Over Afternoon Tea

Tea is not only a drink but a ritual over which people have been relaxing, talking, and catching up on each other's lives for centuries. This blog is intended to serve as a virtual cup of tea, helping me keep in touch with friends and family in my physical absence.

Quotes

"...so we got thrown out of the Ritz."
"I've been thrown out of better places."

"I have so many epithets, and all I ever wanted was an aura of doom!" -- Magda

And my personal favorite:
"This are a bit crazy."

Yeah.

Things You Aren't Expecting To Hear When You Walk in on Two Lawyers in Conference

"So you take your glass of vodka, and..."

Yesterday I had a little meeting with the 'senior secretary' in my part of the office, and we discussed the re-arrangement of tasks that's impending with the incoming secretary.
The office to-do list (formally known as the docket) is going to end up as largely my responsibility -- putting things on, a fair amount of taking things off, and taking care of items, especially non-urgent ones.
Anybody surprised?

This news bulletin brought to you the International Association of List-Lovers.

I'm in love.
He walks in the door every morning in his coat and a hat I haven't seen since Tom Landry, greeting the secretaries with a cheery "Good morning, ladies!" He calls me 'Tex' and keeps me updated on the Cowboys' ranking in a delightful Houston drawl that made me like him the first time he opened his mouth. He drives us to lunch in his silver Jaguar (complete with cop-monitor) and lets the secretaries out at the door. He's ex-Navy and full of salty stories, always told with smiling euphemisms in the presence of 'the ladies'. He recites old-fashioned nursery rhymes to the other attorney's kids and promises them white ponies. He's sweet, adorable, and three times my age.
Can I adopt another grandfather?