Mestee Blogger

For those of us in the upper-level offices at World Trade Boston, whether you bring your lunch or buy food at the cafeteria, eating utensils and condiments are a valuable commodity. This is why: If you walk through the labyrinth of cubes to get to the caf, then navigate your way back, only to realize you forgot a fork/straw/ketchup, you must walk back and waste another 10 minutes of your break just so you can eat your lunch. Similarly, if you bring your lunch, but not a utensil, you can't even take advantage of your preparation, because you will still have to make a trip to the caf. Like others, I have begun stockpiling forks, knives, straws, and ketchup in one of the drawers at my desk. Today, I witnessed a collection of condiments that would have tested the limits of my imagination, had I not seen it myself. My friend Efren opened the giant filing drawer at his desk to reveal a stash that cannot be matched. Tiny packets of jellies, jams, ketchup, and sugar, all neatly stacked in an upside-down plastic container, typically used for salads. Little paper tubes of salt and pepper. Enough plastic forks, knives, and spoons to equip everyone in the office for a week. 12 cans of coca cola classic. More napkins than you could possibly make from just one tree. I have seen the future, and it is in Efren's filing drawer.

I was looking for the origin of the phrase "lame duck", and I stumbled upon some of these other explanations as well.

I heard Jay Severin accuse democrats of systematically shredding republican absentee ballots this year, though he has no "direct proof". Looks like the democrats beat him to it.

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