I’ve decided that I’m going to conduct this weeks staff meeting in the manner of a slam poet.  I will start off in a furious flurry of words outlining points and projects in rapid succession and just as my staff are about to be overcome with my imperative crescendo…  I will … slow…  and pause… as I drive home with exquisite certainty how much I value their hard work.  Then as I cast my gaze to the sky with impactful introspection on my experience, I will gaze off in the distance …  

then start throwing cookies at people.  Everyone loves cookies.

I must be missing Oregon because I just fantasized about buying a Volkswagen van

Tumblr is a cool place but I’m considering a break. I need to write more.