Comments on: TKOG Who lets you rub your face all over her personal belongings

By: Wynn

Wynn — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:35:24 +0000

At work, if someone got a hold of any pens that may have been mine, I always joked around and pretended to play the steal-the-pen-game to get it back. Hey, everyone’s got several pens, it’s alright. But I just NEED THAT ONE back.

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:27:33 +0000

Oh my God – Dracula Sneeze is the best descriptor I’ve heard in ages! Why didn’t I know that before???

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:04:17 +0000

You’re too kind! BTW Thanks for the link, I’m trying to find lithographs
All the originals have sold- go figure- Like I could afford one!

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:54:30 +0000

You, sir, are a genius.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:41:59 +0000

I thought it was Pavlov. First dogs, now paintings.
“Yeah, that’s the ticket!”

By: purekatherine

purekatherine — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:14:11 +0000

Maybe I’m alone in this thinking, but when it’s you against the world I don’t think that is the same as us vs. them. If you were to let your coworkers use the daily pen but not “clients,” that wouldn’t be the best practice, but if it’s a you thing, I don’t think it’s a problem.

That said, I still think it’s awesome that you’re going for it!

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:11:35 +0000

No worries — it’s definitely not famous. The painter is Misti Pavlov, and I’ve never really heard about him — I just ran into a few of his paintings here. From what I can gather, he’s a contemporary Russian painter with a penchant for female nudes. Which is appropriate, since I’m a contemporary Russophile with a penchant for looking at female nudes.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:01:09 +0000

On SSoLA whose painting was shown?
I cringe asking thinking it is an extremely famous painting.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:57:40 +0000

I have the same pen thing, but mostly because I like cool pens. I don’t mind someone else using it, but they tend to walk off and I need that particular pen because it write smoothly, feels good in my hand and is just the right weight, DAMMIT. I had to resort to putting Lisa Frank stickers all over my favorites, just to keep other people’s mitts off them.

But NOW, due to your post, I’m thinking about the times I’ve handed off pens to people I don’t know…and who just returned to my office after asking me where the restroom was…sweaty, funky people…great. Now I need a shower.

By: Amy --- Just A Titch

Amy --- Just A Titch — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:35:31 +0000

Squelching with blood is one of the best—albeit disgusting—phrases I’ve read in awhile.

This would be hard for me. I am an extreme germaphobe. And when I was teaching, I was a complete whack about letting kids use my pens because middle school boys = disgusting.