Birth Right

Fellow cyclists,

A friendly reminder:

Spandex is an earned right, not an inherent one.

Business Email Communication

Good morning

Good afternoon

Hello team

It would be appreciated

Can you please advise

If you would please provide input

Attached please find

Please find the attached

If you would please review

Status sheet

Status meeting

Weekly status meeting

Weekly internal status meeting

Weekly client status meeting

Weekly standing status

Budget sheet

Budget review

Budget vs actual for consideration

Revised estimate

Under bill

Over bill

Secure payment

Invoice trial

Invoice

If you would authorize this please

Memorandum

Creative brief

Project brief

Action change order

Outlook

Meeting notice

Meeting reminder

Snooze button

Dismiss reminder button

Dismiss all reminders button

Out of office automatic reply

Conference room

Conference projector

Conference phone

Conference in

Three way conference

Coffee cups

Our recommendation

A point of view with recommendation

A point of view document

We strongly encourage

We believe strongly that

To provide you with the most

To continue to provide you

In effort to maintain

We express our appreciation

Your response is much appreciated

Thank you

Thank you in advance

Thank you for your time

Thank you for your time and consideration

Best

All the best

Best regards

Sincerely,

John

Stuck to You

This is dumbly catchy.

I've been listening to it on repeat for the last hour.

Nobody's perfect.

Train in Vain

The coolest punk band, The Clash and the coolest punk band lead singer, Joe Strummer.

Mission Bikes

Wow.

What a great shop - Mission Bicycle Company.

A friend from London sent me the link as well as the write up in Dezeen.

Slow Food

Aly and I are becoming more self-aware of what we put in our bodies. Not necessarily turning vegan, vegetarian or a combination of the two, but attempting to realize the process of where our food actually comes from.

I think this idea fits with Aly's hobby/passion for cooking and gardening as well as my hobby/passion for eating.

Check out Slow Food USA a cool grassroots movement for good, environmentally sound, worldwide food.

Dogs and Cats

Otis, by no direct fault but by his very nature, is stressful.

He prowls, wanders and generally doesn't come when he's called.  A dog suffering from A.D.D.

I can identify with small attention spans, but after the fourth time I'm forced to leave the porch to pull dog jowls off the neighbor's hosta plants, my patience is pushed.

Because the dog won't sit still, I'm continually swiveling in my lawn chair, looking for a tail popping out of the garden and asking, "where is that dog?"

We have also have a cat, Emerson.

Emerson is a left over relic of an 21 year-old female's $20 dollar impulse purchase. A purchase that, just a few short years later, would push the boundries of an engagement.

Emerson will attack your calves at 7:00 in the morning forcing explicitives and soccer swing in his general direction.

Otis, somehow, can eat the plaster out of the living room wall and still come out endearing.

I constantly ask, "where is that dog?"

I never ask, "where is that cat?"