Piercingly beautiful

There is a reason why this house is prone to icicles and I wont delve into the details, but I do want to note that if ever I feel inclined toward violence, I have the tools at my disposal all around this property. I reach over, I grab and I boing or pierce. Either way – destruction is within my grasp. And in case I do not finish off the poor victims with the ice dagger, I have ample ice on the steps for them to slip on. [I WILL get road salt later to melt the 6 inch layer of ice that has accumulated on my front step. Apparently I need something stronger than the wonderfully aromatic gourmet sea salt that I have been gently sprinkling on the step every now and then.]

See what I mean? 

...and if you still remain unscathed, I can drop one of these little guys inside your shirt for that nice trickle of cold ice down your back. Instruments of evil all around me. 

Blogophobic companies or loud-mouthed employees?

The debate about bloggers’ rights continues. Read about the conflict between the employer who doesn’t like being publicly discussed in an employee blog and the employees who feel unfairly treated for their blogging behaviors here.

The link lists organizations who have "fired, threatened, disciplined, fined or not hired people because of their blogs." Still, it is a partial story, as you’re left to imagine the transgression leading to the swift dismissal or disciplinary action. Without a doubt, some companies have taken a hard line with bloggers who publish their work stories on the Net. But is it really a revelation that employers tend to treat less-than-loyal employees harshly and at times unfairly? The more interesting (and pernicious) “discrimination” against bloggers, I think, is the more subtle reaction of co-workers or supervisors who are seeing a potential, yet to be realized threat, as if blogging opens the door for possible future negative rants against the organization, even though none have been posted thus far.