Quirky Holidaze News

Reindeer on the loose!

A Transvestite Nativity causes a stir
best quote: "The real scandal is when figures such as Bin Laden or George Bush are used in nativity scenes."

Women seize power Okay...so this isn't exactly a holiday story. Sue me.

Some ideas on re-gifting those gifts that are a bit..."ug!"

a new reason "Everyone Hates Chris" Rock

No a Penguin is NOT a proper Christmas gift!

a reminder. Tis the season to GIVE ya selfish bastards. (not you, them).

Friday has arrived!

It arrived far too early for my tastes thank you very much. I think I've mentioned before: (a) I'm not a morning person. (b) I don't do "perky" (especially before coffee).

My alarm went off at 5:40am this morning. The reason being I had a training/conference call with a client based in Toronto and 9am her time was the only time we could do this before she went out on her winter break. This is when I thank god that I have the ability to work from a laptop, in bed, with my jammies on and a cup of warmed over coffee glued to my hand.

Sounds simple right? Wake up, fire up the laptop, nuke the coffee...dial in. Wrong. Its more like this:

Wake up, trip over the cat on the way to the bathroom in the dark.
Back downstairs, hunt for glasses (knocked under sofa by same cat)
Turn on microwave.
Turn off microwave, find coffee mug, fill it.
Turn microwave back on.
Relocate laptop to bed.
Hunt for cell phone.
Continue to hunt for cell phone.
Find Cell phone under sleeping dog who is snuggling with my purse.
Hunt for cell phone cord after noticing battery is nearly gone.
Fumble in the dark trying to plug damn cord in after accidentally unplugging lamp.
Sit on bed, laptop positioned and dial client.
Remember coffee in the microwave.
Hang up.
Retrieve coffee.
Get resettled, dial again.

I still got to work only a half hour later than I would have normally. The call was successful even if the client was just a bit too perky for my tastes. That disappears once I've had enough coffee.

And now today, mostly it's quiet. I do not expect a lot of business will transpire today. Gift bags of scones are on everyone's desk and await both mail and UPS arrival. I've since had FRESH coffee nice and hot and have fielded the ramping 'guilt' IMs from Mother.

Oh, I took a call from my sister this morning. She was running out of ideas for our Father and called Mother to ask what she thought Cissy should get him. "He needs socks."

Don't know what he did to get on her shit list, but I should put out a welcome mat!

My sister and I enjoyed a good chuckle over that piece of useless information.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!