Twittering the Doc

DOC: Come on in; sit down. LRE: You have seats? I think I've stood at all of the past appointments. DOC: You could have at least sat on the floor. LRE: I had probably lain down for one of them. DOC: Lain down? LRE: Yeah; lay, lie, laid, lay, etc. It's stupid grammar, isn't it? …

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I Liked What Evan Bayh Had to Say

I keep on telling myself (and some of my friends) that I'm going to stop following national politics so much because it is DEPRESSING. And yet, apparently, I really WANT to put myself in a bad mood because I keep on reading about it. This morning, I briefly thought there was a little bit of …

They’ve Set Up Little Picket Lines Around the North Pole

This week's quote is more of a story. Here's the background: The "Elves" (Emma, 8; Abe, 5; and Claire, 5) were negotiating with "Santa" (James, 19), on Sunday via a legally responsible and easily documented letter. (Basically, they were writing messages on a legal pad and delivering it to Santa who would respond on the …

Comment NOW to Get a Chance to Write my Paper

DOC: Missed ya last week. LRE: I know, right? Must be rough having to go so long without seeing Larrie. DOC: Tell me about it. LRE: I just did. DOC: Well, how did the surgery go? LRE: Great. Why don’t you just read my blog yourself and find out? DOC: Because I don’t actually exist. …

No Vacation for You!

People just wanted to take the Friday after Thanksgiving off. Don't you think we all need time to sleep off all of that turkey? Sadly, shortly after seeing all of the initials of my coworkers on the calendar to take the day off, Freddy reminded us that "[the calendar] is not a play area" and …

Smells Like Deer Jerky

I’m not going to explain the title of this blog. The gaggle of girls that understand it already are just that lucky to spend some quality time with me where I abused this phrase more than Joe the plumber was abused* this year. I will say this, though: turns out, I’m rather SENSITIVE to smells. …

Imagine That — Larrie’s Reflection Theme for the Week

LRE: Sorry I’m late, doc. DOC: I had a nice long nap so I don’t mind. LRE: Jealous. DOC: How come you were late? LRE: Working. Imagine that. DOC: I wondered if you really did that. LRE: Well, yaknow. If you want to keep your job, you’re expected to work. DOC: Imagine that. LRE: Is …

High Contrast – Who Knew

"Pressing the left SHIFT, left ALT, and PRINT SCREEN keys turns on High Contrast. High contrast improves readability for people with visual impairments by applying a special system color scheme and font size. To keep High Contrast on, click OK. To cancel High Contrast, click Cancel. To deactivate the combination for High Contrast, click Settings." …

Episode 24: Happy Halloween! Bring on the Chocolate

MZ left her computer unlocked yesterday and it didn’t take long before an email was sent out with her name in the “From”: Subject: I need chocolate I’m having a rough day around here, kids… please bring me chocolate and I will heart you forever. -mz See what happens when you leave your computer unattended …

Episode 24: Good-bye Chocolate

Of course we think that OUR jokes are funny in IT. We choose NOT to ask the general public whether or not they agree. But, I am brave; I am going to post right here, on the public, world WIDE web, one of our jokes. Yesterday, Freddy left his computer unlocked and went to his …