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Are Showing Your Nipples Appropriate Work Attire?

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Let me first say that personally, I have no problem with it at all. This has been kind of a weird week here in the north land with the first of many winter snowfalls’s to come and the landscape once again beautifully covered in the white stuff. It looks like the kids will have to put their Halloween costume on over a snowsuit again this year as the cold snowy stuff is here again. That is not what I wanted to write about tonight but was necessary to set up what I did want to write about. “Frosty nipples” are quite common here during most of the year and when things cool down on the cusp of winter probably more so. Work attire with tight shirts or low cut blouses that ‘make a statement’ during colder weather could be taken several ways by co-workers or visitors to your place of business. While you may not always be taken seriously by others in the office and some may have trouble looking you in the face, I say it's a freedom of rights issue. If you want to show o...

Life Observation # 15

Help only comes to those who ask. The rest are simply reminded of how much they suck. Ice

I ain’t Jeff Foxworthy . . .

I’m Southern by Birth and Alaskan by the Grace of God so with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy and his “You might be a redneck if . . .” I have put together a few “You might be an Alaskan if . . .” * you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might be an Alaskan. * If you have ever refused to buy something because it’s “too spendy”, you might be an Alaskan. (Absolutely, and at Value Village or The Bishop’s Attic no less) * If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Alaska . (It's only local if you're willing to drive the 2 1/2 hours to get to Soldotna from Anchorage ) * If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don’t work there, you might be an Alaska . (It happens) * If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might be an Alaskan. * If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live ...

Life Observation # 14

I'm not superstitious, but I am open-minded. So I avoid the number 13 just in case the superstitious people (fools) are right. Ice