Question of the Day | 06/09/2008 12:00 am

Finish this sentence - My boss is ...

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Queen Carol L. Me thinks it is about time………LOL

By Maggi D on 06/09/2008 3:16 am

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C A, this is priceless! And I see that you, unlike our other night owls, are posting at a decent hour–––I mean, jeez, don’t you people sleep? Re: Bosses––I am retired, but am an assistant to the archivist for The Hamden Historical Society who runs the show there like a schedule Nazi ( it’s a side job for him, too, since he is also retired) but I sleep with him on occasion and that seems to mellow him some. Since he happens to be my husband the transition from that relationship to a working together relationship took some time.

By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 06/09/2008 8:57 am

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My boss is that nagging ghost in the pit of my stomach shouting, “Society is mediocre at its best—there has to be more to life than this!” Therefore, I keep moving forward.

By Serena . on 06/09/2008 12:51 am

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Serena S - these people seem to be in your club: Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. Margaret Mead: Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. Maureen Reagan: I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.

By Maggi D on 06/09/2008 3:39 am

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Maggi D, Thanks for the comparisons. :) However, I don’t agree with Margaret Mead—I don’t want a mediocre man! In fact, I don’t want a man at all! LOL

By Serena . on 06/09/2008 4:55 am

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Serena S - I am pretty sure that Ms. Mead said that with tongue in cheek. Like every strong woman I am sure that she was told ‘you just want a man you can boss around’. I can’t count the times that I have been told that.

By Maggi D on 06/09/2008 3:31 pm

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Since I retired, my cat and I are in a constant battle to see who is boss. I think he’s winning.

By Laurel Bowman on 06/09/2008 1:14 am

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Laurel, Just my two cents—The cats ALWAYS win. At least my Jordan does. He is the first cat I have ever had; I use to be strictly a “dog person,” and I SWORE that a cat would never rule me! (First clue: be careful about what you say you will never do). Nevertheless, I am forever finding myself buying him new toys every time I go to the pet store. What is that!?

By Serena . on 06/09/2008 5:03 am

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Serena: I had to laugh at all the ladies who are under the thumb of a kitty. I, too, used to be strictly a “dog person,” in fact, I was kind of scared of cats. Until my daughter brought one home. I now have two (and three dogs). My theory is that trying to win your cat’s affection is sort of like women and the “bad boy syndrome.” Let’s face it; dogs are needy. They sit there adoringly, panting, hoping against hope that you will give them a bit of attention. Cats, however, could take it or leave it. They expect to be fed and pampered, but only on their terms, and when they have had enough of you, they are gone. I believe this independence makes us try all the harder. Hey, I think if I ever get a male cat, I’ll call him Mr. Big.

By Gianna Bracco on 06/09/2008 10:44 am

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Gianna, I agree with your theory! And, have you noticed that when you are right at the breaking point with your cat (i.e., he has toppled another glass off the coffee table or stolen your mascara right from under the bathroom sink WHILE you are getting ready for work), he does something so sweet you just have to pick him up and kiss him on the head—which they hate by the way, and promptly bathe themselves to remove the human from their bodies. And, we still go back for more. Charming little creatures they are!

By Serena . on 06/09/2008 11:25 am

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You know I am not sure…. it’s anyone I said to “ARE YOU MY BOSS OR SOMETHING !!!!” And I say that at least 4 to 100 times a week. So that would make them idiots or something.

By Julie Runco on 06/09/2008 1:31 am

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After 26 years of public school principals with the IQ, humor, and imagination of a dead flashlight battery, the tech savvy of a newborn infant, and a birth certificate with “Satan Incarnate” on it, I finally, at the college level, have a department head who is witty, funny, imaginative, honorable, and who trusts us to do our jobs and doesn’t interfere unless there is cause. She’s supportive and understanding, and she knows her subjects like the back of her hand, and I think I adore her. In the public schools, I never once had a principal who did a good or even passable job, and I wouldn’t have trusted any of them as far as I could throw a grand piano. Stolid, stupid men, all of them, except for the one stolid, stupid woman. Examples on request. But now? Just as the Moxy Fruvous song says, “I love my boss!”

By Jane Goodwin on 06/09/2008 1:32 am

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Read your quotes on your blog thanks to NYCEd’s shout out to you. btw, are we still trying to get to 1000 comments cause I just added one. And, I for one thought today’s HerTube was cute, but I will respect the opinions of others who do not and would prefer more serious content. (Cause this site lacks serious content?)

By Brooklyn Gal on 06/09/2008 1:42 am