Looking at the back page of our little local newspaper, I found the “ClubNotes” section. There’re 43 local clubs listed with upcoming meetings or events. Among them are:

Bass Area Shag Society — For those of you who don’t know it, shag is a southeast-coast dance style; bass is a fresh-water fish. I don’t understand the connection, here.

XYZ Senior Citizen Club — XYZ? Was “Senior Citizen Club” already taken and this group had to take a different name? Is this like when a guy named John Smith signs up for a hotmail account and he has to take johnsmith682@hotmail.com?

Herb Society — Is this “herb” as a euphemism?

Mothers of Preschoolers of Crosspointe — They named this down to the neighborhood; the only thing missing is a specific address. What, was plain old “Mothers of Preschoolers” already taken?

Mothers of Preschoolers — Apparently it was.

Sons of Confederate Veterans — I considered joining this band, in a different town, way back in the day. I’m a descendant of a Confederate veteran.

Bullgrit
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I spotted this wedding announcement in our local newspaper. Good lord, look at the length of that thing. The text alone is over 16 column inches. It mentions up through all the grandparents on both sides, siblings on both sides, all the bride’s maids, all the groom’s men, the organist, the trumpeter, and even the greeters — including all their home towns.

It mentions where both bride and groom went to school, high school and college, their honors and degrees, and their current employers. It even tells who gave the showers (plural) and where they were held. All the luncheons and dinners, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. They’re going on a honeymoon trip to Maui.

I’ve nothing against someone using this size announcement, but I do find it funny. It’s ostentatious. But then, what would one expect from this style of family:

“[The bride] was presented at the [Local] Debutante Ball, National Debutante Ball in Washington, DC, and the International Debutante Ball in New York City.”

There’s an International Debutante Ball?

Well, anyway, the bride is a beautiful girl, and I wish the new couple all the luck in the world.

Bullgrit
bullgrit@totalbullgrit.com

At my work office (as differentiated from my “home office”), I have two monitors — my main, desktop monitor, and my open laptop. I’ve been using this kind of set up for over a year, now, and I love it. It’s incredibly efficient, especially when I’m comparing two documents, or re-writing something in one window while looking at the original text in another window. It’s even great just to have my email application open on one monitor while I’m actively working on the other monitor. My efficiency has gone up a noticeable amount, and my aggravation quotient has gone down a noticeable degree.

But now I’m finding myself really missing this kind of set up in my home office. I’ve found myself, a few times, sliding a window over off the screen and then realizing there’s no monitor over there to take it. This is . . . frustrating. (Yes, I get frustrated easily. It’s a sign of a a quick and active mind.)

I need to get a second (and maybe a third) monitor for my home office. It would make me much more efficient. I could have a game running on one monitor while I “worked” on the other! So much more efficient. Really.

Bullgrit
bullgrit@totalbullgrit.com

It happens to everyone, sometimes. I can’t help it. It’s not you, not you at all. I’m just tired. I can do better in the future. I’ll see a doctor about it. I’ll take medications or something. I’ll be able to write a post next time.

Bullgrit
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