Mouse al Carbon

See, it’s always best to douse that mouse so he can’t torch your house.

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Wow. Meebo really does rock. I've logged onto Yahoo Messenger for the first time in roughly five years. Seeing my old friends list is like some pre-layoff time capsule. I don't even remember who most of those folks were.

Apparently I used to message people with usernames like the_nacnud, strategosprime, and wicked_but_worth_it.

I did get to catch up with Rebecca though. Cool! Always good for an interesting chat.

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This department is getting new chairs. I'm told the budget is good. They brought in the Chair Salesperson to talk to us today. Looking at the photos in the books she passed around did zero good. In fact, I worried briefly that we'd actually select one based on the "avacado green" fabric one in the book featured.

But she's going to bring some in, let us try them out for a week. That's more like it!

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Awkward moment from the new chair meeting:

The Chair Salesperson (CP henceforth) looks at me and comments on the fact that I'm the only guy.

Me: "Yeah, poor me." (Gotta stick with the obvious jokes sometimes)

CP: "So do these women cook for you?"

Me (thinking she's making some sort of anachronistic, sexist joke): "Uh... uh..."

CP: "Because he looks like he doesn't eat!"

(Laughter all around)

CP: "Naw, he just burns it off chasing ya'll around."

Me: "Uh... uh..."

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It felt like a scene from The Office.


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And so I begin the final 10 minutes of the day. Man, this day was quite uninspired. Luckily the workload was light.