A "no hugs" policy is important.

My theory is that coworkers are going to talk, regardless, and if they don't have the correct information, they're going to make stuff up.

I seem to be, so far, out of those loops. We had a developer take a month off and the closest I heard was "It was a long time, so I guess it was medical?" And if she has been Indian, I don't know if anyone would have gotten as far as medical. I don't know, maybe they do talk about my absences, what with the from-home working above average and everything, but I've never heard them do it about anyone else.

A "no hugs" policy is important.

Indeed. Well, at work for me, anyway.

Thanks again, all.

I just slapped together a list of ten personal goals for the new year. I only put how much and by when type stuff in a couple, so they're pretty vague, but I can flesh them out more as I go. Not resolutions so much as "things I've been thinking about and never writing down so I could continue to basically ignore them."

A lot of it hinges in one way or another on getting my financial house in order. Except for the reading (have library card, will borrow!) and cleaning (have supplies... don't clean that much!), so I guess I've just determined what #1 goal printed out and bolded is, eh?

That's progress, right??

I don't do hugs at work and my co-workers include my closest non-nuclear family relative and someone who's been a friend since 1988.

Got too busy at work this morning to post when it was still timely, but I found out that randomly thinking about Stephen King's It while showering and then having the drain give an abnormally loud grating gurgle just as you replay Tim Curry's voice saying "Ohh yes... They Float Georgie... They Float..." in your head will result in more wakefulness than the standard issue morning shower normally provides.

heh ... when I was reading It, soon after I'd read the section where blood comes out of the faucet I went in to take a shower. yup - red-brown water. Of course, it was rust and cleared in a minute or so ... but I had a moment of sheer terror.

That's progress, right??

I'd say so!

That's progress, right??

It's further than I've gotten. I'm nowhere near boldface.

Got too busy at work this morning to post when it was still timely, but I found out that randomly thinking about Stephen King's It while showering and then having the drain give an abnormally loud grating gurgle just as you replay Tim Curry's voice saying "Ohh yes... They Float Georgie... They Float..." in your head will result in more wakefulness than the standard issue morning shower normally provides.

Oh god -- I'll never forget watching Scream at a friend's place when it first came out on video, and at some key moment, the phone and doorbell rang simultaneously. It's amazing none of us actually peed our pants.

From the comments section of the local paper, re: something totally unrelated that happened to mention the Mayans and 2012

No way will I let a bunch of dead Mayans interfere with my enjoyment of the Hobbit movies!

Peter Jackson vs. the Mayans! Whose mojo is stronger, the geeks or the gods!

Speed, on a bus hurtling down the highway at night. The driver hit the brakes at an exit and 40 people screamed out loud.