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In CUA the other day Greyhawk told us he carries personal business cards describing himself as "Professional Irritant," which sparked an interest in making this a topic.

For years I've carried two sets of cards: One professional card with my business information, and a more fun card with my personal email, home phone number etc to give out to people we meet on vacation or at political meet-ups. My personal business cards, picked up on the cheap from Vistaprint, contain a play on words about our street name (which I won't post here) and my title:

The other day in Ojibwa's fun diary about Viking Women of Ancient Scandinavia, kossack Grabber by the Heel described the Scandinavia ethic as:

I love that, and with a chunk of Viking DNA in my genetic make-up I've decided to adopt it as my personal motto. So that phrase would go on my new card.