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thanks and an idea
Dec. 9th, 2003 01:51 pmThe Thanks
First of all, I want to thank![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thassalia for asking about holiday disaster stories last week. Mom and I went for dinner Friday night, and I was telling her about my response, and she remembered other disasters:
* the year we were in Australia for Christmas and I got Giarardia AND Salmonella food poisoning TOGETHER on Christmas eve, and the Christmas day plans pink limo - my 12 year old sister's then-dream car- to take us to a fine dining Christmas dinner etc were exchanged for a visit to the Doctor's office and stale bunwiches for the family members who were eating.
* my first Christmas, when Mom and Dad went to see GRama and Grampa in Ontario, and there was a snowstorm, and their plane was late, and they landed in the wrong city and had to be bussed with a 6 month old me and ourr luggage arrived the day before we left
*the year Mom was sick with the flu, and hung in there to open the presents and put the turkey in the oven, and then said "The turkey's in the oven. I am going to bed", and my Grampa, panicked, said "NOOOOO! YOU CAN'T" please understand, Grampa was a big, solid, self-sufficient, powerful man, and this was WAY incongruous, and I late teens/early 20s put together the rest of Christmas dinner and Mom never did leave her room again that day.
Anyway, Thea, THANKS, because you were the catalyst for a GREAT giggle between Mom and I. We had SOOO much fun. We are thinking we should write up a thing about all our Christmases past to read on Christmas day. :D
The idea
My boss and I have decided that the members of our company should be put on word weight watchers in an effort to cut down on the unweildy sentences and redundancy that typify our corporate culture. One of our principals has recently realized that he uses too many adjectives, and has become a much more effective writer as a result. This is the Atkins Diet for Words, it can be a solution for many, though it is not a panacea. But we think this idea could work.
Cut down on your caloric output: Use Fewer Words and Say What You Mean!
ETA: I almost forgot: {{{HUGS}}} tocrankygrrl. At least the days will start getting longer in a couple of weeks!
First of all, I want to thank
thassalia for asking about holiday disaster stories last week. Mom and I went for dinner Friday night, and I was telling her about my response, and she remembered other disasters:* the year we were in Australia for Christmas and I got Giarardia AND Salmonella food poisoning TOGETHER on Christmas eve, and the Christmas day plans pink limo - my 12 year old sister's then-dream car- to take us to a fine dining Christmas dinner etc were exchanged for a visit to the Doctor's office and stale bunwiches for the family members who were eating.
* my first Christmas, when Mom and Dad went to see GRama and Grampa in Ontario, and there was a snowstorm, and their plane was late, and they landed in the wrong city and had to be bussed with a 6 month old me and ourr luggage arrived the day before we left
*the year Mom was sick with the flu, and hung in there to open the presents and put the turkey in the oven, and then said "The turkey's in the oven. I am going to bed", and my Grampa, panicked, said "NOOOOO! YOU CAN'T" please understand, Grampa was a big, solid, self-sufficient, powerful man, and this was WAY incongruous, and I late teens/early 20s put together the rest of Christmas dinner and Mom never did leave her room again that day.
Anyway, Thea, THANKS, because you were the catalyst for a GREAT giggle between Mom and I. We had SOOO much fun. We are thinking we should write up a thing about all our Christmases past to read on Christmas day. :D
The idea
My boss and I have decided that the members of our company should be put on word weight watchers in an effort to cut down on the unweildy sentences and redundancy that typify our corporate culture. One of our principals has recently realized that he uses too many adjectives, and has become a much more effective writer as a result. This is the Atkins Diet for Words, it can be a solution for many, though it is not a panacea. But we think this idea could work.
Cut down on your caloric output: Use Fewer Words and Say What You Mean!
ETA: I almost forgot: {{{HUGS}}} to
crankygrrl. At least the days will start getting longer in a couple of weeks!
