not quite friday…it’s THURSDAY!

We’re still working through some Christmas holidays. It’s Epiphany, or Three Kings Day in many countries, Christmas Day in Armenia and Lebanon and Christmas Eve in most Orthodox Christian countries. Also Coptic Christmas Eve. it’s a big world.

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Working from Home:

I was on a zoom meeting just now and my husband needed to go behind me so he thoughtfully crawled to stay out of the camera, which means instead of seeing him walk by in his underwear my coworkers saw him crawl by in his underwear.
Pro-tip for couples suddenly working from home together: Get yourselves an imaginary coworker to blame things on. In our apartment, Cheryl keeps leaving her dirty water cups all over the place and we really don't know what to do about her.
My wife has a Zoom call for work, which means the dog and I have to stay in the bedroom since we don't know how to behave on Zoom calls.
A funny thing about quarantining is hearing your partner in full work mode for the first time. Like, I’m married to a “let’s circle back” guy — who knew?
Hearing my wife in meetings--especially with subordinates--and it dawns on me that she uses personnel management techniques on me all the time.
My husband has been working from home for 6 weeks. I've learned that he basically gets paid to be in meetings. Speak in meetings, meet with other people about their last meeting, and have meetings to plan for the next meeting.
I know we’ve been working from home for a year, but it’s still such a trip to listen in on your partner’s work zooms & hear them say phrases you never usually hear them say like “brand loyalty” and “quantitative research” and “my wife can’t find out about us”

Today is the birthday, in 1959, of Kathy Sledge, the youngest and founding member of Sister Sledge, the vocal group made of of Kathy and her sisters, Debbie, Joni and Kim. Kathy was the lead vocalist on this hit.

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