Gift-card-a-palooza

Our window contractor doesn't have the sliding glass door in stock that he thought he did and will have to order it. So, as a way of making it up to us, he dropped off some gift cards for Bonefish Grill. We figured, oh fifty bucks. Nope. TWO HUNDRED dollars worth of gift cards. Add to that the forty-five dollars worth I already had for the same restaurant. So maybe we'll have a party after the windows are put in and invite everyone we know. Or, we'll be selfish and use them on ourselves over a long period of time. A good thing they're good for Carrabba's and Outback, too. Speaking of restaurants - we decided to go to dinner this weekend. We started off at Romano's Macaroni Grille by Tyrone Mall (again, because I had a gift card!), but it was an hour and twenty minute wait! Sorry, but no food is worth that long of a wait when you're already famished. Plus, we had a four year old with us. So that was out. We ended up at Cody's, which was good. I ate so much of the appetizer, bread, and the sweet potato I ordered on the side that I didn't have room for my actual meal and had to take it home. Their Rumrunners are awesome, if a bit weak (but, that just meant I could have two instead of one). Yesterday evening we decided to go out for ice cream (the power of suggestion from watching Feasting on Asphalt with Alton Brown...), and since we'd never actually been to Coldstone Creamery, wanted to give them a try. The place was packed - the line went out the door. And as my husband and I stood there watching the line slowly progress, and the runny, not too appetizing looking ice cream that people were leaving with - and kind of expensive with a limited choice of actual ice cream flavors on the menu board (yeah, I know- they're more about the mix-ins...) - we decided that the one dollar cones at McDonalds across the street were looking pretty damn good. So that's what we did. And it was good.

A Million Ways

That's how many ways Ok Go rocks. Okay - that was lame. Sorry.
Check out their new video, once again featuring a well-choreographed dance number, but also using treadmills. This song reminds me a little of Hot Hot Heat, but this must have taken some practice and planning. Which is why we love them so much. They're fun and genuinely seem to enjoy their fans. 'Scuse me while I go browse around to see if they're coming back to town anytime soon.



Hugs to Megan for bringing this to my attention today - I hadn't checked my e-mail in a couple of days and didn't realize the newsletter had been sent out.

Homicidal rage is all the rage

Dear Person Who Used Heavy-Duty Staples On These Reports I Have to Shred:

I have to spend way too much time today removing those heavy-duty staples from each small stack of ten year old fiscal reports and I feel the urge to hunt you down and beat you senseless with a heavy duty stapler.

Have a lovely day!!




Sincerely,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Office Ninja Assassin

Weapons of mass distraction

More of my favorite things. Tonight's secret ingredient: gossip!
Because Americans have so much leisure time and so little self-esteem, celebrity watching will be an Olympic sport by 2016. You read it here first...

Now, I'm only gonna tell ya once, some of these links contain content that *may* be of the not safe for work variety. Disclaimer is purely the opinion of the blogger and does not necessarily reflect the views of the reader.

• You can read about Colin Farrell's mojito undoing and more celebrities acting like normal people (gasp!!) at A Socialites Life!! And more of the same at I Don't Like You In That Way!
• When famous people can't dress themselves - Go Fug Yourself is there!
• The randomness of Just Jared .
• That special brand of snarkiness that is Pink Is The New Blog (and the ads are real-l-ly NSFW, beware!!).
• And Megan's gossip spot of choice (and I kinda like it, too), Egotastic.
  
  Now I ask you - why does every photo of Lindsay Lohan these days seem to show her wearing nothing but a very skimpy bathing suit? In every conceivable situation - attending birthday parties...walking down the street...boxing. Has she developed a dreadful and life-threatening allergy to actual clothing?

No Loafing

This one's for Megan...
"Productivity is down something-eight percent..."

Lots of chatting & venting, so that's something. Not quite work, but certainly something. Lots of projects for the next few days. Maybe lunch with the office co-conspirators tomorrow, and lunch with the ex-boss for sure on friday. Maybe productivity will be up beginning tomorrow. Or. Maybe not.

"Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it."