I prefer nothing at all.
But I'm a non-celebrating grouch who doesn't want to be forced to socialize with coworkers.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jan 16, 2008 6:39:42 am PST #3560 of 10001
Frankenbuddha - Jan 16, 2008 6:39:58 am PST #3561 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My vacuum is trapped in the closet
R. Kelly must be using it for something, then.
msbelle - Jan 16, 2008 6:43:59 am PST #3562 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
What I would really like to do is to have monthly donuts/muffins/pastries people can grab as they want accompanied by an email noting the events we know about, rather than an "event", but I am not sure that will fly.
shrift - Jan 16, 2008 6:45:42 am PST #3563 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh god, the stupid, it burrrrrrrns.
Dana - Jan 16, 2008 6:57:44 am PST #3564 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think it's time for me to go get soup.
Susan W. - Jan 16, 2008 6:58:55 am PST #3565 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Assuming it's for your historical novel, I think giving up a piece or two would be the more likely handicap to offer.
I can work with that. Right now my semi-expert's dialogue reads something like, "But I am helping you! I didn't let you do [STUPID THING WITH HER KNIGHT]."
Notes like this are common in my rough drafts. When this scene is finished, if I'm doing it right, readers should think I'm a decent chess player who speaks French (the semi-expert is a Frenchman struggling to learn English). Right now it's painfully obvious neither is the case.
And...I'm off to a sexual harassment prevention class. Lucky me.
juliana - Jan 16, 2008 7:33:45 am PST #3566 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
What I would really like to do is to have monthly donuts/muffins/pastries people can grab as they want accompanied by an email noting the events we know about, rather than an "event", but I am not sure that will fly
That's what we do here. It really helps cut down on favoritism. Also, I send out an email every month asking for new updates in people's lives, and if they want me to keep it private or not.
shrift - Jan 16, 2008 7:36:53 am PST #3567 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think it's time for me to go get soup.
I am eating a salad. Because the salad has bacon. And I needed bacon after a morning of stupid.
JenP - Jan 16, 2008 7:38:24 am PST #3568 of 10001
I prefer nothing at all.
But I'm a non-celebrating grouch who doesn't want to be forced to socialize with coworkers.
I am sarameg. I wish for no work celebrations or gift giving. Too potentially fraught. And I've liked most of the people I've worked with very much. And if wishes were horses...
Jesse - Jan 16, 2008 7:40:10 am PST #3569 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't mind the socializing, it's when the unevenness creeps in that it's annoying. My boss got cupcakes for her favorite's one-year anniversary. No one has ever had a workiversary party as long as I've been here. We actually get a card and two chocolates from the company, which I think is plenty nice (even though the candy was actually nasty).