- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! I know it can be hard to focus with everything going on right now — I wish I didn’t have to check in about…”
- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! I hope you’re well, or as well as you can be given the state of the world! Last week’s draft presentation feels irrelevant at the moment, but I have a few questions…”
- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! I know not all of us are on our A Game ever since Russia’s full-on military invasion of Ukraine, especially given its confusing and murky geopolitical implications. I mean, who can focus on spreadsheets at a time like this! So I’m sorry to bother you…”
- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! The specter of state-mandated violence against transgender children in Texas doesn’t lend itself well to giving me feedback on the proposal submission I sent earlier this week, but…”
- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! Sure, the seemingly unyielding procession of Florida’s fascistic ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill through the state’s legislature may make the prospect of discussing our team’s strategic priorities feel laughably absurd, maybe even make you feel out of your mind a little, but we should get some time on the calendar…”
- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! Did you know the U.S. government carried out an airstrike on Somalia last week? It’s like, I’m barely keeping up with the other stuff, and we bombed Somalia? Literally, what the fuck? Anyways, our performance metrics…”
- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! Despite increasing recognition of Israel as an apartheid state from groups like Amnesty International, it appears that violent occupation and displacement will continue to occur in Palestine without so much as the blink of an eye from the international community or purported allies of justice. Nevertheless, I’d like for us to both make time to reflect on our quarterly goals…”
- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! How does one hold tight to reality while scrolling past WATCH NOW headlines attached to video footage of Russian airstrikes on Ukraine sandwiched between news of Doja Cat releasing her latest single and tweets about the difficulty of today’s Wordle? What does it mean for news of war and destruction to be packaged and sold like all the other content? A mere zombie since March of 2020, I’m not sure how to exist in this world of mass death that we have made for ourselves. Wait, why was I sending this email…?”
- “Dear Tom,
Happy Friday! How flaccid, how vapid to watch terrors unfold upon the world from the comfort of my work from home (WFH) ergonomic desk chair in the belly of the empire and try to make some sense of it all in a couple of introductory sentences in this email to you. Though the borders and organization of our current world may lull me into a sense of safety at this moment, it is hard to imagine that the growing chaos, disorder, and violence will not soon haunt me at my own doorstep. My way of life, my country of origin, all that I have known is part of and contributor to this hell on earth, and one day, tomorrow or the next, the chickens will come home to roost. But until then, I’d greatly appreciate it if you could submit your time entries…”