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Posted by Violet White on January 30th, 2008 at 8:04pm — No Comments (Add)
 

In which I embarrass myself once again, and what are you going to do about it?

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Posted by Violet White on January 29th, 2008 at 8:23pm — No Comments (Add)
 

In which I read into things

I was off on Friday, as our offices were closed, and I returned in the relative sunshine this morning to this message, left by an anonymous woman:

Lady, you haven’t been at your desk all day. Now, you need to get with it. I’m gonna call the City Manager and the City Administrator to make sure that you do pick up that phone.

It's slightly thrilling to be addressed only as "Lady," as if I'm the subject of a Lionel Richie ballad. I also enjoyed the snarl she managed to wor…

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Posted by Violet White on January 28th, 2008 at 4:33pm — No Comments (Add)
 

In which I am slow on the draw

The rain that's been beating down on us for the past several days has ceased, leaving a brilliant, clear sky and in the distance, snow-topped mountains. It's startling to look across green fields where strawberries are ripening and see a snowy mountain range, but the beauty of life is in contrasts, friends, and let me illustrate that with an anecdote.…

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Posted by Violet White on January 7th, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments (Add)
 

In which I talk to the trees

Isn't it fantastic to be back at work? I think so, too. With the holidays out of the way, I can concentrate on the primary focus of my job, which is: The removal of the office Christmas tree. Or "holiday" tree, although I don't know of any holidays outside of Christmas that feature a large pine tree decorated with shiny ornaments. The function of the tree is, at this time, immaterial, because my next task is to have it removed from the lobby.

So far today, I have received three phone c…

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Posted by Violet White on January 2nd, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments (Add)