Archive for 2006
From an email at work before the plant shutdown: Currently, employees receive an award (chosen from the gift catalogue), lapel pin and certificate at each five year anniversary (5, 10, 15, etc.). As a part of the company Functional Excellence Initiative, beginning in 2007, employees will continue to receive a lapel pin and certificate at [...]
When I changed jobs a while back I took over the desk of Paul, who is on a two year leave (serving with the National Guard in Iraq). Besides being a really interesting guy that I have never had a chance to meet, he seems to be subscribed to every free magazine known to man, [...]
Yesterday we got a new addition in our house: Trevor. We’ve had fun getting to know him and spending two days playing and posing: Now, we’ve just got one tired puppy: (Click for larger views of the images.)
I was sent a recurring meeting notice at work yesterday and after adding it to my calendar, I was told by Microsoft Outlook that: 1 instance of this recurring appointment conflicts with another appointment on your calendar. Thanks, but would you mind telling me when the conflict occurs? I did eventually find the conflict (after [...]
Back when I used to have Instant Messaging at work, every Friday I would try to inject a little joy into the lived of my co-workers by sending them a nice instant message to wish them a good weekend. Like these examples: Do you know who the winner of the “Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny” [...]
A fond remembrance to license plates past:
Until working in corporate America, I never realized how many names there are for the “clear things you write on to project onto a screen.” You may know them as a acetate flimsy overhead slide transparency vu-foil vu-graph or some other name that i’ve never even heard of. Crazy.
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When typing the other day, Microsoft word let me know about the correct spelling for gsbngjsdffds: How thoughtful.
The election for my state senator is up for a recount which is required by law to be finished by December 20th. Only a month and a half after the election. The incumbent lost the election by seven votes with almost nine thousand cast. Statistically, when the vote is as close as it is, the [...]