(I am interested in your feelings about punctuality because I am pretty much always punctual--which I think comes from growing up relatively far away from school and having to commute--and I don't like it when people are late. Most recently a friend was more than 30 minutes late to his own birthday party, which I found enraging enough that I left ( Read more... )

Do you consider yourself a punctual person?
Is punctuality something you value in others?

Thanks, everyone, for suggestions re: headaches. I think I should probably drink more water. Too bad my job consists of staring at a screen half the day...

Anyone know the deal with headaches? I got an absolutely splitting one a few weeks ago. This one is not as bad but my head hurts and I can't really focus on anything. Could it be from not having caffeine today? Or what?

you guys, at work I now have to talk to people on the phone as part of a new thing I've been assigned to. aaaaah.

Whole bunch of the files I'm going through this morning say "Night Watch" at the top of them. I feel a bit like I'm in a Terry Pratchett novel.

Oh man you guys! Life is awesome! There is a new coffee place down the block (RBC NYC) that will make you a Vietnamese coffee! There is someone who wants me to catsit his lovely cat and housesit his lovely house and will pay me! There are fun plans for the weekend! There are SNL videos of laser cats! There are exclamation points! There are ( Read more... )

was feeling a bit neglected because I got a new one. So it wants to say hello.

Times I randomly came across the phrase "a mere bagatelle" today: 2.
Times I randomly came across the phrase "a mere bagatelle" prior to today (except the time that inspired this name): 0.

One of these was even in a NYT crossword clue:
"A ____ bagatelle!"

Crazy!

a blog!

patchwork-oratorio.blogspot.com

please read! please comment! please offer suggestions! then I will know you are reading it and I will continue to post! I aim to post 2x/week or so, unless otherwise determined by (in no particular order) market forces/exhaustion/extreme boredom/high demand.