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What was that?

2010-12-08T11:11:00.000-08:00

Just overheard, "multiple counts of manslaughter." That's when you hope that someone who doesn't know us walks by.

Semi-Colon

2010-11-18T12:44:00.000-08:00

Kandi Jo: Laura is prejudiced against semi-colons.
Jenni: I have a semi-colon.
Laura: Sounds like a personal problem.
Jenni: I do. I had six inches of it removed.

What did you say?

2010-11-15T14:52:00.000-08:00

Me: I'm looking at a webcam of Prague.
Kelsey: Why are you looking at a webcam of a frog?

Mock turtlenecks

2010-11-11T11:52:00.000-08:00

Kelsey: So what you're telling me is that a) there are sleeveless mock turtlenecks and b) you choose to support those?

It doesn't need to be complicated

2010-11-10T06:53:00.000-08:00

An unnamed person on our team summed up our frustrations about the view that the latest shiny object = the silver bullet that will make our product more popular, effective, what not.

Making things complicated makes them more effective.

Paper clip remover

2010-11-04T11:05:00.001-07:00

Laura: Does anyone have a paperclip remover?

Jenni: Yes, my fingers.

Jumbotron

2010-09-27T08:10:00.001-07:00

Laura: My #1 goal is to be on the Jumbotron at a Twins game.

Jenni's picks, week two

2010-09-24T18:28:00.000-07:00

This week, learn about my uniform picks on my husband's blog. Next week: helmets.

2010-09-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

Thad: The cafeteria needs to learn how to make bread or something.
Kelsey: I like raisin bread with peanut butter. It's like the jam is in the bread. Little pockets of jamminess.

I care a little about football. Week 2

2010-09-23T10:37:00.000-07:00

Pixie League week 2. I posted the guessionale (guess + rationale) on Sophzilla. Why put worthless content on only one place? Also, I don't want the five readers of my blog (two are my parents) to miss it.

My picks

2010-09-14T19:44:00.000-07:00

Since it's kind of a long blog entry and something that I think will be fun to share with my family, I've created my Pixie League blog entry at my family blog site, The Eclectic Mix. The first post will be a double post for you guys since I had to recap what was going on. I'll let you know each week when I post my new picks over there!

Pixie League

2010-09-09T18:45:00.000-07:00

So, I am in a football picks league thingy. Yes, I'm sure that is the official name. How did this come about? I was just joking around with Maria, Laura and Pastor Mary Brown about this league and next thing I know it was decided I was going to play. Let me tell you why that's funny.

I don't understand football. I've tried, but I just don't get it. I think the game is really silly. Down belongs on a duck.
I don't like football. Know how sometime when you play a new game and you don't know what you're doing it's fun to join in anyway, maybe cheer a little? Yeah, I don't see football that way.
I don't like the Vikings. I'm a Minnesota girl, born and bred, and I have never liked the Vikings. No real reason, I just don't like them. There, now you know my dirty little secret.

So, now I'm in this league which Pastor Mary Brown calls the Pixie League and Maria decided that I have to pick the winners each week based on something graphic related and then tell you why. Gotta do what the boss says. (Just to give you some art, too... My team name is Pixel Pixie and I had my son draw up a team logo for me. left. Thanks, Patrick!)

Tonight I made my first pick: The Saints over the Vikings. The reasons? Neither logos are much to write home about (I don't like the angry viking guy, though), but I think black and gold can be a sharp color combination and looks good on TV. I also think the Viking road uniforms are as unflattering as you can possibly get (white bottom, white top) and when wore skin tight on large, round men... Let's just say my eyes need to be cleaned if I accidentally catch a game. And really, read number three, above. I think that says why I will usually pick the other team over the Vikings all season long.

Zaccheus

2010-09-02T09:09:00.000-07:00

Today Kelsey told us that "Wee Care Daycare" was named after a professor named "Wee," which no one knows. We all think its because its for little children.

Kelsey then said, "I wish his first name was Zaccheus."

New member!

2010-08-25T12:06:00.001-07:00

Jenni will now be providing updates to this blog. Hooray!

A dancer, really?

2010-08-01T15:44:00.000-07:00

If you gave our co-workers a quiz, 'who said this,' I'm pretty sure his name wouldn't have come up.

Overheard conversation between Kelsey and one of our favorite male colleagues.

K: You were a gymnast in college?
Colleague: Yes. But in high school, all I wanted to do was dance.

Relevant

2010-07-23T10:33:00.000-07:00

Laura to Jenni while working on a "hip" project targeted toward a younger audience.

Laura: "You're so relevant."

Jenni: "I'm so relevant I'm irrelevant."

Love it.

Pregnant pauses

2010-07-08T14:57:00.000-07:00

"That pause was pregnant with twins." -- Kelsey

Sky Talking

2010-07-01T13:46:00.000-07:00

In response to an e-mail from Kelsey asking a question about if we'd ever had conversation about a project the other day, Laura wrote back that the idea had been discussed, but instead of saying that it was a "high end discussion," Laura chose to use the phrase "sky talking" and the proceeded to send the e-mail, and quickly send a follow up e-mail to say, "I have no idea what I meant by that." It is now a phrase that we are going to use to talk about when people make really lofty statements or sound pompous. "Oh, they were just 'sky talking.'"

Things you don't expect to hear at work

2010-06-30T11:04:00.001-07:00

Overheard Kelsey on the phone:
"Do you see any tree waste or just a chain saw?"

A new description of happiness

2009-08-12T12:40:00.000-07:00

Yesterday it was taco salad day. And it was free if you attended the all-staff meeting. We are big fans of the taco salad so we were quite elated. Our joy morphed into a new way to express happiness.

Kelsey: That makes me happy!
Thad: Happy like free taco salad day?

The Count

2009-07-23T08:42:00.001-07:00

Me: I have three lamps in my office.
Thad: One... two... three... ah, ha, ha. Three lamps. [in the voice of the count]
Me: Does the Count have a last name?
Kelsey: I'll look it up. Nope. He's just the Count.
Thad: There's a video on YouTube that has part of the Count's song bleeped out.
Thad: There's a Muppet Wiki.
Kelsey: Of course there is.
Thad: The Count's favorite TV show is 24. I'm reading the Count trivia.

Haley's Comet, taco salad

2009-06-01T08:30:00.001-07:00

It's taco salad day in the cafeteria. This is very exciting in our corner of the world.

Kelsey: I told Thad that taco salad day is like the Haley's Comet of lunches. It doesn't come around nearly enough.
Me: What was the Hale Bop?
Kelsey: That was the cult who wore Reeboks. Heaven's Gate.
Thad: Look at their logo on Wikipedia. It would make a good '70s t-shirt.
Kelsey: Or theme night at the roller rink.

What now?

2009-05-21T13:05:00.000-07:00

I don't know what she's talking about but I just overheard Kelsey say, "It's like Denny's at 1 a.m."

Oh you need a little help

2009-05-12T11:25:00.000-07:00

We have the opportunity to look at many Web sites during the course of our work. Kelsey found a particularly bad one. That had a sibling.

Kelsey: I finally found the right site. I wouldn't say it's better. It's bad in a different way. And look, they use an apostrophe in the word "e-mail!"

Sucker Punch!

2009-05-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

Maria: When you head over will you grab me, but not physically? Well, maybe by the arm.

Laura: I will grab you by the ankle.

Maria: No, because then I will fall and get a black eye. Wait, that might get me out of door duty.

Laura: True. Do you want me to punch you?

Also, where can you buy those black ski cap things?

2009-05-06T09:05:00.000-07:00

Maria, yelling over the cube wall: Hey, Kelsey. What do you call those recorder things they have in shopping stores in case people steal things? Me: Um, surveillance cameras? Maria: Yeah. Me: Are you planning on robbing something later? Maria: No, but I did have a dream that my brother and his friends robbed a 7-11 once.

The banana made me do it

2009-05-01T07:59:00.000-07:00

Maria is talking to her fruit again. This time, in the midst of a meeting (regarding nothing edible I might add), she said, "Oh. You're gross." in a very disapproving tone. The half-eaten banana was banished to the drawer. Couple of things about this exchange: First, the obvious. The banana can't talk back. Second, if the banana is gross, maybe the garbage would be a better option? But then Maria would have no one to talk to.

Huh?

2009-04-27T06:44:00.000-07:00

A place to record our distractions. Usually along the lines of "If someone overheard this they would think we're crazy/something is wrong with us."