“The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.”
– Colette, Paris From My Window, 1944
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.”
– Miriam Beard
You can leave a message
Why is it when I miss a call, either on purpose or accidentally that the person calling won’t leave a message? I know this is one of those things were your friends tell you “it’s not that big of a deal…they’ll call back if it was important.” That’s fine, but what the hell was voice mail invented for? :)
Dear Office Phone Caller,
My office phone has voice mail and I can’t tell you how often I come in and I have a hangup message from late the previous night or early in the morning. If you hang up right when you get my voice mail message I won’t know you called because the “New Message” light won’t be on. You see, I get concerned that something went wrong with a piece of equipment, someone working late needed help and didn’t call my cell phone or that something broke this morning and since I was late people are now looking for me. This gives me a few seconds of worry and it’s not fun. Please, next time just leave a message and say “wrong number” or do one better and hang up before you get to the *beep*.Thank you,
– bd
For the longest time I had to turn off my cell phone at work because I had no signal in my office so my battery would just die sooner then usual from searching for a signal all day long. Besides I don’t want to answer my cell at work. On occasion I would get hangup calls on my voice mail. With my new phone (a few months old…but still new) I get a signal in my office, so I leave my phone on and I can see who calls. However, the signal is still weak so I can’t pick it up and talk or we’ll get disconnected. So I let all calls go to voice mail.
Dear Cell Phone Caller,
Thank you for being considerate when calling me midday with a personal call since you most likely know I am at work…you call my cell phone. It would be really nice of you to not just call me, but let me know why you called. Since now I can see that you called me, you get my curiosity into overdrive and I want to know what you want. If you don’t leave me a message I don’t know if just looking at the missed call should be a hint that you want me to call you back, or maybe your phone called me by accident. What’s the point of calling me if you didn’t really want to get a hold of me?Thank you,
– bd
Other then pranking your friends or for an “as needed” security situation, why would you block your number on your phone? Some marketing companies block their number and some people chose to block their number on their cell phone all the time. Interesting idea.
Dear Hidden ID Caller,
I know when you call because it shows up on my missed call list. Sometimes your number shows up on my cell phone bill and I figure out who you are. I don’t know what you are selling, who you are stalking or what you want. I do know you are not that important that you need your number blocked for every call you make.Thank you,
– bd
I don’t ask for too much…but wow, does it really have to be this way?
“A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”
– Dave Meurer [“Daze of Our Wives”]
Worth a mention, good for a laugh
TGIF…it’s a “feature” day at BD@BS!! Last week I missed (again), but you were all sleeping through your Friday afternoon and never looked back. See, installing cameras into all of your homes paid off! I have a few friends blogs to plug today and some new to my bookmarks…on with the sideshow!
crazying up the bottle – MooCow’s return from hiatus brings just as many laughs; but it’s better. Why? Because I and everyone else behind me says so. Clicky click click your little butt over there.
Life, Grad School, and Everything In Between – Laura’s heartfelt comments about her life as a grad student. working for a University…”when all she really wants is to be Audrey Hepburn.”
Where does the time go when it’s not around here? – Ah yes, Lisa writes her little heart out in a fun, upbeat and silly words for all to read. It’s hard to not wonder what she’s doing next, but you can find out by visiting her almost daily updated blog. (hint hint…keep going back)
the origin of shoeism – MaryJanes (a.k.a. Thérèse) has her blog reborn, just as good only if you talk about bacon she’ll beat you with the sole of an old shoe. Read her lucid day-dreamy blogs about her days and fun little conversations she has with her friends…we all have them, but she blogs them.
These Eyes Hold Pain – Are you “obsessed without a clue”? She is. Deep thoughts from the places we don’t all like to talk about; but we all have moments we get lost down there. Hearing from the gut spilled words will remind you it’s okay to hurt…because sometimes you have to hurt to feel the good. She isn’t really crazy (shh…just go along with it).
Cooking with Amy – Not sure what to eat tonight? Feeling adventurous in the kitchen? Check out what Amy is cooking tonight! Hints on how to cook with certain ingredients, recipes, food news, restaurant reviews, book reviews and some historical background about ingredients. WARNING: you might get hungry just looking at the pictures of some wonderful dishes.
The Casual Friday – Did you see this on the Blogger(tm) link listing? Brian gives you a “top 10 list” from the hilights of his day. Maybe a little too blunt for some, but fun to read example “Unsuccessfully attempted to break my all-time record for consecutive hours sitting on the couch” – you know you want to see what he was up to today.
Naked Drinking Coffee – I have a weird sense of humor at times and I need a little something different then the fluffy humor I usually follow. NDC is the place to be for that. Raw, funny, slanderous, scandalous and chalk full of things you wish you were saying…but you don’t.
…and not to pull your halo down – Hofzinser sketches with words and asks good questions along the way. Step-by-step guides for life as a guy…with links to other sites that have step-by-step guides for girls. Why what kind of guides you ask? You’ll have to click the link and read away to find out…otherwise I would spoil it.
Scorpio – InfoSpace
Now this is the kind of information I need just before going to a wedding this weekend. Lookout bridesmaids…because I’m not going to talk to you; but I might be wishing you were talking to me. HA! Liquid courage would be nice. As for tempting anyone to do just about anything…I tempt you all to pay me one million dollars! Waiting…waiting…yea okay then; apparently I need to work on the “just about anything” part.
“Your sign is known for magnetism and an impressive ability to tempt anyone into doing just about anything. So when someone absolutely perfect walks by, you’ll do everything in your power to entice them into spending time with you. If they’re already yours, so much the better. You just have to be yourself, and they’ll be just as infatuated as they were the first time you wooed them. If they’re not yours, let’s just say that situation won’t last for very long at all.”
Daily Horoscope: Scorpio – InfoSpace
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do. “
– Eleanor Roosevelt
This was my photo submission to: WereNotAfraid.com.
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