Friday, December 21, 2007

The Tale of the Happy Christmas Tree


Once upon a time there was a lonely douglas fir sitting in Lowe's tree lot with nine other lonely trees. It was only a week until Christmas and no one had taken this fir home. The fir had watched friends leave--at first a lot went home with families and couples quickly, and then there were spurts, and now, there was a slow trickle. Finally one evening, a couple came in. It was late, and the lot was already closed up, but they ventured out and inspected all ten trees. They picked up a few to see them better, and finally picked up this fir. The fir was so happy because the couple talked about how beautiful it was and they were excited for it to be their first married Christmas tree. The couple took the fir to their apartment where they put it in a stand and fed it water and slid it in the corner where it fit perfectly. The couple kissed every so often as they enjoyed their first married Christmas tree decorating, and the fir was happy to be a part of everything. Finally, the couple finished the decorating, and stood back and admired the fir, and the fir, because it was so happy, gave the couple a hug.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

One of Those Work Things...

So, sometimes awkward things happen at your work, and you feel like someone should say something, but there really isn't a forum to say something, and what exactly would you say? I have an example. We have a few journals and magazines that come here to the Press--relevant to publishing--and people can be added to the routing list to see these journals and magazines. For a few months now, some of these journals and magazines have been stacked in the women's restroom on top of the water tank of the toilet. It's always the same stall this happens, and they're always journals/magazines that have finished routing to staff. I always wonder who is reading them in the bathroom, and why that particular stall. And furthermore, why are they leaving them in the stall so everyone else knows that someone is reading in the bathroom? Sometimes I think I should take them out of the bathroom, but then I'm afraid someone will see me take them out of the bathroom and think I'm the one bringing them into the bathroom in the first place. Even the cleaning staff hasn't removed them from the restroom!

It also makes me wonder if the same thing is happening in the men's restroom, but I am definitely not going in there!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Is the Prius worse than the Hummer?

So, as "Mr. Green" relates in this post on the Sierra Club's website, there are a lot of myths about hybrids, and the Prius specifically. After reading this article, I was reminded of how much I wanted to buy a hybrid. Just need to save up some money (you know, save some green to go green... :).