Commuting to the Refrigerator

Yesterday, I worked from home waiting for the plumber to arrive between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. He finally called at 1:30 p.m. and arrived at 2 p.m. However, that's not the point of this post.

So, there were some significant pros and cons to working from home.

Pros:

• No commute
• It doesn't matter if you're having a bad hair day or don't feel like wearing make-up
• You can throw in a load of laundry on your lunch break
• Fewer office ambient noise interruptions

Cons:

• It might get a little lonely
• I would get a little stir crazy
• It is a little quiet
• I would weigh 8,000 lbs

I'm sure the carpet is always cleaner in the other office.

P.S. we have a new garbage disposal and water filter system.

Ouch

So this morning, someone didn't think I was wearing green and they pinched my arm. There are two points here: 1. my bracelet has a green pearl (maybe even two or three), and 2. I had never heard of this whole pinching thing.

So I turned to the St. Patrick's Day etiquette and all-knowing www.wikianswers.com for the answer.

Why do people get pinched on St. Patrick's Day if they do not wear green?

• You get pinched because you're a nonconformist.
• Pinching gives you a bruise so you can have some green on you.
• The act of pinching on St. Patrick's day began in America with Irish settlers who tried to get their kids to behave by telling them that fairies would come pinch them.

And the answer ACTUALLY is:

Pinching those not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day is an American tradition, having really nothing to do with Ireland or St. Patrick. It's thought that the pinching started in the early 1700s, about the time that awareness of St. Patrick's as a holiday came to the fore, too, in Boston, in the Massachusetts colony. They thought if you wore green, it made you invisible to the Leprechauns, which was good because they would pinch anyone they could see. So the pinching is to warn and remind you about the Leprechauns.

Your Friend is Just Not that into You

De-friended. Yep. That's right.

Are you wondering what in the world I'm talking about? In the social network, Facebook, your goal is to find your friends and add them to your friends list. It's easy, this is how it works.

To add a friend, just use Facebook Search to find people you know and then click on the "Add as Friend" button on the right side of the page. A friend request will be sent to that person. Once they confirm that they actually are friends with you, they will show up on your Friends List.

Well, I recently found out it was equally as easy to be "de-friended." Unlike a notification you receive when someone wants to become your friend, there's no notification. So how do you know? You begin to realize that you haven't seen any of their recent status updates. And when you do a search to find them, they once again say, "Add as Friend."

I'm not sure how I feel about being de-friended.

#54,742

I just received my annual notification to confirm my position on the Green Bay Packers season ticket waiting list as of the end of 2008 season.

My new Green Bay Packers waiting list priority is #54,742. That's up from #56,267 in 2007 and #57,027 in 2006.

At this rate, Brian has determined that I will be 105 years old by the time I get my four tickets.