Today’s a good day to be thankful that you have a job and that you work in an air-conditioned building, don’t you think? I had to walk over to our main building only twice today (and it’s probably not more than 10 yards away), but the weather is just ridiculous. I gave up on any attempt to wear my hair down today and have slapped it back into a pony tail. I’m excited and all that the month of September is so close, but then I have to ask myself why I’m so excited when I know darn well it won’t be getting cool until at least the first part of November. Sigh… life in Texas. I really need to move to Maine. Wonder if I could become Stephen King’s neighbor…
I just overheard our HR department talking about a new law that goes into effect on September 1 that criminalizes online harassment. It carries a maximum fine of $10,000 and a possible third-degree felony charge. Darn, I guess I’ll have to get all my harassing done by the end of the month. And believe me, I have a few people I wouldn’t mind making miserable for at least a little while. But since I believe in karma and all, I’ll probably behave myself.
I experienced one of my all-time favorite pet peeves this past weekend when this girl was checking out in front of me at Hobby Lobby. This chick watched all of her items being rung up and made sure they were placed carefully in her reusable environmental sack and only then did she reach into her purse and pull out her checkbook. And write a check. If you insist on not living in the 21st century and still like to write checks, at least have the decency to pull out your checkbook, write in the date and the payee and sign your name while the cashier is ringing up your stuff!! And this girl was only in her 20’s! Such old-fashioned behavior from one so young…
I’ve added a new word to my vocabulary recently – groovy. I watched a documentary on Woodstock last weekend and it was, well, groovy.
Today’s trivia: Who was the first artist to play at Woodstock? And who was the last artist?
I know I talked last week about getting a dog since I felt guilty about killing that poor dove. I’m pretty much over that idea. However, I am considering a kitten. And this would be an infamous kitten (sort of). You know the Katy ISD police officer that kidnapped his ex-girlfriend last week and kept her captive for something like 48 hours and then finally let her go only to kill himself (and all that took place in Brookshire just a mile away from work, so we were all abuzz last week with the police and with the media)? It turns out this guy was the roommate of the brother of a WEST Engineering employee. And he left two adult cats and four kittens. So the WEST employee is trying to find homes for all six cats. I’m still waiting to see pictures at which point I’ll probably succumb. I’ve broached the idea with Neville and Hagrid of having a little sister, but they don’t seem too excited.
Trivia answer: First – Richie Haven (and up until that documentary, I had never even heard of him). Last- Jimi Hendrix