friday after T-Day and X-Mas Eve.

[terraplnr]

No MLK Day out there?

Not for my company. Our HQ is in Virginia, but we were bought by an Aussie company recently so will probably never get MLK Day, or any of the president's birthdays.

[dw914er]

That sounds like a business deal to me.......

except there can be no actual deal because we never shook in front of a glass skyscraper on a bright cloudless day as others observed us from a lower perspective. Yeah, that's how real business deals get made FYI.

That photo seems like something you would see in a Microsoft Publisher template.

[Maister]

That photo seems like something you would see in a Microsoft Publisher template.

Indeed it does. Imagery associated with the word 'business' these days tends to have certain commonalities.

[Raf]

No work-approved holidays until Memorial Day.

Aww.. the private sector days... You figured you would have at least gotten ceaser chavez day

[Brocktoon]

Careful everyone, Maister could split the holiday discussion off to a new thread.

[Raf]

Careful everyone, Maister could split the holiday discussion off to a new thread.

The mad splitter is in rehab

[Veloise]

Random Thought Progress Report -
Posts _____1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9,000 Closing # on 12/31.
# 8 - 2013 -
# 7 - 2012 - 02-23, 05-12, 07-10, 09-12, 11-06, 12-06, 12-28, 12-31, 12-31, 9,327
# 6 - 2011 - 02-25, 04-12, 05-26, 06-30, 08-10, 10-05, 12-05, 12-31, 8,041
# 5 - 2010 - 03-04, 05-09, 07-26, 09-22, 11-24, 5,563
# 4 - 2009 - 02-19, 04-24, 07-13, 10-07, 12-31, 5,004
# 3 - 2008 - 04-04, 07-07, 09-23, 12-22, 4,085
# 2 - 2007 - 03-10, 05-19, 07-24, 10-11, 4,862
adjusted by the 50 posts that were listed in #1 and posted on & after 01/01

Even accounting for post-holiday posting excesses, this could well be a 12k post year.

[dandy_warhol]

I'm full of sushi goodness.

[Raf]

I'm full of sushi goodness.

Hopefully not from this guy...

[kms]

That is what I tried to do too... but then she started to comment my friends posts after I commented on them.

That's just creepy.

I've had my share of toxic in-laws.

[dandy_warhol]

This sushi is more my style:

[Raf]

This sushi is more my style:
Attachment 5091

See.. that's the ticket to my daughter's heart (and she is a sushi lover at the tender age of 7)

The best thing that happened to NC is being built... you should be so happy

[Gedunker]

That photo seems like something you would see in a Microsoft Publisher template.

So, I was thinking that looks like the stock photo we would see in Planning...

[Richmond Jake]

After work today, I had to climb that big tall ladder to the real high shelf in the garage to retrieve the empty Christmas decorations storage boxes. I'll have to reverse the process tomorrow but the boxes will be full. I'm going out to the hot tub to gather my psyche.

[Zoning Goddess]

I have a sister-in-law I can't unfriend.

It's easy. I just said something that offended my SIL's tea-party sensitivities, and she unfriended me; problem solved! As an added bonus, she won't speak to me any more!

[jsk1983]

The best thing that happened to NC is being built... you should be so happy

I guess they already have Macy's there.

[Tide]

I guess they already have Macy's there.

Very few Macy's in NC, don't know why. Neither Asheville nor Wilmington have one.

[kjel]

Very few Macy's in NC, don't know why. Neither Asheville nor Wilmington have one.

Because Belk's and Dillard's is there.

[beach_bum]

The best thing that happened to NC is being built... you should be so happy

http://www.ncbeer.org/brewery-map/

Welcome to the fold...I now only drink local beers since i moved here because we have SO many good ones! Big Boss's Bad Penny is my favorite.

I guess they already have Macy's there.

We have Macy's here in the Triangle, I went once to the one near my house and found out once I got there it was essentially a mini-Macy's, not enough there to entice me back.

Very few Macy's in NC, don't know why. Neither Asheville nor Wilmington have one.

Because Belk's and Dillard's is there.

And better!

[Otis]

I just bought tickets for a week in San Diego at the end of February.

[Hink]

I am getting my blood drawn today for life insurance... ugh.

As a corollary, has anyone used the online sites for a will? I don't want to pony up the money for a lawyer, but we need to get this thing done...