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.

Does she smell a funk that she's covering up? Because that's a whole separate problem

Dude....I worked next to someone who had a major funk and I used to burn scented candles at my desk. Those around me thanked me for it. I would have stopped if anyone asked and not been mad, just sad that I would continue with funk-odor.

The aforementioned someone was talked to about it, but he was developmentally slow and I think on meds that contributed to the funk.

I don't smell a funk, and I'm next to her and she's by the window (I do hope I am not funky). I think she thinks it's festive.

Tell her it gives you a headache.

I think I'm also annoyed because she's audibly on the phone with her husband right now and they are so freakin' codependent. I do not want to know all about your personal life, coworkers! Unless we are friends, which is different!

I think New Guy is going to make a meeting on time! I'm so excited!

I think New Guy is going to make a meeting on time! I'm so excited!

You should have a celebration! Give everyone party favors and throw confetti when he arrives!

Not smashing it with my foot would be about as diplomatic as I could be about a Glade plug-in. Most Glade products are the equivalent of spraying teargas at anyone with a fragrance allergy who walks by.

Have people heard about the proposed anti-gay legislation in Uganda?

Rick Warren wonders why there’s so much fuss over the rights of gays.

In recent days, Pastor Rick Warren has come under fire for refusing to condemn an Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda that would make some homosexual acts punishable by death. “[I]t is not my personal calling as a pastor in America to comment or interfere in the political process of other nations,” said Warren. On his Twitter feed, Warren is now trying to change the subject, claiming that “no one” cared when 146,000 Christians died last year (so why should he now care about gay men and women in Africa?):

The Ugandan legislation — supported by a pastor whom Warren has welcomed into his church — would mandate that any person “convicted of gay sex is liable to life imprisonment.” If that person is HIV positive or has sex with a minor or a person with a disability, he or she would be guilty of “aggravated homosexuality” and face the death penalty. The bill also proposes up to three years of imprisonment for anyone who “fails to report within 24 hours the identities of everyone they know who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or who supports human rights for people who are.”

Why do people suck? Why do some people suck so much?

I'm sure glad Obama picked him to speak at the inauguration. It's important to be inclusive.