Very quiet

Today is the day of the divisional Christmas party. It is also the day of the branch Christmas lunch. With the exception of the first half hour, we shall miss the former; this is what happens when no-one co-ordinates things.

With half the division having disappeared off to the new Homes and Communities Agency and us wandering off down the King’s Road for lunch, people will be a bit thin on the ground. And of course, the Deputy Director won’t be there because she’s in hospital. I was prevailed upon at the last minute to provide a quiz for them to fill out so that they don’t all have to stand around talking shop. Luckily I have a number of old music quizzes on my computer, so I brushed off one of those and filled in the odd blank here and there. Hopefully it will do despite being a little old. It just means that there will be nothing from the past three or four years, which is no bad thing.

I am always amazed by the ability of the Karma Pixies to be spiteful even on the most basic and pointless of levels. I have been sitting here pushing through bits and pieces. I have received no emails other than those awaiting my attention when I logged on and a couple from Furtle. Certainly no work emails from today. The phone has been resolutely silent, so I dug out my iPod (the novelty has not yet worn off) and powered up some classic David Bowie to keep me going.

I managed 13 seconds before the phone rang.

Very quiet

Today is the day of the divisional Christmas party. It is also the day of the branch Christmas lunch. With the exception of the first half hour, we shall miss the former; this is what happens when no-one co-ordinates things.

With half the division having disappeared off to the new Homes and Communities Agency and us wandering off down the King’s Road for lunch, people will be a bit thin on the ground. And of course, the Deputy Director won’t be there because she’s in hospital. I was prevailed upon at the last minute to provide a quiz for them to fill out so that they don’t all have to stand around talking shop. Luckily I have a number of old music quizzes on my computer, so I brushed off one of those and filled in the odd blank here and there. Hopefully it will do despite being a little old. It just means that there will be nothing from the past three or four years, which is no bad thing.

I am always amazed by the ability of the Karma Pixies to be spiteful even on the most basic and pointless of levels. I have been sitting here pushing through bits and pieces. I have received no emails other than those awaiting my attention when I logged on and a couple from Furtle. Certainly no work emails from today. The phone has been resolutely silent, so I dug out my iPod (the novelty has not yet worn off) and powered up some classic David Bowie to keep me going.

I managed 13 seconds before the phone rang.

Poor Kid

spasmsproject posted This link to a story on MSN:

3-year-old Hitler can't get name on cake

The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child's full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. Heath Campbell and his wife, Deborah, are upset not only with the decision made by the Greenwich ShopRite, but with an outpouring of angry Internet postings in response to a local newspaper article over the weekend on their flare-up over frosting.

Just in case you thought that the name, Adolf Hitler Campbell was a booboo by ill-educated parents, consider that young Adolf's little sister is called JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell .

I said that I though they were 'Special Parents'. spasmsproject corrected that to Clinically Special. I think she might be right.

Poor Kid

spasmsproject posted This link to a story on MSN:

3-year-old Hitler can't get name on cake

The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child's full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. Heath Campbell and his wife, Deborah, are upset not only with the decision made by the Greenwich ShopRite, but with an outpouring of angry Internet postings in response to a local newspaper article over the weekend on their flare-up over frosting.

Just in case you thought that the name, Adolf Hitler Campbell was a booboo by ill-educated parents, consider that young Adolf's little sister is called JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell .

I said that I though they were 'Special Parents'. spasmsproject corrected that to Clinically Special. I think she might be right.