[DeltAlum]

A few years ago, I got the giant wake-up call.

I was a fairly high level manager in a national company at the time and realized that my language was getting away from me.

A woman who reported to me had been in my office and the "f" word (as you all so quaintly describe it) had slipped out in conversation. I started thinking about it, and went down to her office and appologized. She wasn't offended, but using that word was not a professional thing for me to do. Someone else might have been.

Bottom line is this: If you intend to be in any kind of "white colar" position (whatever that means), you probably should ban that and other words like it from your vocabulary. Otherwise, in today's world, you have a good chance of being sued for sexual harrassment or creating a hostile work environment.

I'm not making any kind of judgement one way or the other, just stating a little bit of reality.

Unlike Cream and Hootie, I am highly attracted to women.

I don't tan -- just burn.