Archive for December, 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.