Astreja's Journal: Alas, poor Dilbert...

I'm in mourning. My "Technology: No Place for Wimps" coffee cup just committed suicide on the office floor. Fortunately I hadn't made it as far as the coffee room, so the mess was minimal.

Ironically, five minutes before the tragedy, I had successfully carried the cup *and* the backup job *and* a ten-pound UPS upstairs with me.

When I lost Dilbert I had just finished tutoring a user in basic Excel and was standing in a clear space in the office. Then, for no apparent reason (besides Monday morning), my hand spontaneously opened up and let go... I watched the cup fall in slow motion, like in a bad movie: "Noooooo!"

(dries eyes) Oh, well. I have a very nice penguin cup at home...

A.K. Odinsdottir
2005-02-07

new cup?

[nizo]

Sadly I can't find one with Dilbert, but maybe a metal cup would be a good idea? Especially if you drink coffee and are prone to shaky hands from caffine :-)

Re:new cup?

[Astreja]

This morning I brought in a Unicef cup adorned with eight penguins. Getting in touch with my inner Linux sysadmin/Penguinholic.

For me, a metal cup would be a baaaad idea. I'd be rattling it on the bars of my cell, which would wake up the librarian down the hall.