Frank’s right. When Lucy, Laura, Austin and Mr. Jones (he’s the loudest) are gone, it’s really quite dreary around here. (It surprisingly makes it hard to focus). There’s life downstairs, but I only see it when I grab lunch from the fridge. Frank and I eat in our office, and it’s an unspoken competition to see who’s food can smell the strongest. Jumbalaya always beats a chicken salad.

During a particularly quiet afternoon, Frank showed me a newsletter thing that claims to be full of “helpful information” for marketing executives to make wise decisions and $$. My favorite part was an article on the use of bullet points. The writer said the rule for bullet points is to have a list of 5 items, with the order of importance like this:

• Your most important point
• Your second-most important point
• A less important point
• Another less, dull, dry point
• The third-most important point.

I was thoroughly amused by the list and by the good-idea-ness of it, because as I was reading, I automatically glanced at the first two points, and then skipped down to the last one! (I now plan to be a little more conscious of how I put lists together for ads.)