Today, I looked up “Katy bar the door” on your site. I used it on my boss’s work calendar, and he had never heard the phrase. I was compelled to find out what you had to say about it, before I gave him my lame, pitiful, unsubstantiated definition. Upon finding your thoughts on the origin and definition of “Katy bar the door” I discovered your wonderful mouse story. (I also HAD to read every entry for that date, which, by the way, supports your theory about workers’ declining productivity) Afterwards, I shared your mouse story from November 17, 2003, with a friend at work,(yes, I could hear the time clock ticking away as I made a vain attempt to regurgitate your story in a manner that would bear homage to the original). Afterwards, I sent her the link to your website (more lost productivity)!

All that information just to tell you, I feel compelled to say, “THANKS!”

I enjoy your stories, and your delightful ability to describe a scene in minute detail, and keep me smiling or laughing all the way through! You are a treasure.

I was thinking, I wish there was some way I could thank you. Then I spent a few more minutes discovering that I could pay for a subscription, a small token of thanks for all you do. So, as “they” say, “the check is in the mail”!

Regards,
KC
Karen V. Crawford from sunny, warm Arizona