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National Everything Awareness Day

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

'Bob, I know you're a Mockingbird, but a few compliments every now and then would greatly help your marriage...'

She - Interpreter - He.

'I'm majoring in communication and minoring in pizza delivery - What about you?'

'Which sounds better: 'now with MORE XZ100' or 'now with LESS XZ100'?'

Ruddy bloggers!

'The usual ‘nod, nod, wink, wink' will do, Walter. We don't need the eyebrow twitch and nostril flares.'

"Hi, you've reached Susan's desk. I am monotasking right now, so I'll call you back it's the phone's turn again. Beep!"

The Perfect Foil

"When we first started seeing each other, we would always use the same word for snow."

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"

"Joe's cereal. NPR co-approved."

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

The Love Psychologists

'Before we get started, let's go around the table and practice making eye contact.'

'I was just ringing to see if you'd got the email about my letter.'

'No, there's nothing on my mind, but if there was I don't want to talk about it.'

Technological advances within the office.

Relationship Issues.

"Go ask your mother ... and I'll tell you why she's wrong."

How it feels to be in a company with poor communication.

How to engage an audience

"We don't talk."

'We had seven gloriously happy years together, and then he learned how to talk.'

F1 - Quit Smoking.

'He says he needs his own space.'

"I've never seen a resume that's entirely made up of emojis. Let me take a few moments to decode it."