marbles, lost.

our office receptionist leaves much to be desired. now don't get me wrong, she's a very sweet lady - its just that a squirrel could do her job better. i don't know if her mind is going with age - although she isn't that old - or if she's just always been pretty stupid. either way, she completely makes life more difficult for all of us.

one of her tasks is to send around an email to the office if someone calls in sick/late to her. pretty easy, huh? no. instead its this huge challenge, and she musses up about 70% of the time. today was one of those times. as i'm sitting at my desk an email comes around:

chrissy is out sick today.

i am??? this is news to me. did she hallucinate the phonecall this morning where i told her i wasn't coming in? was i wearing my invisibility cloak when i said 'good morning' to her as i entered the office? i questioned her as to what this is all about, and am awaiting a response. i know...there is no reason for me to harass this woman about her confusion, however, i was actually in early today and hate that she's spreading vicious rumours about my whereabouts. hmmph.

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why is "w00t" the word of the year? ok, fine, merriam and webster want to show what technologically savvy chaps they are and keep the dictionary relevant. but this is a bit of a stretch, no? there weren't ANY other more important words out there this entire year?

hmm, update. i was going to go on a little rant about the state of language and tie this in to the decline of societal intelligence until i did a little research on past words-of-the-year, and found that 1992's was "not". so looks like i'm barking up the wrong tree.

w00t!