Professionalism: It’s not for everyone

Overheard: a co-worker on the phone with a vendor: “I don’t want to know about your process. That’s why I hired you…  because you know how to do what you’re doing. As far as I’m concerned it could involve elves in trees and shit like that.  I don’t care. It’s probably like making sausage, anyway.” [...]

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I’m all tow’ up

My friend from college, we’ll call her Alison, teaches at our Southern Baptist alma mater. She’s now the faculty member taking students to the big city (that would be Nashville) for conferences and such. She brought some students to town this weekend and called me so she could ditch her students for a while and [...]

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Does this tattoo make me look fat?

I think I’m gonna get a tattoo. I’ve been talking the smack about this for years but now with my commitment to cat care I am feeling suddenly less of a commitment-phobe. By the way, she’s willfully disobedient, the cat, for those of you wondering. I have a Beligerent Kitten. I think that will be [...]

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Can a luddite be addicted to technology?

I have a new room mate. It’s a cat head. No body, just the head. It’s a little creepy but I don’t have to keep a litter box. I’m kidding. And oh so funny. She’s a full, whiney, co-dependent kitten. Seriously, I can’t leave the room without her tuning up. And yet when I’m there [...]

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