Memes and Themes, the LARP

Work has been full of the latter lately.

1. We had a diversity fair the other day. There are company sanctioned affinity groups for AAs, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans, women, Christians and LGBT folk. I was going to ask, but was afraid of being accused of bigotry, the following question: Where's the affinity group for "None of the Above"?

2. Next week is an awards meeting. Too many people and too much noise in too little space . . . and it is nominally compulsory, except in the case of medical stuff.
My doc rocks. Appointments anytime I need them. Sorry I missed the awards ceremony again . . . pesky heaslth issues.
Anyway, the manual for events here stipulates that THERE MUST BE A THEME! Usually the theme reeks of TV sports . . . but this time the theme is "50s Pop Cultcha." Of course, I refuse to be amused. The Fifties were "happy days" at the expense of too many others.
SCREW the sock hops, Mel's Diner, etc. The Fifties were NOT all "Happy Days" and Teh Fonze.
I suggested our team do the Army-McCarthy Hearings with a Bill Gates look-alike playing Tail Gunner Joe, the excreseance from Wisconsin. "Have you no sense of decency left, Sir?"
They shot the idea down in flames, naturally.

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