Christy The Writer

I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am that the sudden deluge of pollen has conveniently coincided with this swine flu thing.  I’m one sneezing fit away from my co-workers dumping Purell on me like Gatorade on a winning coach.  

I pulled a muscle in my leg during my run this morning. Now not only am I unable to run for a few days, I’m hobbling around here like a Brady kid trying to get out of the school play.

Shyla told me she has a foolproof method of figuring out who was in high school during the 80s. Ready? Here it is: Put on 80s music.  They will always, always, start bobbing their heads.  

You know those awkward moments when you approach a door and the person behind you is right in that spot where you don’t know whether to stand there and hold the door, necessitating one of those little half-jogs on their part, or go on through without holding the door and look like a big jerk? [...]

My BFF Keeli gave me a boxed set of 80s music for my birthday. I absolutely love it for rocking out in the car, but listening to music from my youth does cause my mind to work overtime. Have I fulfilled any of my dreams from high school? Have I become the person I always [...]

As I was leaving the office on Friday, I saw this Post-It note stuck randomly to a pillar in the lobby. I can’t decide if the message would have been better or worse had the writer spelled “hugged” correctly.  

I’m sitting here listening to the aggravated breathing sounds of the copy machine repairman who is right outside my office. He has been here all day. At first I felt sorry for him, but then I realized just how much job security he has as long as companies like mine (our corporate slogan: “We Destroy Electronic [...]

I stopped to pick up a pizza on the way home last night, and the man behind the counter asked if I wanted some napkins. Either he figured that it’s pretty obvious I don’t have any napkins at home, or he thought I was just going to sit in my car in his parking lot [...]

I read in the news this morning that “angry” North Korea says it is ending talks on its nuclear activities and will restore its disabled nuclear reactor because the UN criticized them. How ODD. They’ve been so cooperative and nice until now.  

I admit to feeling a rush of relief when they rescued Captain Phillips last night, but I do have to say I feel sorry for his kids. You just know what’s in store for them. “Hey, I was held hostage in a lifeboat by Somali pirates for five days. I think you can manage to [...]