Random Hallmark Moments: Gifts

   Peanut butter & choco cupcake almost too big to fit in my hand?
I love you, Kim Brown. (And Cupcakes ala Mode, too.)

   And to pass along the good will, I asked Azusa to try to find　いたずらパンダ (this cute panda bank) on her recent trip to Japan, and she just returned, bank in hand. I wanted to get it for Maria, our resident panda freak.　どうもありがとうございました、あずささん！ (Maureen likes her  タカラ／トーミついまる, too.) This is Twimal's Twitter feed.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

   Please enjoy this festive photo of three of my favorite coworkers, Ginny, Kim and Dave on one of the three days it's acceptable to wear that much red (Valentine's Day, Christmas, and Cheifs' Red Fridays. When the Chiefs are good. Which has not been the norm in my experience).
   Tonight I will be joining my good friends John and Michele for our weekly ritual of watching this idiot make a fool of himself. Really, in all of America you couldn't find a single dude better than Brad? TWICE?!? Every time he opens his mouth I think he's had a lobotomy.

   The show gives us plenty to laugh about. Michele's "Michelle" lookalike stunt last week was classic. Too bad John's hand got there in time to protect her identity!

   Mich—oops! I mean "Brad"—surprised me tonight by thoughtfully leaving a card and a giant blown-glass rose just for me. I thought it would be funny to take a seductive photo with it, and it was...

    ...except that the rose is over 15" long, and VERY heavy, and it nearly pulled out all my teeth. John and Michele, my lawyer should contact you within three business days.

Love you guys!!! Happy Valentine's Day!

Raccooneriffic!

Received this email this morning from Kim, the aforementioned coworker whose yard has been overrun by raccoons (and mostly possums): 

"Leaving them BE..... 

Okay ladies after some thought and pressure from you nature people! I decided to leave the Racoons Be! I called Critter Control and asked them not to set anymore traps, besides it was getting was too $$$$ catching Possums and all! YUCK!"


So I sneaked over to her desk & left a giant version of this sign posted on the back of her chair, for her to find when she returned from lunch!

Racoon cartoons

I was offsite at a seminar this morning (Andy Mooney, head of Disney consumer products) and during the intermission, Kim was telling us about 2 pesky raccoons that have been hanging our around her house. She flipped the lights on at night & caught them hanging out on her deck. She has hired a company to trap them humanely. While she was talking I couldn't help but imagine some raccoon conversations. So here's what I sent to Kim, under the guise of "notes from the meeting."