A Spork in the Road

I am working lots of overtime the past few days, running on this lovely energy I seem to have pulled up from the Earth, and motivated by the imminence of three events: chemo #3 (Tuesday), my mother’s arrival for a week-long visit (also Tuesday), and Thanksgiving (American, Thursday).

So I’ve not been blogging. Also, not a lot of status updates because I’m feeling well and there’s not much to report on the health front.

Instead of a real blog entry, here are some Rules of Conduct as specified by a Veer promo I received some time ago (Veer has THE coolest swag ever, plus great photos and fonts and such):

1. If you jam it, clear it. If you empty it, you refill it.

2. Your chair is the only chair you may adjust. Or move. Or sell to strangers.

3. Treat swatch books like pets. You’d never walk off with someone else’s hedgehog.

4. Point out the achievements of others. Just don’t leave fingerprints on their computer screens.

5. Imitation is flattering. But not if you imitate everything, all the time.

6. The latest, greatest thing you just heard about? Tell everyone!

7. Music is great for an open-office environment. The same album, over and over, for hours, isn’t.

8. Deadlines are pretty serious business. The say “dead” right there in the name.

9. Avoid saying “no” during brainstorming, unless you are brainstorming a bank heist.

(I have actually worked with people for whom Rule #9 was relevant. You know you are.)