I’ve always wanted to be on Jeopardy! Back a long time ago (let’s not get into numbers, shall we?) I worked for the local ABC affiliate, which is also the station that shows Jeopardy! in Cleveland. One day, it was announced that the Jeopardy! team was coming to Cleveland to find contestants. Those of us … Continue reading »
Five Signs I’ve Spent Too Much Time Writing in My Personal Universe: 5. Calling people ‘Cher/Chère’ (Louisiana pronunciation: ‘shah’) and not even intending to. 4. Turning ‘th’ into ‘t’ or ‘d’ 3. Dropping random French into my sentences, like ‘Mais’ or ‘Bon’ 2. Adding extra pronouns to the end of sentences, like ‘Mais, Cher, I’m … Continue reading »
I had a good ‘laugh at myself’ moment today, when I realized I had developed three separate personalities for handling calls at work. One of my faces is businesslike, one is ‘just folks’ and one is my ‘if America had a BBC I’d be broadcasting on it’ phone voice. I found that if the person … Continue reading »
Well, one job has gone to someone else. It’s the one I personally thought I was the longshot to get — my Access work is back a ways and it seemed likely that there was someone else out there who was going to be in better shape. The other two jobs? Well, not sure. I … Continue reading »
I guess when you’re a chipmunk, you don’t actually have to buy them …
I had to go through a drug test and a criminal background check for my new job. Not sure why they waited until after they hired me to do this, but since I’ve never been closer to a street drug than sitting in front of someone smoking pot at a concert ten years ago and … Continue reading »
No big heavy thoughts today … this just made me laugh …
