You Shouldv'e Said No To Reading This Today

It’s Password Day!  My email password is no longer T@y1or$w!f+

That's a good thing.  That's not a very good password.  It was probably time to Shake It Off. 

I'm not sure what you mean by that.  

Well, everybody knows that you have your own little Love Story with Taylor Swift.  Using her as your password wasn't a very good idea. 

That's pretty much not true at all.  I don't even know how often I've been actively aware of the fact that I was listening to a Taylor Swift song, leave alone having loved it.  

So, when you were singing along in your car earlier Today Was A Fairytale?

I don't even listen to the radio in the car! 

Just have to be a rebel, don't you, Jeremy?  I Knew You Were Trouble.

Regardless, my password has changed, so anyone who's been breaking into my email to read all sorts of presentations and spreadsheets is now out of luck.  

Yeah, they just have to look at a Blank Space now.  

At this point in the Blag is when I usually feel obligated to point out that neither this, nor any of the other passwords featured in my "Password Day" posts has ever been my email password, so it's really not worth trying.  My emails aren't worth trying, either...they're pretty worky and boring most of the time.  

Today's Blag Is Totally Bogus

Saw a flyer for an event that was advertised as “Way Cool!!!”  It was pretty rad

I saw that too.  It was pretty gnarly, man!  

I know!  When I first saw it, my initial reaction was "gag me with a spoon!" but then, I was all like, "Jeremy, what's your damage?" and I realized that this thing was actually pretty choice.  

That's all the 80s slang I choose to remember right now.

The sad part about this flyer wasn't so much the remarkably outdated slang, but the fact that it was used to describe a traveling carnival.  Traveling carnivals are not "way cool," three exclamation points or otherwise.  They're usually pretty dirty, always really smelly, and generally a complete and total ripoff.  The games are specifically designed to look really easy to win, but are deceptively difficult.  The rides are really weak sauce, and the shows are generally performed by third-rate artists that can't get into a real circus.  

This particular carnival boasts the largest carnival midway in North America.  I will not be bothered to verify that.  

There is, however, one attraction that I'm curious about.  No, it's not the "HUGE Petting Zoo," which has to smell amazing.  It is the act described only as, "Monkeys Riding Dogs."  I'm not making this up.  Fortunately, I have a flyer which includes a coupon for free admission.  Oh wait...it's a Buy One Get On Free admission.  Screw that. 

Nothing Like A Poke In The Eye, Either

There’s nothing quite like coming back after a long weekend.  That’s not necessarily a bad thing

We hope everyone enjoyed your Memorial Day long weekend.  With any luck, it was complete with barbecues, parades, being outside, maybe a little swimming, and taking a little time to observe the true spirit of the holiday as well.  

But, we're done with all of that, it's back to work, slackers!  

So, yeah...after four days off, the alarm clock waking me up in time to get to work was anything but a welcome addition to my routine.  I had enjoyed getting up when I darn well felt like it, making a leisurely breakfast (or getting a bagel that one morning I went out on the road), not having anywhere to be.  You know...vacation stuff.  

Today, it's back to meetings and emails and telecons and spreadsheets and deadlines.  There's really no feeling quite like that on the morning that you come back from vacation.  That's a good thing.  If more things felt like that magical combination of dread and whining, life would be a little sad.  As it is, once you get settled back into your routine, you're pretty much okay.  It's just that first morning that makes you wish you were still on vacation.  

But you're not, so get back to work!