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*chortles* Indeed!
Nov. 9th, 2007 12:43 pm
Look like the innocent flower, but be the ar_wahan under't.
Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?
Nov. 9th, 2007
If I am driving along a narrow, winding, wooded country road at dusk and suddenly slow WAAAAY down, it is most certainly not to annoy you (even if you were following much too close and your headlights' reflection in my rearview mirror was unpleasant).
In the future, before you get p-ssed off (and pull into the oncoming lane, over a double solid line, to illegally pass a suddenly slowing vehicle at high speed), take a nanosecond to ask yourself, "Might the driver ahead of me have slowed down for a reason?"
I hope that you realized that reason as soon as you narrowly escaped ending an innocent life and damaging your precious vehicle.
You see, I thought I'd seen something move in the dusky lane ahead of me, but it was hard to tell for sure. So, I slowed down as a precaution; and then, when I got close enough to see I was right, I slowed again to give the doe time to get out of not only my way, but yours.
She kept moving -- and, by the time you roared past me, she was now in the middle of the lane that you now illegally occupied. I'm grateful that when you quickly swerved to avoid her -- thereby getting back into the correct lane -- you didn't hit the other deer that was following her, and that was now in front of you.
Jerk.
In the future, before you get p-ssed off (and pull into the oncoming lane, over a double solid line, to illegally pass a suddenly slowing vehicle at high speed), take a nanosecond to ask yourself, "Might the driver ahead of me have slowed down for a reason?"
I hope that you realized that reason as soon as you narrowly escaped ending an innocent life and damaging your precious vehicle.
You see, I thought I'd seen something move in the dusky lane ahead of me, but it was hard to tell for sure. So, I slowed down as a precaution; and then, when I got close enough to see I was right, I slowed again to give the doe time to get out of not only my way, but yours.
She kept moving -- and, by the time you roared past me, she was now in the middle of the lane that you now illegally occupied. I'm grateful that when you quickly swerved to avoid her -- thereby getting back into the correct lane -- you didn't hit the other deer that was following her, and that was now in front of you.
Jerk.
Sick (and work blather)
Nov. 9th, 2007 05:58 pmYep, that cold I felt coming on is ... well, not just a head cold. Lower regions of the anatomy are affected too.
I went to my covenant group at 10 a.m., came home feeling worse and worse, and asked the AE if I could buy another day on the letter due today. Thankfully, he said yes. By the time I got the answer, I had eaten some chicken soup and was feeling better, so I've made some good progress on the letter. But would still not have been able to finish it today.
As I labored away, Jesse Cat came in to remind me the sacred dinner hour was approaching, and I realized, OMG!!!! I had cat food for the beasties tonight, but none for tomorrow. That's why I was driving around in the dusk in the last post -- went down to the aging hippie co-op (at ten minutes away, the nearest place to buy anything here) to get a can to tide us through tomorrow morning. I hate spending 99 cents for a small can of cat food (even if it is organic, it's still too expensive), but it beats driving 20 minutes.
Meanwhile (*sigh*) the principal at another client firm apologetically emailed that the "terrific" (her words) letter I wrote yesterday needed to be revised. Not because of anything wrong that I (or she) had done -- we had dutifully followed marching orders -- but because the decision maker at the nonprofit had suddenly come up with a different set of marching orders. Now I need to fit a couple of "inspirational stories" into the letter, when before there had been no stories provided or requested... This, FYI, is considered a "change of direction," so I will be given credit for it. (Translation: I get an extra hatch mark on my list of monthly projects, since I'm paid by retainer; if I were to bill non-retainer clients in the same situation, it would mean I could bill them extra.) The problem will be in getting this extra copy to fit in the same number of pages. I have until Monday or Tuesday. (I have another, very short assignment due Tuesday, when I also have to go to the dentist, so I told her Monday.)
I'm supposed to go to a workshop from 9 - 2 tomorrow at church on end-of-life issues; I may cancel my attendance because of health and all this other stuff. I want to be well enough to go with Samurai to "The Mikado" (appropriately) tomorrow night.
Never did get to the bank to deposit my check, or to Linens-n-Things to get my dryer racks.
But, tomorrow is another day.
I went to my covenant group at 10 a.m., came home feeling worse and worse, and asked the AE if I could buy another day on the letter due today. Thankfully, he said yes. By the time I got the answer, I had eaten some chicken soup and was feeling better, so I've made some good progress on the letter. But would still not have been able to finish it today.
As I labored away, Jesse Cat came in to remind me the sacred dinner hour was approaching, and I realized, OMG!!!! I had cat food for the beasties tonight, but none for tomorrow. That's why I was driving around in the dusk in the last post -- went down to the aging hippie co-op (at ten minutes away, the nearest place to buy anything here) to get a can to tide us through tomorrow morning. I hate spending 99 cents for a small can of cat food (even if it is organic, it's still too expensive), but it beats driving 20 minutes.
Meanwhile (*sigh*) the principal at another client firm apologetically emailed that the "terrific" (her words) letter I wrote yesterday needed to be revised. Not because of anything wrong that I (or she) had done -- we had dutifully followed marching orders -- but because the decision maker at the nonprofit had suddenly come up with a different set of marching orders. Now I need to fit a couple of "inspirational stories" into the letter, when before there had been no stories provided or requested... This, FYI, is considered a "change of direction," so I will be given credit for it. (Translation: I get an extra hatch mark on my list of monthly projects, since I'm paid by retainer; if I were to bill non-retainer clients in the same situation, it would mean I could bill them extra.) The problem will be in getting this extra copy to fit in the same number of pages. I have until Monday or Tuesday. (I have another, very short assignment due Tuesday, when I also have to go to the dentist, so I told her Monday.)
I'm supposed to go to a workshop from 9 - 2 tomorrow at church on end-of-life issues; I may cancel my attendance because of health and all this other stuff. I want to be well enough to go with Samurai to "The Mikado" (appropriately) tomorrow night.
Never did get to the bank to deposit my check, or to Linens-n-Things to get my dryer racks.
But, tomorrow is another day.