I wish all meetings could be like my last one

Purpose of meeting: to discuss the format and content of a progress report, due on December 30th.

• I arrived a few minutes late as the elevators were all messed up and I don't have access to the stairs in that building. BUT I was still the first one there.
• The next two people to show up were happy to talk about turduckens and Christmas geese instead of project milestones.
• Then we had a very satisfying argument about the Copenhagen talks.
• Then the PI showed up and announced that he'd just taken another look at the dates covered by the report, and the dates of all project milestones.

Conclusion of meeting: no report needed

• So we all sat around and compared holiday plans, and talked about skiing.
• Then the receptionist gave me some gingerbread on my way out.