Christmas Creep

From the Shoebox Blog, of all places.  Go figure, eh?  Absolutely brilliant!

So, I’m in Virginia until tomorrow for training.  Alex thought it would be fun to send his stuffed Curious George with me, and so I’ve been sending pictures.

After a big day with me, Monkey decided to relax a bit.

Monkey, relaxing in a chair.

After getting a bit of rest, Monkey decided to send off a few emails.

Monkey sending out some emails

Next, Monkey finally figure out he was hungry, so he cooked some dinner.

Monkey got hungry.

After dinner, Monkey was thirsty, so he had a drink too.

And he's thirsty too.

At the end of such a big day, Monkey went off to bed.

Monkey, hitting the sack.

Thanks to Matt Ralph for pointing this one out.

I just went out a little while ago to grab a bite of lunch and get my hair cut.  Conveniently located just down the street a bit from us is a Hair Cuttery.  Without fail, every time I go in there, I’m greeted by a blank stare wondering why I’m there.  “What can we do for you today?” or something along those lines is the typical greeting.  “Yeah, I’d like to get my oil changed, and have a soda.”  I said that once.  More blank stares.  Finally, I had to clue the girl into the fact that I’ve come into a Hair Cuttery to get this — get a haircut.

Today, I was greeted by Jenni, who, despite using a nickname that ends in I (which I utterly loathe), was not only very nice, but actually got the fact that I had in fact entered the Hair Cuttery in search of a haircut.  She wound up cutting my hair too, was pleasant to talk with and did a great job on my hair as well.  At least as good as one can do with my hair.  Thanks Jenni!

Mark & Sarah Jaquith have taken up a cause near & dear to my heart, everyday English, and how we as a people utterly destroy the language.  Nice wurk.  I hoap you kontinoo 2 bee sucsessful.

Go check out the fruits of their labor for yourself.