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Two things have amused me this morning.

First, we have a bulletin board for people to advertise their home businesses and whatall. Someone has started doing chair massages at work. They have a flyer up, and there is a priceless graphic. It's a representation of two rounded-off stick figures (think handicapped sign, or school crossing sign), one giving the other a chair massage. Every time I pass this it looks like the masseur is bending the masseuee (sp?) over some kind of device and anally rampaging him, he even looks like he's grabbing the victim's hips to keep him from running away. I snicker every time I see it.

The other thing is from zachstroum:

This week has been peppered with work stories, and today is no different. Last night I was watching as a child tried out our newest kiddie ride at the toy store. It's Spiderman in a car, which is odd since I'm fairly sure Spiderman doesn't commute. When you can shoot webbing from your wrists and simply swing from building to building, owning a car just seems unnecessary. Who knows though, maybe he has to travel out of the city and he runs out of things to swing from. So Spiderman is sitting in the driver's seat, his torso merging with the car in a very disturbing fashion, and the child sits in the passenger seat. I don't know if they child is supposed to give him directions, pretend he's hitchhiking, or give Spiderman emotional reassurance, but they mostly hit Spiderman. Yes, that's right, most children punch, kick, attach stickers to and yell things at Spiderman. All the while, poor Spiderman has to sit there in silence and take it all. I'd feel sorry for Spiderman if his volume weren't cranked so high that I can hear his demonic car from inside the booth we store the video games in that's across the store.

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Quote of the day (so far) from lisado:

Living in denial is only bad when you don't know you're doing it.

Why I like being a girl

And this is not meant as a slam on any non-girls, or girls who have a non-girl style of communication. This post is a result of several things, including a TLC show on the difference between the sexes.

Men often complain that women's communication is dishonest. "Ooh, your hair looks great!" when it looks terrible, is a common example. I will answer this question honestly if I think the person is really looking for an honest answer, or if I could prevent her pain/embarrassment by being honest. Many times, the case when a woman asks a question like that, they really mean "I am doing this, the decision is already made, I am happy about it, and I want to share." I don't think it's inherently evil to be happy with your friend, even if she's done something that you wouldn't do. As long as she's not at risk. It takes some social skills and empathy to tell the difference. Girls tend to be better at this, though hub has gotten pretty good at it. Damn, I don't think I'm making sense.

I guess this is because I was on a chat board and mentioned my DMB cd. Someone was quick to jump in and say "I don't like DMB." Now, while it's fine that they don't, it was still kind of a poopy thing to do. I was not telling everyone that they should go out and buy it, or claiming that anyone who did not like it was a moron. I was just reveling in my enjoyment. To me, a true friend (or hell, a polite person) who did not like DMB would say "Cool! Good for you! I love it when I get a cd I love, like this [name of band] cd I got here." Same, in fact, more information transmitted- but in a much more socially lubricated way. No one needs to pee in my cornflakes to state their opinion.

These are the same people that mistake honesty for rudeness. "I'm too honest for people; if they can't take it, tough shit!" It's not your honesty that annoys me, it's your assholery.

Oh, hell. I've had too much caffeine.