Summary

The website content celebrates Boss's Day in the USA with a special edition newsletter dedicated to Susan Brearley, the Mudditor-In-Chief, featuring song parodies, prose, and calls for contributions and participation in MuddyUm community activities.

Abstract

The undefined website content is a tribute to Susan Brearley, affectionately referred to as Cap'n Susan B, on the occasion of Boss's Day in the USA. It reminisces about past traditions of appreciating managers and extends this sentiment to Susan, who has turned her humor hobby into a community newsletter, MuddyUm. The article explains the origins of Boss's Day, established by Patricia Bays Haroski in 1958, and emphasizes the unique relationship between Susan and her team of Mudditors, who are volunteers expressing their admiration through various contributions. These include song parodies by Holly J See and Amy Sea, a poetic piece by Baskerville Old Face, and prose by Sara Zadrima and Lucia Siochi. The newsletter also invites readers to subscribe, explore writer profiles, donate to Mudditor emergency needs, join the MuddyUm Comedy Camp, purchase merchandise, and submit their humor writing to the community.

Opinions

The author has a positive and humorous opinion of Susan Brearley, describing her as an excellent manager and a beloved captain of the MuddyUm community.
There is a sense of camaraderie and shared appreciation for Susan, as the Mudditors have come together voluntarily to celebrate her with a special edition newsletter.
The article lightly pokes fun at the concept of Boss's Day while simultaneously embracing it as an opportunity to foster community spirit and recognize Susan's leadership.
The content suggests that the relationship between Susan and her team is built on mutual respect and enjoyment, rather than fear or obligation.
The use of song parodies and prose to serenade Susan indicates a creative and playful office culture that values humor and self-expression.
There is an underlying hope that the newsletter will be a welcome surprise to Susan, reflecting the team's effort to keep the celebration a secret.
The call for contributions and participation in various MuddyUm activities implies an inclusive and collaborative community ethos.

SPECIAL EDITION GIFT CARD

It’s Boss’s Day in the USA

We appreciate the hell outta Cap’n Susan B today and every day

Image of future Mudditor wannabes by LiveLaughLove from Pixabay

In my former life as a corporate worker bee, for many years I had an excellent, hands-off manager. Our group used to go out for coffee or lunch on Boss’s Day and present her with a hobby-related gift card. Wish we could do that with Susan! Oh wait. If Susan turned her humor hobby into why you and I are here now, this newsletter is the perfect gift card.

What is Boss’s Day?

It’s a reminder to show appreciation for your boss, which supposedly improves relationships between managers and employees. Per Wikipedia,

Patricia Bays Haroski registered “National Boss’ Day” with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958. She was working as a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois, for her father at the time and chose October 16 … her father’s birthday.

Like Outlaws need help to get along with Susan! Living in constant fear of walking the plank is grrreat for morale.

We’re celebrating on Friday because the 16th falls on a weekend in 2021. No “meaningless Hallmark Holiday” here at MuddyUm! Susan’s faithful Mudditors are volunteers, prompted by their feelings for or about our Outlaw Captain to write the stories herein.

Links are of the friend variety, freely accessible to all readers.

Song Parody Quartet to Serenade Susan

Parodies of Two Classic Neil Diamond Songs by Holly J See

Holly Holy’s MuddyUm Serenade for Boss’s Day, 10/15/2021

9 to 5 Song Parody by Amy Sea

Susan B is our Dolly

On the Good Ship MuddyUm by Baskerville Old Face

With apologies to Richard A. Whiting and Sidney Clare

Lucky To Find A Mentor Like Susan by Anu Anniah

She’s a darling! She’s our captain! She’s a fae! — A take on ‘How do you solve a problem like Maria’ from The Sound of Music

Mudditor-In-Chief Day Prose

The Day Of The Boss by Sara Zadrima

Acknowledging a captain who deserves it

Herding Cats by Lucia Siochi

What bosses go through

It’s hard to keep secrets from Our Captain, especially when one of the group is an outlier, genderwise, with a strong experimental streak. We hope this newsletter is a surprise, at least.

Will Susan Brearley make us walk the plank for Unauthorized Publication of a MuddyUm Newsletter on a Friday?

Susan Brearley — image courtesy of the Art of Mindfulness Center, used with retroactive permission (we hope)

Future newsletter?

If you too appreciate Cap’n Susan and feel prompted to write, please do! Let’s pile on the praise. I wonder whether we’ll see other My Great Boss stories today?

Subscribe to our weekly newsletters via the link below if you haven’t already
Peruse the profiles of MuddyUm writers and editors here
Thanks to all who contributed, Sarah Paris was rescued from Uranus. It’s not too late! Donations will be hoarded in the treasure chest for Mudditor emergency needs. Simply click here
Join us at MuddyUm Comedy Camp and laugh till your jaws drop
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To join our pirate ship crew and submit your humor writing, email Captain Susan Brearley at [email protected]