December 2011
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Suspicious Package Near Cheshire Library Was Bag... →
washingtonpoststyle:
Meanwhile, in Connecticut.
This is the state of our local media.
It's almost vaca time, edition
Mom: What do you want for dinner tomorrow
Me: Something delicious
Mom: That's not helpful
Me: How about.... wine.
Mom: Honey I'm on vaca, that's a given every night
Mom: Any specific kind?
Me: The red kind.
Mom: easy enough
JCrew | 770 Behind The Line: Behind the Seams: All... →
jcrew:
we talked to our trimmings expert, Danielle, to get the backstory on our beautiful buttons
The process: Our designers bring me their inspiration (usually vintage buttons) and I study their markings and materials to determine which details we can incorporate into our own designs. I’ve…
I think it’s fascinating to learn there is someone at JCrew who works on BUTTONS all day....
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I do this every year
I get all busy in December and think “yo, I am not spending any vaca days over the Holidays, the office will be quiet and I can get mad stuff done.”
Then December 20th hits and I’m all stabby that I’m the only one here. And I tell myself “next year, I’m taking the whole week off between Christmas and New Years.”
And then the next year comes and I do it...
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Douchey Account Guy →
Any other ad agency types out there will appreciate this. Amazing.
Company party holiday menu
Seriously considering starving myself until tomorrow.
I’ve bolded my selections, because I know you care, although I’m torn on the entree component. Not big on meat lately.
STARTERS -choice of- Nantucket Bay Scallops Fire Roasted Corn, Roasted Peppers, Pickled Jalapeños and Cracked Olives Artisan Salad Greens Sweet Cornbread Croutons, Sticky Cranberries, Goat Cheese, Salted...
Daily Chris: Intervention, edition
Chris: Meg
Chris: Can we talk later?
Me: Yes what's wrong? Are you ok??!
Chris: I want to talk to you about your addiction
Me: Wait what
Chris: your addiction to online shopping
Me: I am not addicted!
Chris: Every single day. You care about nothing else.
Me: ok fine I have a problem but I do too care about other stuff
Me: sort of
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Watchutblog:
Dear Friends,
Unified Theater shares the spirit of the holiday season — hope, joy, and laughter — each and every day. Our student leaders show communities that young people, if empowered to do so, will change the world we live in for the better. Our productions bring smiles to audiences as they celebrate inclusion and diversity in the most joyful of ways. As performers of all...
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WE NEED INTERNS
For the spring ‘12 semester. Must be insanely intelligent, self-motivated, able to write entire emails without any spelling errors, and fun.
Email resumes here.
Please be aware that following up is always helpful, but emailing other individuals at our office and complaining that I am “not getting back to you fast enough” most likely will not bode well for you (for this...
“I was going to type in , “jealous!” But knowing how things roll, you’d prolly...”
– My coworker’s reaction to my upcoming potential work travel plans to somewhere remotely interesting.
You see now how work travel tends to go for me.
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“Oh hello, hey babe it’s me. I was literally IN THE MIDDLE of a delivery...”
– Average voicemail if your mom is a midwife.
I’ve learned to listen to my mom’s voicemails alone, with reduced volume, so I don’t terrify everyone around me. I scared off my boyfriend in high school when he came over for the first time and my mom announced at the dinner table that...
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Daily Chris: De-mystifying Tebow, edition.
Me: why is everyone all huffy about tim tebow
Chris: because he's a young QB in the NFL who has some bad mechanics and skill sets, yet he seems to continue winning in the last 2 minutes of games
Chris: in 8 games he's 7-1
Chris: miraculous comebacks
Chris: its like there's a higher power watching over him
Chris: vs the Dolphins (the game I went to) they were down 15-0 with 2 mins to go and they won 17-15
Chris: and he's done that every week since I went (october 23)
Chris: each game he is AWFUL until the last 2-5 min of each game and then somehow, some way, he gets it done
Me: that's wierd
Chris: he's really religious
Me: I thought it was because people thought he was hot
Chris: praises the lord savior every time he talks
Chris: I mean he's a good looking dude but that's not it
Chris: I like him
Chris: his name has the cross in it too...freaky...tim tebow...two T's
Me: Yeah, I got it... not really as thrilling of a story as I hoping for
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clifhirtle replied to your post: Another million dollar idea
Bank of America used to have their online bill pay instantly deduct balances after payments were scheduled. Customers complained. They changed it to only deducting when checks were cashed. Many use checks to “float” artificially high balances.
Interesting! I would break out in hives if I wrote a check for money I didn’t...
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Another million dollar idea
that maybe already exists and I just don’t know about it? Or maybe I really am just brilliant.
Banks should create a feature in their online banking portal that allows you to input checks so that they can be instantly deducted from your available balance. Once they are cashed, it would deduct the amount from your current balance.
This would be magical in preventing any monthly...
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“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana)
This is great.
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