TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples (Page 58)

Holding down the fort at my office as well. We didn't get our release out last week so it's going to go out this morning. If anything hits the fan I get to debug and fix it which should be fun considering the project owners are out on vacation. Ah the joys of fixing other people's bugs... Once the the release is out and calm the rest of my work week should be nice and quiet with half the office on vacation, might even get a chance to work on a side project.

all ettiquette/manners guides say that you should NOT buy your boss a gift, but it's ok for the boss to buy for employees and coworkers to buy for each other.

you are off the hook.

I noticed in my time away that places OTHER than the US serve food and coffee SCALDING hot.  Which I like.  I burned the crap out of my mouth and throat in Caicolata, which is basically chocolate flavored hot lava in a cup (or just a melted Hershey bar). 

All the lawsuits contribute to the wussyfication of the US.  Warm coffee, warm take out pizza...  Etc. 

All I did was send a generic Christmas card, not the ones my wife made up with the pictures of my family on it, but a cheapy one, so to speak...

Speaking of cards...  My recent tirade (sort of a continuation of my rants about parents who no longer post anything about themselves on facebook or use their kid's pic as THEIR profile pic).  Oh, I didn't know I was "friends" with a 1yr old - and I would LOVE to read up on all the daily accomplishments and goings on of a 1yr old.  UNFRIEND

I have gotten 3-4 Christmas cards with just a baby pic on it or a couple kids.  I'm like "Who the ef are these kids and why are they sending us a Holiday card?"...  If you want to send a card with pics, at least show the whole family please.

I'm giving everyone permission now that if I turn into one of THOSE parents that can't stop talking incessantly about their kids?  Chastise me with due prejudice. 

Can't you be grateful that someone thought enough of you of you to even send you a card for Christmas instead of griping about it, so to speak???

Kido are you wearing your grinch hat today?

One year I sent out a holiday card with just my dog in Santa Paws' lap at PetSmart (but everything PetSmart was photoshopped out... it was really a lovely picture)... I wonder how many people rolled their eyes at that, ha!

Well you have to realize that when some people have kids, their kids are their ENTIRE WORLD. Seriously, they have nothing else going on but their kids. That's it. ALL KIDS ALL THE TIME. Ha! 

Personally, I would rather someone be super focused on their kids versus not wanting them around. Some people really get into being a parent, and that's cool. They should hopefully raise great, well adjusted kids who contribute to society. 

Kids aren't my world and never will be since I made the choice to not have children, but to each their own!  

apparently not

i look forward to my annual doggie cards far more than annual kid cards.  and i totally open cards i know are picture cards before boring ones.  shadow and kinsey should totally get their christmas card on next year, i am just too lazy to send them.

Someone sent my parent's the UGLIEST dog photo card - and they have kids, too!

So, either kids are even uglier than the ugly dog, or that family failed to explain something in the card...

i've been baking like a fiend the past 2 weeks!  i might make a punkin pie today, just cause i'm home and bored.

THIS is why i must work, i will cook and bake far too much with all this free time.

Have a great day everyone.  At work for at least 8 hours today. 

2 pounds of butter in 2 weeks.  and 5 pounds of flour and about 4 pounds of sugars since i started this cookie binge.