"The Office" = My Office

I was going to blog about this almost two months ago, and I can’t believe it slipped my mind.

On Dec 4th the episode of The Office, "The Surplus" this happened:

Oscar, the office accountant, tells Michael that he has a small budget surplus of $4800 left to spend that day, or it would be lost. Michael asks the staff for suggestions and they end up split half and half over getting a new copier or new ergonomic chairs.

Now, flash forward one morning to December 5th in my office. My boss, a guy named John, sent an email out…and this is the very conversation that resulted, I didn’t change a thing.

From: John
Sent: Fri Dec 05 10:24:01 2008
Subject: purchase ideas

Team;

There is a pot of money available to purchase something that costs less than $5,000. Is there anything we would like in this price range? A decision has to be made soon. I am open to ideas.

From: Bryan
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: purchase ideas

Enterprise FAX server

From: Audrey
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:55 AM
Subject: RE: purchase ideas

New wide-screen monitors for a few people?

From: Linnea
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:56 AM
Subject: RE: purchase ideas

Flat screens....

From: Bobby
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: purchase ideas

This would be nice to get a few in and we don’t even need to have two per workstation. I second the idea of wide-screen monitors

From: Bryan
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: purchase ideas

I like your idea better. And maybe some office chairs that were made within the
last 25 years.

From: Audrey
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: purchase ideas

Isn't that what was on 'The Office' last night?

From: Audrey
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 1:41 PM
Subject: RE: purchase ideas

Someone said something like 'Why is it that I've been engaged twice in the last 5 years, but have only had one chair?' I don't follow it well enough to know any character except Michael and Dwight.

From: Linnea
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: purchase ideas

11 of these = $2189.000 (Picture of monitor)

OR

11 of
these = $2244.66 (Picture of Monitor)

With plenty to spare for chairs... :-) We don't have to vote or fight about it.

Read more...

My New Design

I just need to announce that I did this new design all by myself. It didn't download or upload it from anyone else. I am so so so pleased! I hope this feeling of accomplishment lasts a while. :-)

Read more...

Zoo Poo

This morning my hilarious sister that lives in Taiwan posted some pictures. I grabbed a few to post here because I just HAVE to know what the scoop is. These are all from restrooms and exhibits in a zoo in Taipei. Ideas? Anyone?

Read more...

Things I Have Done...

I guess the idea is to bold the things you have done. Here is my list of 99 things where I bolded in black only the ones I have done. I bet Arwyn's list would be much bolder!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a Mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (But only if Karaoke Counts)
11. Bungee jumping
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight (Oh Puh-leees...who hasn't)
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you were not ill (But not since I grew up)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (of the sun or moon...I think both).
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (Again...OH PUH--LEES!)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Does Minnesota count?)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Since I don't care about money).
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung Karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold girl scout cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (Saved it from what?)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in times square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (twice)
76. Seen the changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had Chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (icky!!!)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Read more...

Anti-Social ...or?

So, yesterday on my way home from work I stopped at the grocery store. For some reason I was overcome with joy that I almost NEVER run into people I know there. Perhaps two or three times a year I see someone from church, but NEVER anyone from work or play. Whenever I shop anywhere else, I always run into people that I don't mix in my private life. Thus...I am very grateful that my grocery store is mine and mine alone.

Read more...

This Time...Self Inflicted

So, the next day I also got made fun of. This time I chose the socks and the shoes for a reason. I rode my scooter and I needed WARM socks. The pants were long enough, it shouldn’t have mattered. But APARENTLY when you sit in class all day with the same people, sometimes things just slip and get seen.

What should have been seen all day:

What accidentally got seen:

And I finished this afghan today, and I realzied, I think I like mismatching stripes in my life...

Read more...

Embarrassing Day....

So, I am in a training class this week downtown. Today when I got up it was dark and I was very tierd and in a huge hurry to make it to class on time. The class had lots of fun giving me crap for this combination:

Not only do the shoes and the socks leave a bright impression, neither matched my olive green and orange sweater. :-)

Read more...

Dissertations by a Quiet Show of Force

This year I conducted a covert experiment on a friend. The experiment was to see how many email “dissertations” I could get him to write to me. I defined dissertation as any topic he wrote more than 200 words on in one email. The longest one was 1239 words. I don’t want to embarrass him, so in this post he will be known as Quiet Show of Force (QSF). Today I finally tallied them up and there are 25…I think 25 is a dang big number. So, if anyone needs some in depth info on any of these topics…let me know.

Dissertations written by QSF this year…

1/17/2008 – Colorado Primary System

1/18/2008 – Party Politics

1/23/2008 – Economics

1/30/2008 – Caucus Delegates

2/11/2008 – Swimming Pool Touchpad Usefulness

2/14/2008 – Growing Tomatoes

2/29/2008 – How to Dress for a Caucus

3/11-2008 – Official Statement and a Disclosure Statement

4/22/2008 – Fastskin vs Lazr

4/23/2008 – The merits of attending CU over NU

5/23/2008 – Why QFS is a QFS

6/13/2008 – How to spend a day in Washington DC

6/18/2008 – What to do the next time in DC

6/25/2008 – Why QFS moved out of an apartment

7/3/2008 – Triathlons

7/3/2008 – QSF’s current apartment (bonus for including his landlady’s name)

7/18/2008 – A Girl

7/18/2008 – A Girl Cont

7/28/2008 – How to tell the boss of QSF bad news

8/18/2008 – A play by play of the Denver Oyster Race

9/19/2008 – Parking at the Denver Botanical Gardens

10/13/2008 – What is wrong with the QSF’s home computer

10/22/2008 – An Idea for a cooking blog

11/19/2008 – How to run a wings eating contest at Hooters

12/31/2008 – What sucks about getting rid of Shanahan

Read more...

Summer Stowaway

I am a pretty big fan of Wallace and Grommet, so I was secretly thrilled when I found that this Were Rabbit decided to come live with us this summer, but now I think he wants to go home (he has stopped raiding the vegetable drawer in our fridge and I have WAY TOO MANY bean sprouts left now). If he belongs to you, or someone you love, let me know so he can go home. Here is a picture of him from all angles to facilitate proper identification.

Read more...