Why make the call at all, -t?

I just went to see my daughter's talent show, then had lunch with DH. Back in the office for an hour or so, then we're going to try to see the USC soccer game. Today is a good day.

I should try to do something productive with my hour, like finish up my syllabus for Monday.

I thought I was just poking bureaucracy to keep a process in motion, but the issue is actually resolved! And not in the most awful way possible, so that's good.

Good advice, y'all, thanks.

Tactical pens

My former cop dh would SO have had that S&W pen if it had been available back in the day.

For the 28 years I went by Bj, it was a constant struggle to remind people that a) the j is small and b) I'm not a man. So, for a number of years, I lowercased all my names...probably for similar reasons to Vortex's colleague.

It was a great conversation piece most of the time.

Now, having gone back to the big girl name, I uppercase for formal situations, but lower for familiars.

Mostly, I don't care what I'm called anymore.

I generally don't capitalize on line, am iffy about it offline, and don't take umbrage either way.

don't take umbrage either way.

I umber, for the record.

Can someone tell my boss? I'm not sure how much longer I can get away with the passive aggressive search and replace on documents before he sends them out.

I umber, for the record.

Oh man. I used to be the Queen of Umberland around the misuse of my name. Mine was a military reign where this was concerned.

Now, I just sigh over folks' seeming inability to see the y and the -. Honestly, are hyphenated names still so foreign that people really don't know to alphabetize by the first initial?

I can't even be upset when people say, "We have no record of your _____, Ms. T."

Um, that would be because it's not T, it's K-T. Look under the K, or vice versa. It's bound to be there somewhere.

Honestly, are hyphenated names still so foreign that people really don't know to alphabetize by the first initial?

If my experience in any indication, the answer is yes.

I know my name is different, but it's not that different. So, you know, people, bite me. And that's before you get to the capitalisation thing.

I'm always surprised when people ask how to spell my name, because growing up I only ever saw "Amy." Plus, Amy March!

But I know the error of my ways now.

Kyriarchy is basically lady-goddess. The feminine of the Greek "kryie" which is "Lord" with god overtones. It's like matriachy, or patriachy, except no mother/fatherhood implications.

For the longest time, I thought ita was just an internet name for ITA. Except with added capoeria. (My god, that is the hardest word to remember spelling. I always get it wrong. I shall just call it CapSpinKickyDanceFight.)