Lapland's Elfing classes - Boing Boing

Because of my age and other circumstances, when I talk about returning to work, I hear a lot about reinventing myself. Well, as one from the "over-fed, long-haired, leaping gnome" generation, Lapland's Elfing classes might be just the ticket.

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I don't know which is sadder: to win the Saddest Cubicle Contest or to have the second-saddest cubicle.

Meanwhile, management is on the case, ensuring that future workspaces will be bright and open:

About time and space

In the Sunday paper, Target has a 52-page insert just about toys. That doesn't include the coupon booklet inside. Jesus' day must surely be coming. (Expect to see heavy advertising and lots of markdowns as retailers combat an expected slump in holiday sales.)

We learned about this insert earlier than we'd expected. This is the start of Daylight Losing Time, aka standard time. Marley, not wearing a watch, saw the daylight and decided that it was time of his breakfast, even though it wasn't yet seven o'clock in people time.

These 25-hour days are nice, giving us extra time on a pleasant autumn Sunday. Of course, just having time isn't good enough for some. The New York Times included a large-format, glossy color brochure from Marquis Jet.

25 Hours
As little as $119,000

You can rent your own jet for that long for that much. (It's bit of twisted deja vu. Sandra and I watched Fever Pitch last night. Drew Barrymore played a character who was working with Marquis Jet.)

[Addendum: if your sleep cycle has been disrupted by the changing time, a Guide to Metric Time (or decimalized time might be just the thing to help you sleep.]

Then, again, geniuses aren't always whom we'd expect

Top 100 living geniuses - Telegraph