Just realized I left half my paperwork at home. It is my copies of what has already been filed. Do I need that? I meant to have it with me, but my brain, she is empty.

Huh. I didn't know who Krampus was.

Greetings From Krampus

“Greetings from Krampus” a lovely new Shirt.Woot t-shirt designed by Missmonster that celebrates the annual return of Santa’s old pal Krumpus.

You see, long ago, Santa had himself a dark helper who would go door to door with him on his gift-giving mission. When he arrived, if you were a good boy or girl, you’d get a nice present. If you were bad, Old St. Nick would sigh, shake his head, and then sic his demon assistant on you. The naughty child would then be terrorized, beaten, locked in chains, and, as a service to the parents, I’m guessing, put in the Krampus’ own magic sack of inescapable horrors to be taken away, all while Santa finished up the cookies and milk.

You see, long ago, Santa had himself a dark helper who would go door to door with him on his gift-giving mission. When he arrived, if you were a good boy or girl, you’d get a nice present. If you were bad, Old St. Nick would sigh, shake his head, and then sic his demon assistant on you. The naughty child would then be terrorized, beaten, locked in chains, and, as a service to the parents, I’m guessing, put in the Krampus’ own magic sack of inescapable horrors to be taken away, all while Santa finished up the cookies and milk.

That kind of dovetails with David Sedaris' 6 to 8 Black Men.

Crap. I just split a fingernail. It has a bit hanging off the end now. I tried to bite this off, and now it's bleeding.

For want of a fingernail clipper, the afternoon was lost....

someone in your office will have bandaids, get it covered up until you get home.

I am somewhat amused by an ad the Birthers took out in the Washington Post Times, which Salon comments on here.

They describe Obama as the "Putative U.S. President." It's not often you get to use that word.

Just a quick correction - it looks like the add was int he Washington Times, not the Post.

Hell, in the Washington Times, I'd expect it to be editorial content.

So, my coworker pulled out a Glade Plugin after our staff meeting and said, "I hope anyone doesn't mind, but I thought it would be nice..."

And Big!Boss said, "Oh, if we mind, we'll tell you."

I HATE it. I resent that I have to tell her so, now, because it sets me up to be the killjoy, not the deranged woman who thought that perfuming our office with fake vanilla scent would be a good idea.

Would it be really bad of me to ask Big!Boss to tell her someone had complained? Since there are only 4 of us in nose-shot, I suppose it would hardly keep my facade.

UGH.

As someone whose migraines are triggered by seemingly-random scent, I've had to ask coworkers to stop wearing perfume or eating popcorn at their desks. You could always pretend to be me.

Does she smell a funk that she's covering up? Because that's a whole separate problem. I don't think that workplaces should be smelly except if you're deodorizing the loo.