Congrats, TreKnot! Long overdue. Best wishes for a smooth transition!
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Congrats, TreKnot! Long overdue. Best wishes for a smooth transition!
Thanks, everyone. I needed some new head shots because I'm overhauling my website and job hunting. DH bought me a great camera a while back and we've been adding to our equipment with the intention of taking it to the professional level. I'm almost there - studying hard and working on my portfolio.Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
I think he did a pretty good job.
Roxy
Dear client,
Thanks for giving me the great gig, but starting tomorrow morning? Really? We just met today. That's some fast turnaround. I guess I should be getting myself to bed if we're going to kick off first thing in the morning.
Thankful but tired,
Me
Wow Roxy. Hot mama!
Looking good Rox! :D
You look great, Roxy!Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
Dear Neck and Shoulder Muscles:
I cannot control what Immune System is doing. So I'm sorry if you were damaged by an pollen-induced sneezing fit on the bike yesterday. However, we have things to do tomorrow (like ensuring you don't hurt while riding the rest of the time), so I'd appreciate it if you'd stop swelling and leave Nerve alone. Nerve would also appreciate it.
Dear Self,
Do not send out any more cover letters while sleep-deprived. Now 3 different hospitals know that you were applying to one specific hospital and I'm sure that won't put you at the top of their new hires list :(
Signed,
Get Some Rest
Whoa, Roxy, love the new avatar! It's gorgeous. :D
Congrats Trek and Knotted. Good luck with everything.
Dear weather,
give it a break already. The heat is nice but needing three showers a day and having the sweat start even before I step out of the shower might border on ridiculous. That sort of weather is for June. You have another three months to go. Now go back to sleep.
Dear brain,
quit reading the leaflet on the steroid eye drops that say you'll get glaucoma and go blind if you keep using it. Its a sad reality of our life. It's either potential glaucoma or I claw my eyes blind from the itch of conjunctivitis that no anti-histamine eyedrops can give relief to. Pick one.
All the best to Trek and Knot...
Hmmm...Pac Bell...collections...*embarrassed*...I wonder I ever had the benefit of your professional services way back when I was a Bay Area undergrad delinquent Pac Bell customer....but maybe it was only PG&E...
I was only in collections department for 6 months but if you'd talked to me I was about as friendly a rep as they go :D. I transfered to another department called D&A, then called PBAR, then called STAR, then called a half dozen or so department name changes after that but was a great job, that office moved, moved again, and again ... then our jobs went to Missouri :( we all went to a different departments ...Quote:
Originally Posted by malkin
Dear wholesale supplier,
Why when we are really starting to see some recognition with the product have you decided to change the design? WTF and why did you not anticipate spring ordering. It is a bike product for heaven's sake. Having invested thousands of dollars in growing the biz for you in the usa I am not a happy camper.
Dear Delivery Person:
It's 4:30 on a beautiful sunny, 70oF Friday afternoon. For a change there is no wind.
And I'm stuck in the office for another HOUR waiting for you???? Please get un-lost and get your stuff over here so I can lock up and go ride my bike!
Dear graphic designer,
You don't have to illustrate a company's entire business model in a single logo. For reference, please see...well, any of a number of logos for brands you know and love. You went to school for this, so I'm sure you have, or have seen resources you can reference. And even if you don't have resources, you can go outside and look at the signs and billboards all over the city we're working in.
When I said, "Wow, there's a lot going on there. Let's look for some ways to simplify and abstract some of those concepts," it wasn't meant to signal that it was time for you to describe the company's business model to me again. That meant it was time for you to go away and utilize the skills I assume you were hired for...namely, visually communicating concepts in clear and compelling ways. If all the client wanted was a literal graphic representation of their business model, anyone with Powerpoint and a reasonable clip art library could have done that.
Thanks,
Your new team lead (who, by the way, isn't very patient)
To whom it may concern:
I now know more about lard than I *ever* thought I would....
(anyone need a mason jar full.... I made more than I needed)
-the making empanada machine
Make some suet for the birds! That's what we used to buy it for... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Eden
Oh dear.... I don't think I could waste it on the birdies.... I rendered it myself from local organic leaf lard.... too much work just to feed the birdies.
Empanadas? Can I come over?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eden
Pie crusts? I know a number of people who insist that lard makes the best ones... Other pastry?
Dear Rick,
The lady that blindly turned left in front of you the other day didn't know that you were riding your motorcycle to see your gravely ill sister, she couldn't be bothered to look around before she turned her 6000lb. SUV right in front of you, she was busy, or distracted, or disinterested.
She killed you because whatever she was doing was more important. Your beloved wife of 31 years, your three kids, all the hundreds of friends you've made over the years, we'll all miss you terribly.
And to think, all she had to do was look where she was going.
Signed,
Your lost friend
That sounds delicious. Make some pie crusts?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eden
Pax, I'm so sorry about your friend.
Dear friend, today marks the 2nd year of the day some idiot drunk put an end to all your adventures in this world. Wherever you are, I hope you know how much of an inspiration you have always been and still are.
(((Pax))). I'm so sorry you lost a friend. Hugs to you. Hang in there; I know this has been a rough spell for you.
Oh Pax. I am so sorry. I really feel your anger there. :( :( :( I always feel that this stuff hits harder in the cycling/motorcycling community because of how aware we are that people are driving completely distracted all the time. I do my best to educate my 8th graders on the matter. Ugh.
YUMMMMMMMMM. I always save my bacon fat for browning meat and sauteeing greens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eden
Dear Self,
Please don't be mad at the 13 year old boy who will only talk to you when you are hiking in the woods. As in, the woods which were full of tics last week. First, I came home on Monday, stripped in my entry way and inspected myself. DH thought I had gone nuts.
I thought I found one attached to me the next morning, but no sign of any problems. When I was going to bed Thursday night, DH says, "What is that big black thing on your back?" Ahhh, a nice tic, firmly embedded :eek:.Got it out.
I went to the doc yesterday at lunch time. She said there's no sign of the "bulls eye," but I am taking 2-3 days of the horrible antibiotic to make sure. If nothing appears, I can stop. If I start getting symptoms, I have to take them for 3 weeks. Sure, I don't want Lyme Disease, but my stomach already feels puky after one dose.
I think the errant tic was in my running shoes which I wore on the hike, and wore Thursday morning to the gym.
Oh, I see! Didn't realize it had been so much work. Can it be frozen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eden
(((((Pax))))) So sorry for the loss of your friend. Love and prayers to his family.
I am so very sorry Pax.
Oh Pax, that is so sad. I'm so sorry.
Crankin, wow, I didn't realize Lyme was so prevalent there that they'd treat without symptoms. :eek: Hope it turns out fine.
((Pax))
(((Pax))) I'm sorry to hear you lost your friend :(. I hope his family is being cared for & are surrounded by the ones they love.
Ian's father passed away yesterday & understand how you feel at the moment.
Dear People,
Can you get your $*(*%&%& together & stop been stupid hoons!!!
A friend's cyclist son was killed last week by a drag racing drunk $*$*$**$...
poo..
Pax and CC, sorry for your losses.
Oak, Lyme is extremely prevalent here. And with the warm winter, the doc told me that they have been treating cases all winter. We have 2 neighbors who had significant neurological damage from Lyme disease from the era when people didn't often get treated until it was too late. I think I'm fine, no symptoms, so today will be my last day of the meds.
Dear people who came to the AMC Bike Workshop,
Get a better night's sleep. So many of you were nodding off and we were not boring!
I've done this for 5 years and this was a very unusual group; I hope you don't fall asleep if you come to the New Member's Ride :).
Dear Self,
Please remember to take your asthma meds PRIOR to mowing the lawn. Your airway and lungs would appreciate it.
At least they'll get a rest before you have to do that again. Or get some sheep. :D Or a lawn guy.
I vote for lawn guy. After years of suffering through yard work and being so messed up I couldn't go outside for days afterward... hired a guy to mow and now I get to spend time enjoying myself outside!
Pax -- so sorry about the loss of your friend. Sensless and tragic. :mad: :(
Dear upstairs neighbors,
Are you running a day care up there? I honestly thought that since your kids were grown, we wouldn't have herds of little elephants running across the floor above us and screaming quite so often. It's great that you've made so many new friends while you spend your winter holidays here, but how I yearn for some peace and quiet! Glad we're getting away for five days tomorrow. I need it badly before I say something I live to regret.
Dear self,
Never again buy or rent any place underneath anyone else!
I wear an N95 mask to do yard work (and ride my moto) when pollen is high. The drugstore "pollen masks" are useless - the OSHA masks are well worth the extra couple of bucks.
I'm going to need some sheep for sure. Maybe we should have a collective TE flock to travel with the seasons. :D Most people up home have already mowed two or three times, and we won't even be home for another three weeks or so ... just hoping all the mower needs is fresh gas and a battery charge ... :eek:
((Pax and CC))
I vote for the sheep. Sheep's milk cheese is delicious...Quote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland
Dear Rain,
Just stop! No deep water classes this week because of spring break and I was really planning some good bike rides to compensate and test out the stronger legs
as a hand spinner and hand weaver and knitter I second the motion!Quote:
Originally Posted by alexis_the_tiny
Dear Dr. Drunk, the last time some rich person in a big car killed a cyclist and ran off, they pleaded not knowing that they hit someone. Now you're pleading the same thing too? Jeez, dude, you hit TWO cyclists. And killed one. Come on. Whatever. I have no faith in the justice system here. Just for drinking and driving alone, there's a special place in afterlife for you and I'll bet it's not gonna be a pleasant one.
On a totally unrelated note...
Dear school doctor, I love you. Thank you for finally taking me seriously when I say I've had allergies pretty much ALL THE DANG TIME for the last 20 years or so. And thank you for giving me a medication I can use long term without any horrible side effects because you get it that I don't see my allergies for a few days, I see them for years. I could have done without the where I'm at risk for asthma but, well, can't blame you for that one, I blame my cruddy immune system.
Dear Body,
yah, you rock! After three weeks of sneezing and coughing and congestion and bronchitis and fever and chills and headaches and no hearing or sense of smell or taste, you pulled through, all on your own without any help from meds. Ok, so you're you're still expending blobs of bright yellow something from your breathing apparatus, and you're a little pudgy round the middle and not about to pass anyone on the daily commute for a long time yet, but dang, you whupped that virus! Proud of you :)
- your surprisingly patient brain