Anti-productivity at its finest

So, I really haven't blogged since my Xanga days. For those of you who actually remember my Xanga days, you know that was four-ish years ago. It's still there. Same screen name. FAR more embarrassing than it seemed when I originally wrote the entries.

One of my main reasons for starting this as opposed to another Xanga or LiveJournal (do people even blog on LiveJournal?? I'm so Internet-trend retarded.) is because, for whatever reason, the Fort Knox spam filter my state agency has locked down on our work computers won't block blogger.com. It will block random sites like my Google e-mail and certain news pages, but one with a URL as obvious as blogger.com gets through. Who knew?

With that said, my main reason for starting this is to fill in the gaps of time at work where I'm not in a meeting, working on a project, running a random errand for my boss or anyone else who happens to flag me down in the hall, taking an extra-long bathroom break, etc. Which, you would think, wouldn't be that much time. And if I were a better state employee you would probably be right. But I'm not. I digress.

Anyway...where was I? OH! Anti-productivity. I'm not entirely sure if that's a word, but it sounds good to me! My anti-productive wanderings around the office have led to several hilarious discoveries that I thought I'd share. For those of you who aren't Josh and DeAnne (or should I say E.T. and Roxanne?), my office could easily be the inspiration behind the NBC hit (and the greatest show of all time) The Office. Complete with a Birthday Club Planning Committee and a Dwight bobble head on my boss's desk. Yep. Except there is no super-gorgeous Jim Halpert to be mischievous with. Sad face.

Back to the ranch...and yes, I've put off making a doctor's appointment for ADD testing for years because I keep getting distracted...funny office findings. First, there are the cheesy "inspirational" posters. I love them, but the only thing they ever really inspire out of me is laughter. If you've ever seen The Office, we have every last one that is seen around Dunder Mifflin. But I digress. Again.

So, these posters. They're all about online safety. My two personal favorites are "If your pet's name is your password...CHANGE IT!" and "Passwords are like bubble gum...not meant to be shared by more than one person."

Whose job is it really to sit around and come up with inane slogans like that? And, once you find out, how can I get THAT job? It's just one of life's little mysteries. Like why I keep my oscillating heater on 85 degrees in my office in the middle of June in Columbia. The world may never know.

Stay tuned!