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News Flash |
A brief but phenomenally important update from the world of college football. |
A Baffling Thought |
No, not the Christmas thing. That is so last year. This thought came to me one day and it bothered me for days. Seriously. I still don't have an answer, though in a pinch I can always fall back on Douglas Adams' classic "Because he's an ignorant monkey who doesn't know any better." |
A Last-Second Birthday Gift |
It's the least I can do for a co-worker. Other than nothing, I mean. |
"I'm Not Here To Take Your Call Right Now..." |
When it comes to answering machine messages, none can ever top the one we had ten years ago at college, the true genius of which can never be conveyed in the retelling, baffling and amusing callers to temp housing for over a month until Jason declared it stupid and erased it. But the one Shannon recorded for Dwayne was a close second. |
Foreign Contributions To Modern Civilization |
This is the sort of thing we discuss in our spare time at work. And when I say "we," I generally mean that I come up with things like this and share them with the people around me, and they think to themselves, "There he goes again," and they smile and nod and hope I go away. |
Foreign Contributions To Modern Civilization: A Brief Postscript |
Here I clarify a little something from my previous entry. Let me add here as an aside that if you really want to impress foreigners, travel to their country and walk down the streets loudly declaring, "Stand aside, you filthy savages! American coming through!" This will really impress them, and they'll be inclined to treat you with all the respect you deserve. |
Legitimate Complaints And Timely Resolutions |
At work, they have been strongly stressing the importance of addressing complaints and properly resolving them on the consumer's first contact. They lead by example, as demonstrated in this latest tale of workplace efficiency. |
A Pair Of Memorable Quotes |
Holy crap! Three entires in one month. That's not likely to happen again anytime soon. |
How Not To Be Seen |
I don't mind the request, I swear I don't, but it did get me thinking about whether or not it was reasonable. |
Company Vision, Mission, and Values |
The company newsletter came out today. I was blown away by the corporate decisions that were revealed to us. I am quite certain that these changes will Make A Difference. Bear in mind that the acronym formed by that is MAD, which pretty much described anyone who honestly believes that these sorts of decisions will make the slightest bit of difference. |
Odds And Ends |
Three entires in three days. Please don't ask me what I've done with the real Varjak. I don't understand it either. |
Lunatic On The Interstate |
Yeah, there's a lot of lunatics on the Interstate, but this one was worse than most I've encountered. |
It Literally Breaks My Heart |
English can be a beautiful language, but when I hear it mangled by people who (for the most part) are paid to talk for a living, well, it literally makes me cry (not literally). |
NEW NON-FICTION |
I'm going to try to list updates to other parts of the site here. In this case I felt what I wrote was long enough and important enough to have its own entry on the writings page instead of just on the blog. We'll see how this goes. |
A Great Moment Of Personal Triumph |
What more can I say? |
The Purpose Of Birthday Cards |
I bet you thought birthday cards were intended to acknowledge a person's birthday and wish them well on that day. You fool. |
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