I don't often have to do PowerPoint presentations (thank God), but these seem to be pretty good rules for business presentations in general:

It’s quite simple: a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points. While I’m in the venture capital business, this rule is ( Read more... )

This is a screenshot from UK newspaper The Guardian's website:


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Found this in a NY Times Op-Ed today -- it really sums up the ideological divides in this country nicely ( Read more... )

I Am A: True Neutral Human Sorcerer (2nd Level)

Ability Scores:

Strength-9

Dexterity-14

Constitution-13

Intelligence-12

Wisdom-11

Charisma-10

Alignment:
True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters ( Read more... )

I haven't discussed much political stuff on LJ (haven't discussed much of ANYTHING lately), and my LJ and fi-uh friends overlap greatly, but I finished writing this and thought, damn, this makes a pretty good LJ post.

Thanks to rdbutts for the inspiration, by the way.

Elections in a democracy are -- I dare say they even need to be -- about personal ( Read more... )

To all my friends: Thank you all for your kindness, companionship, and love. Please forgive me if I have not been able to return the favor, but know that you each have a special place in my heart.

To all my enemies: Today is not a time for anger. May Death come swiftly and painlessly.

I recently downloaded a sudoku game onto my blackberry. On the loading screen, there are three or four numerals that are popping out at you. One of those numerals is a zero.

Homecoming, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways:

1. Met Bob Millhouse '52, a former Theta Chi. metallian and myself showed him and his two grown sons around his old haunts. Hooray nostalgia!

2. Dan Keum is still alive!

3. Ate takeout dinner in the SLR with lonely_squirrel, Mr. and Mrs. vhale, and their Boopy, who is a rather active little girl now ( Read more... )

i.e. Do as I say, not as I do:

Do not attempt to drink whiskey from a brandy snifter.

So I'm getting out of the subway this evening at the Flushing stop, which is as usually jam-packed. As the people pour out of the trains and up the stairs, there's one short, middle-aged Chinese lady who's rushing down the stairs to catch the next train out. (She's NOT the d-bag.) The lady's carrying a bunch of plastic bags with her, and the ( Read more... )