Overheard in the BDO

Because I have been so remiss about posting I thought perhaps I should post a digest of all that has happened in the past week.

But then I realized how boring that would be and decided instead to post a collection of random comments typed, spoken or otherwise noted in and around the BDO. Piece it together however you like and create your very own story about what's been happening here! (This is sort of like magnetic poetry. Only it’s not magnetic and it’s not poetry. Discuss.)

“This data is not usable.”
“I’m not ignoring you.”
“We are almost to the finish line on this one…”
“Why don't you run for president?”
“I don't usually pimp my friends and colleagues”
“THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY”
“You never know what might happen.”
“tub full of angry cats”
“Gack!”
“I’ll need a drink after the Brownie meeting.”
“I cannot locate my Fruitcake catalog.”
“Unfortunately, we have decided that we are not going to fill this position at this time.”

I have withheld attribution to protect the innocent, but I will confess two of these were composed on my keyboard. And, as a side note, "Gack!" - as in "oh my gosh" or "oh my goodness" - is my new favorite word (thanks Jenn)(Oops. I just leaked some attribution.)

A real headline published in the local paper

"Gas-guzzlers vehicles to economy cars is a long ways away"

I'm not even kidding.

Discuss.

(I'm not even sure I know what they were TRYING to express.)

Something to do when you're not reading my blog

Read other blogs!

Two new blogs to which I've becoming slightly addicted:

Epi Log on the Epicurious web site is fun, funny, and frequently features fabulous food. (Can you even stand it?)

The Boy Genius Report appeals to the geek wannabe that lurks just below the surface here at the BDO. (Special thanks to my pal Renee who pointed me to this site.)

Boycott Charmin!!

I’m calling for a boycott of Charmin toilet tissue until they fire the agency that created those stupid bear commercials and pull them from the air. Who’s with me?

I hardly watch TV and yet it seems I cannot escape these commercials! Bears running to port-a-pottys on the beach; bears brushing remnants of toilet tissue off their butts (do any humans actually have this problem?); bears with overly expressive faces as the voice over guy gently talks about unpleasant butt-related, toilet-related topics. YUK!

But what is most disturbing is when I picture some creative group excitedly brainstorming these ideas, then presenting them to executives who smile and say, “YES! YES! That’s perfect! Let’s use cartoon bears with intestinal distress to sell our product!!”

It’s ridiculous! I work far too hard creating intelligent, decent ad copy to tolerate this crap. (Pun not intended, but pleasing none-the-less.)

Seriously?

Message to Burmese Government: How can you not know you are on the wrong side of an argument when you are fighting Buddhist monks?

I promised I would avoid getting political on this blog so that's all I'm going to say about that.

Except maybe this too: It's really too bad there's no oil in Burma. (If there was, perhaps our current administration might be moved to head over there and support the MONKS using pacifism to fight for democracy. 'Cause that's why we're in Iraq, right? Because we were really, really upset about the lack of freedom and rights, right?).