Monthly Archives: May 2010
A co-worker’s nightmare and a craver’s best friend. It’s like a nuclear weapon for the office — mutually assured destruction. Don’t mess with me or the whole office smells like a crave case!
A picture of the candle at my desk, click to expand.
Also, for a good look at why the recently passed Health-care bill is bad for businesses like White Castle, click here.
When it’s threatening to rain in D.C., I’d venture to say it’s worse than when it is raining. Why, you ask?
Today is such a day. I brought my jumbo golf umbrella because I misplaced my smaller one — it doubles as a javelin. Here’s what grinds my gears about overcast days. People don’t walk fast or efficiently. If you think it’s about to rain, hurry up, by all means! I wanted to throw my umbrella on about 3 occasions this morning at people.
Kind of like this.
Having to go through a metal detector about 2,000 times a year because of my work in Washington, D.C., I’ve formed some thoughts on etiquette that I’d like to share.
- It’s 7 or 8 in the morning. Get off the phone, quit being loud and go through the damn machine.
- If you have a belt buckle the size of a stapler, you’re going to set it off. Similarly, ladies, if you have four pounds of jewelry or an inordinate amount of piercings, please come prepared. I’d hope that we’re all smart enough people to realize what does or does not set off a magnometer. Some of us just want to get to work and the officer wanding you for setting it off three successive times probably doesn’t find you attractive, so spare us, and keep that stuff in your purse. Your office has a bathroom, put on all of your accessories there.
- Everything goes through the machine except for coffee. Yes. Everything. That includes your cell phone, iPod, blackberry, keys — you name it. Keep it all in your bag so you’re not struggling to put things in the circular dog food bowl or your bag. This takes precious time and makes me want to yell at you for being an asshole.
- Interns should have their own security screening point with visitors.
- Don’t wear shoes that set off the magnometer. Yes, ladies with shoes reinforced by what could be a shank, and yes, gentlemen with steel toed boots — your shoes will set that thing off without a doubt. You should know this by now. Put those in your bag and wear tennis shoes.
- All of these points of etiquette become more enforceable the closer it is until 9AM. If I am late for work because you’re a numbnuts or a ditz, I will harbor ill will towards you.
- If it’s not your bag, don’t bring it in. It should go without saying. Fake “gag” grenades your boss’s wife might have given you without really thinking about it, or taking your boss’s “bag” — it’s all on you. Do you remember when we were kids, the lady at the airport would harass you about your bag? Did you pack it? Yes. Keep it with you the whole time? Yes. Did anyone ask you to carry anything on the plane for you? Bingo! If somebody asks you to bring something through security for them — you shouldn’t do it. Trust me.
- Signs apply to you. Staff only before 10 am means exactly what it says. Please show ID doesn’t mean keep it in the bowels of your oversized purse and take 2 minutes to find it. Keep that out and ready. Having to show ID is a requirement of the world in which we live.
Please feel free to add more in the comments.
Apparently, Rep. Obey is retiring. I always thought his last name was funny, and when I saw these Obey posters, I thought it’d be cool if Obey made them into campaign posters.
So, I did a little photoshopping.
The picture above was taken by Elizabeth Daniels, and is her copyright. Not trying to pass off her work for mine, I just photoshopped some pictures of Rep. Obey over them for fun.
This weekend, Tyler and I went to go play Langston Golf Course on Benning Road in Northeast by RFK.
It was about $54 for 18 holes, a cart, logo ball, and big bucket of balls. So, not overly priced.
Their snack bar is amazing, and I really enjoyed the food, but they charged $1.05 for refills, which didn’t really please me.
Because it was a beautiful day, the course was crowded — to a fault. We were paired with a nice gentleman and retired Marine named Pierce. He was a good golfer who knew the course and a sage guide.
The driving range, which was very nice.
Tyler letting it fly.
The par 3 fifth hole.
You can see Metro and RFK from the course.
I’m told there was an on-course robbery the day we played. We avoided it. We ended up not playing the back nine due to how long it took, but I plan to go back and play it. I’d recommend this course over Hain’s Point any day, but try to avoid playing on Fridays and on weekends.
