today is, apparently, The Day of Blog Entries Regarding My IM Sessions With People While At Work.

niqui: quick poll: do you spell the shortened version of “perquisite” “perk,” or “perq”?
piratedan: perk
piratedan: I’ve never seen it “perq”
niqui: i’ve seen it both ways, and was dithering over whether or not it was worthwhile to use the q in order to subtly prove that i know the etymology of the word and don’t think it has to do with coffee
piratedan: I doubt it.
niqui: yeah, that’s sort of what i ended up deciding
piratedan: or just use perquisite
niqui: meh
niqui: that just sounds snotty
piratedan: like you’re not snotty.
niqui: ahahaha