Archive for December, 2006
pitchers and catchers report in two months, people!
27 December 2006New Tifaux post!
Don’t Stop Believin’
21 December 2006Despite being produced by and born among a bunch of Crazy Christians, I have never been to mass on Christmas day. Not once. My family had the best possible out on Christmas– we had Father Bob, my great uncle, who started in the seminary when he was 12 was a man of God his whole [...]
almost better than “circle back” and “who’s driving the bus on this one?”
20 December 2006Yesterday at work I heard someone refer to a particularly sharp employee who always has excellent turn-around times on projects as “Johnny On-The-Spot.” Is this the best or worst corporate euphemism of all time? Because I’m pretty sure that it’s effing awesome, and that I’m going to start calling everyone that regardless of their actual [...]
The most wonderful time of the year
19 December 2006I have an odd fondness for corporate holiday parties– they’re pretty much the only thing that can be categorized as more awkward than work baby showers or work birthday parties, and you have the added perk of being able to look around and wonder “If this was translated into a straight-up per head dollar cost, [...]
Checking it twice
15 December 2006My appreciation of your Christmas card will be directly proportionate to the amount of thought and time I think you put into it, weighing heavily on the message you write and less so on the card itself. Writing “happy holidays!” and signing your name will not win me over, though I will obviously love you [...]
Things I want
14 December 20061. VOTE FOR TIFAUX!
2. I’ve developed a small obsession with Christmas music, which is a problem I’ve never had before. This past weekend I spent an embarrassing amount of money on iTunes working on my mp3 collection. (I later called The Boyfriend, terribly proud of myself, and recited the new songs I had. He started [...]
‘Tis the season, part three: Good On Paper
13 December 2006The gift guide continues! Try to contain yourself! Also, people who are related to and/ or close friends with me: everything on this page is either something I’ve given as a gift previously or am giving this year, so when you open your present from me try to look surprised anyway. Anyway, here we go…
Gift [...]
‘Tis the Season, Part Two: What comes after the hermit crab?
12 December 2006Last year I spent a lot-a LOT- of time agonizing over my office grab bag gift. Little did I know that the gift exchange was set up in such an anonymous way that, if you wanted to, you could never take blame/ credit for the gift you put in, leaving everyone wondering who was bold [...]
Vote Or Die ~Puffy
11 December 2006So, sometimes I write on this awesome website Tifaux about television (more often than not, I am bitching about something, and it always somehow gets turned into complaints about Studio 60) along with awesome people Maggie, Dan & Kyle, and we got nominated for a 2006 Weblog award for Best Culture Blog! And now I [...]
Tis the season: Part one
11 December 2006I’ve been meaning to do a Christmas gift guide since, like, Halloween, because nothing makes me happier than buying presents (don’t you all just want to be/ stay my friend now) but let’s be frank, if you haven’t started shopping you are probably screwed by now. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. You’ll nail it [...]