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What it looks like in my office...

Check out these lovely ladies:


Aren't they amazing? These are my coworkers, whom I've dubbed (from left to right) Ginger Snap, Ginger Tea, and Ginger Ale. Notice a theme there? ;)

We were discussing the advantages of having red hair. They indicated that for females there is not a significant advantage to having red hair. In fact, Ginger Snap asserted, it's a distinct disadvantage. She said that women with red hair "do not date."

I assured her that it was because men in general find red hair alluring, to the point where one may find one's self in the awkward position of not being able to speak coherently. I've been there. Some women are so dazzlingly beautiful, so stunningly gorgeous, that it is quite literally difficult to speak.

I was reminded of a girl I knew in high school. I sat behind her in class and daydreamed incessantly about her hair. And yet, I'm sure that she never knew how attractive I found her, because I never was able to pluck up the courage to talk to her much. Which is weird for me, as I am usually pretty confident and charming. She was just too pretty. Ginger Snap said that her husband said the same thing of her. So I'm not alone. ;)

Anyway, gingers rule. These women in particular are very lovely and I'm grateful for the chance to work with them. 

And here's a pic of yours very truly, just to show that I can fit in the office - with the blue shirt, anyway.


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