Office Cleo!

Over the weekend, we watched Clockwatchers, a Parker Posey (meow) movie we saw “back in the day”, before we were old and jaded. We were young and jaded. And we cringed at the verisimilatude of the movie to our own lives. The FreeTacos of 10 years back are shaking their drunken heads at us, even as we type this.

Central to the plot is an office thief. Someone begins stealing all sorts of stuff from people’s desks. And, true to life, wouldn’t you know it, when we get to work on Monday, our favored orange-handled Fiskars scissors are missing (insert Depeche Mode lyrics… *here*). Son of a bitch! Who stole our scissors?!

Edit: we found them.

Last week we bemoaned the end of year lists that inevitably crawl out of the muck, allowing us to relive the ups and downs of the year. We claimed we only liked the photos of year. Not true! We love the traditional Life in Hell “banned words” lists, but seem to have missed out on them this go-round. We have, however, found Lake Supior State University’s list of “banished words” (oh, those people on that lake are just *so* superior, aren’t they?). Although technically, they are more 2-3 word phrases (*now* who’s superior, huh?). Our favorite is “97% fat free,” although with “dawg” gone, what will Randy Jackson say on American Idol? Does it matter that much of his “dawgs” will have been said in 2005?

We also enjoy the linguistic voting for “word of the year”. Stephen Colbert has made his stamp on the culture. Truthiness is the word of the year. Although, we certainly do like the Cruise-lex. Hey people, do you like to get to Cruisazy? We like to get cruisazy!! (Though, admittedly, that one sounds like a cross between Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze, so buyer beware.)