Catspaw's Guide to the Inevitably Insane

Outside of my cube I decided to put the inspirational message: "There's no I in Ads UI".

Later that day, two different people came by to tell me that there is, indeed, an "I" in the word "AdsUI". When I explained that it came from the motivational saying "There's no I in team" and that's what made it funny, one of those two people laughed. The second of those two people said: "Yes but there is an I. It's at the end of the word.

A few days later, someone altered my sign overnight:

This is totally false. There is lots of love in Ads UI. We're a very loving team. So I removed the post-it note.

This morning, there was a brand new alteration to the sign posted:

Okay, that is true. There is no pie in Ads UI. This clearly must be remedied.

(Above picture taken at Bush & Presidio in SF.)

It's hard to believe that his presidency is finally coming to an end. A Bush has been in office for about half of my life.

I think that nothing better sums up this man's presidency than two things:

The Onion Headlines from his inauguration until today. It starts with the gem "Bush Reaches Out To Hispanic Community With Generous Tip." and just gets better from there.
The various impressions of Will Farrell as Bush over the years. Don't miss this one.

Today I baked some Obama cookies to celebrate the inauguration tomorrow. If you work at Google and arrive before the mad-rush to grab them, pop by my desk tomorrow. The rest of you will just have to imagine the sweet taste of hope (hint: it tastes like icing):

If you get some time today, I seriously recommend that you watch the below video. It's a whopping 37 minutes long, but it is really and genuinely worth watching. By the 4th minute I knew that I was going to sit through the full 37. I don't think I've ever seen someone speak so eloquently on anything, ever.

Just listen to the audio while you're making dinner or doing the dishes tonight. And think for a few seconds that this person's about to become president.

Revel in the beauty of a long-needed good decision by the people down here, grab a cookie, and enjoy.

The rules:

1. Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
2. Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names.
4. Let them know they've been tagged.

I was tagged by Joi Ito.

When I was in Grade 3, my class put on a play with a prince, princess, dragon, evil wizard, etc. And I begged and pleaded to be allowed to play the prince. I didn't understand why my teacher thought that that would be "weird". After enough begging, she let me have the role.
I used to wear glasses -- bifocals, actually. Both problems healed when I was a kid and now my eyes are totally fine, like magic.
I have a secret aptitude for puppets. When I was 7, I put on a puppet show for my brother's kindergarden class. Even today, if I walk by a store with awesome puppets, I usually stop by to try some of them out and to keep my skills sharp, but I almost never show this to anyone else.
I can pick out individual instruments in a piece of music, which sounds easier than it is.
I dislike tomatoes. When I was really young, this made life difficult -- everything from pasta to pizza sauce was off the menu. Today I can happily eat almost everything with tomatoes in it -- except for just a whole tomato plain on its own, which still makes me gag a little.
I can recite several plays from beginning to end, every word.
I don't know my left from right. I know about a million tricks to figure it out -- my usual one is just to make little "L"s with my thumb and index finger and see which is the real "L" and which the backwards "L", but I can't tell you which way is left or right unless I figure it out every single time.

I tag Greg, fLufFy, Deelia, Graeme, Rochelle, Dr J, and Phil.