I think I won the award for “Most Obscure Phrase Whispered Over The Phone 2003″ last Friday. Personal phone calls are arduous at work because we all work in these solitary confinement cubes that do nothing to protect our privacy. They’re also misleading because you can’t see the guy next to you, so you wrongly assume a certain amount of privacy exists. A good example of this backfiring is when I listen to my headphones and sing Lil Kim - Magic Stick aloud to the IS dept. But anyway, personal phone calls … I rarely make personal calls at work, but Friday I decided to call The Captain for some reason. (or maybe she called me, I forget) I’m on the phone and all I can think of is that it must be so obvious to my neighbors when I go from a normal voice into a whisper. You have to do this because there are some things you just can’t say aloud in the workplace. The winning nominee last Friday was BLAH BLAH BLAH <whisper>handfuls of condoms</whisper> BLAH BLAH. It was a poignant moment because we both stopped for a second and did a double take over the lunacy that is whispering about condoms over an office telephone. SO, if you’re lookin to talk dirty, give me a call. I’m getting pretty good at self editing and being subtle. Just ask for Jeff at extension 166.