And now it's time for... Tidbits-o-Fun! (Now in fruity raspberry!)
- The title of this post, my friends, is the new motto of Saxony-Anhalt: We get up earlier! A national survey recently indicated that the erstwhile inhabitants of this very German state get up an average of, I believe, 7 minutes earlier than your durchschnittlicher Deutscher. (6:37am, if I recall correctly.) Not only has this been deemed cause for celebration, it also became the basis for an ambitious advertising campaign touting the virtues of the diligent, early-to-bed early-to-rise Sachsen Anhaltinians. It doesn't say much for our night life, though.
- A new-old song with the loveliest ass-imagery I've heard in a long time (next to my friend T. spontaneously announcing "Tits-'n-Ass!")... a song by Dr. Hook which topped the charts in 1982 and somehow only meandered its way into my heart tonight at the gym: "The queen of all the night birds/Watch her when she walks/ She don't say nothing but/ Baby makes her blue jeans talk." Oh yeah, Baby! That's some tricky ventriloquism.
- My new-old keyboard at work was veeery dusty, so I took out our handy can of "air duster" and blew up a cloud of old skin cells and dust mites from between the keys. And man, it was fun. I hit all the crevices at just the right angles, went over them again for good measure, and I was on a roll. But alas! I blew the dust all over my jeans! Never fear, for the Mighty Air Duster is here. Except that, when I blew the Mighty Air Duster all over my jeans leg, what came out was not (as advertised) air, but some extremely cold liquid that was probably alcohol because it dried up later, leaving a bright red spot on my leg where the skin had frozen over due to the ice-cold Mighty Air Duster juice. Never again. But it left me wondering how it got so cold...
- And last but not least, I write a bazillion e-mails a day at work and I am getting bored with my usual sign-offs: "peace" or "sincerely." *yawns* I need to put some zest in my chest, some verve in my swerve. I need something friendly, or churchy, or Martin-Luthery, or just plain warm... throw me a rope here. How do y'all sign off on your work e-mails?
Jess
6 comments:
When things under pressure suddenly expand, they cool dramatically, just as when things that come under pressure heat up. So when aersols come out, the contents cool. In fact, if you pop the top off a compressed air container, the air coming out would freeze anything that it comes in contact with.
Well, if you consider my "work" the volunteer positions that I hold, then I consistently tend to sign off with "much love."
:) I imagine that most people wouldn't dig that, though.
Much love, Amy
Hmmm... one lady I correspond with signs off, "Be of perpetual good cheer!". I totally wrote it off until I met her, and she *is* of perpetual good cheer. :-) But I don't think I could pull that one off. And unfortunately, my work doesn't have a whole lot to do with solidarity... "Cheers" is nice. :-) "Take care" is good too, if I know the person already. "Much love" is one I use a lot already. :-) Any more, anyone? I'd like to have a cadre of ready responses.
Dan, thanks... in some back recess of my mind, I probably once knew that. I suppose it makes sense... when molecules move faster, the temperature is higher, and when the same number of molecules suddenly have a lot more space to spread out in, they don't knock into each other as much so they slow down (and thus cool down)... am I even close? Chemists?
PS. Happy Saturday!
I use Warm Regards, I picked it up from a work email that I recieved, it's both formal and friendle (or at least I think so)
At work it's "Be well" or "Sincerely and appreciatively," depending on how well I know my correspondent.
At home it's "Love," or "Be well," depending on my relationship with the correspondent.
Abba
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