I got some pushback on the whole friendsgiving thing, with people I trust saying that it is really a thing. The best way to sum up my response to this is "I don't care." Not that I have anything against having a festive dinner with friends; that's a wonderful thing. It's just that "friendsgiving" is a nonsense term. Thanksgiving is one of those occasional holiday whose name actually says what it's about. It's about giving thanks for all the blessings in your life. So instead of thanks you're giving friends? Friendsgiving is one of those overly cutesy terms we use as shorthand for. It's in the same spirit that causes the offspring of every dog breed mated with a poodle to have its name end in oodle. It's just fun to call things oodle- I get it. Now I'm done with it and don't get me started on the idea of having a single day to be thankful.
On the topic of nonsense, I sat through a fairly lengthy presentation today on how to create a safe and respectful work environment. It wasn't a perfect presentation by any means, and I'll buy certain criticism. The one thing I don't buy is "I knew a lot of that already." Well of course you did. When in the history of the presentation, which believe it or not is a thing that existed before PowerPoint, has anyone ever attended a presentation where every bit of information was new? If that happened, you wouldn't be able to understand anything that was going on, would you?
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