Steph, tell him about the fitted sheet I paid $320 for if you want to see his head implode.

I'm busting my ass over here, trying to get this thing done today. So I closed my door and turned on the cheesy music. Now, people don't close their doors here. So what happens? First my boss knocks to try to get me to eat half of her sandwich that she doesn't want. Then? Her assistant, with a letter she got in the mail that she doesn't know how to handle. Does it have anything to do with my job? No. Is it urgent? NO.

Christ, people, leave me alone!!

Matt - I want to hear about your sheet. Cloth of Gold?

Jesse - put a sign on your door saying "Please do not disturb unless it's urgent. I'm concentrating!!!1!" You may or may not choose to add "Dammit," depending on your workplace.

Don't people have to work, or take personal phone calls, or just do long conference calls or anything? I don't understand not being able to close a door if you have one!

Jesse - put a sign on your door saying "Please do not disturb unless it's urgent. I'm concentrating!!!1!" You may or may not choose to add "Dammit," depending on your workplace.

I seriously thought just closing the door did a sufficient job of implying that. She did ask if I was on the phone, because that's the most common time people do close their doors around here, but when I said no, I thought that meant that what she had was urgent!!11!

Back to the salt mines.

Huh. There's a branch of my bank located inside a grocery store a block away from where I work. Apparently it was just robbed. My boss is thinking they probably have very little cash on hand (whenever he tries to withdraw money from them they walk him over to the ATM) so maybe it wasn't the best thought out robbery attempt.

Dalmation riding a bicycle.

Steph, tell him about the fitted sheet I paid $320 for if you want to see his head implode.

Dad is planning to also buy a new mattress/box spring set (his current one is older than his sheets, seriously), and I get the feeling that he's going to expect to pay less than $320 for the whole dealie. He's going to be in for a shock.

(I'm with flea -- cloth of gold?)

Crimson rayon faux silk, with a weave that I'd estimate at about 800 thread count. It was my Christmas present to myself after the Project from Hell in 2003.

Something's been on my mind... so I'm just going to think out loud here and see if any one has comments....

So I've recently decided I want to attempt dating again. Which made me thing about my Match.com profile, where I've specified that I'd prefer to date someone who's agnostic or atheist. I've been mulling it over and now I'm not sure if I should limit my potential dating pool to non-theists. And the more I thought about it, the more I found it difficult to articulate why I don't want to date a religious person.

My original thought was that a person's religious perspective (or lack thereof) is a very significant (perhaps the most significant) part of their outlook on life, so I wanted someone who shared my outlook. Related to that, I think I was looking for someone who thinks the same as me in many respects. Now I'm starting to suspect that there isn't anyone who thinks just like me, and that it really isn't necessary for two people to love each other. (Need I mention that I haven't dated much in recent decades?)

Another reason for me wanting to not date a religious person is the fear that she'll look at me as some poor lost soul who won't accept the Truth of Jesus (or Whatever) into my life. But if she's more thinking, "I believe this, he believes that; who knows for sure who's right?" - well, I think I could live with that.

Like I said - I find it hard to articulate my feelings on this.

Questions? Comments? </Soulless Willow>