Entries from August 2007

why, indeed?

August 30th, 2007 · 93 Comments

confession: over the past few days i’ve become a little bit obsessed with google analytics. the dashboard has a lot of numbers and graphs on it, so i can convince myself that what i’m doing is somehow “work,” rather than what it is really is (pointless procrastination).
the feature that most fascinates me is the one […]

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Tags: fun with google analytics · memo

um, rene hall?

August 30th, 2007 · 93 Comments

meric spotted this sign in melbourne while going to the launderette a few doors down. the bizarre thing, says meric, is that it’s in a shop window. “i have no idea what kind of dastardly person would steal poor dave’s bananas but every time i walked past it i laughed so much a little bit […]

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Tags: australia · bananas · beverages · coke · food · melbourne · not-so-veiled threats · revenge · stealing · virginia

if you can afford $10 worth of flair…

August 28th, 2007 · 196 Comments

says “anony-scrooge”:
my office is ridiculous about cards and donations. the smallest of occasions warrants cards, money, balloons, flowers, a singing telegram, etc. last christmas was no exception. by mid-december, we had been asked for no less than $150 each in contributions for this and that.
the straw that broke the camel’s back was the sudden […]

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Tags: e-mail · money · office · party planning committee

the farewell email to end all farewell emails

August 27th, 2007 · 144 Comments

all i can say is…wow.

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Tags: art · christie's · email · new york · office · oh snap · raging against the machine · sarcasm · spelling and grammar police · thanks (but not really)

u will be sorry

August 26th, 2007 · 65 Comments

one of our regular trouble makers, boggywoggy (a.k.a. val in oregon) took some time off from the comments section this weekend to go fishing, and decided to grab a quick bite at waldport, oregon’s, er, finest, the flounder inn. val spotted this note on one of the restroom stalls.

adds val, “i thought about putting […]

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Tags: bathroom · graffiti · im-speak · more aggressive than passive · not-so-veiled threats · oregon · spelling and grammar police