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The Fun Guy (21791)
niemira AT gmail DOT com
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A Few Of My Favorite Things:
Fungus: Glomus intraradices
Number: 198
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Element: Yttrium
Radioisotope: Cesium 137
Chemist: Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford
Knots: taut-line hitch & better bow
Beverage: Coffee
I once hit the cycle for interviews for all four US network in one very, very busy week. I was interviewed live on the BBC that same week. I've also been on Car Talk.
I went on a diet and lost 17% of my body mass. Then I gained some of it back, so now I'm trying to lose it again. I think it would have been simpler to just keep it all off in the first place.
Journal of The Fun Guy (21791)
192.0 "Your Blackberry is on your desk."
Three days ago
My secretary: "For some reason, I don't have your cell number on file. What is it?"
Me: "It's 999-555-1234, but please don't give it out to anyone else."
Her: "What? Why not?"
Me: "Because it's my personal cell phone, and I don't want to run up a bunch of air time. I also don't want everyone in the group to have my personal info."
Her: "You mean you don't have a business phone? You weren't issued one when you came on board? I'll take care of it."
Me: "I didn't mean... that is... uh... thanks."
Today
Note from my secretary: "Your new Blackberry in on your desk. Activation info and password is on the printout from the IT guy. Let me know if you want bluetooth."
I don't know if I'm just weirded out by the idea of having an electronic tether like a Blackberry at all, or at having been identified as someone who should have been equipped with an all-expenses paid electronic tether back on Day One. The fact that I never expect this phone to ring with good news is also a bit off-putting.
Come to think of it, having a secretary who just Makes Stuff Happen for me is still very strange.
