Today, I started the process that I hope will lead me to a new job. No, not an interview -- I haven't made it to that level just yet. Today, it was testing ( Read more... )

There are a couple of reasons behind this entry. The primary reason is that I asked a question of the inimitable Debra, aka barmaidblog. I asked her if any customer had ever ordered a Spayed Gerbil. She replied, "Er, no. Dare I ask?" I'm posting the explanation here, rather than having it lost in the various comments that she receives on her LiveJournal ( Read more... )

Some people can tell you where they were and what they were doing when they heard that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. Others remember the day that President Kennedy was shot, Apollo 11 landing on the moon, or the day of the Challenger disaster ( Read more... )

From what I can tell, this is one of those lists that gets passed around. You might have seen it in an email, a newsletter, a Usenet posting, or something similar. I have no idea to whom the credit (or blame) for this belongs, but I thought it was worth passing along at least one more time ( Read more... )

It is a long time since I first sit in front of a keyboard, and place the fingers of my right hand on JKL; and those of my left hand on ASDF. It is so long ago, in fact, that the keyboard on which I first begin to master my skills is a Royal manual typewriter. I do not recall what model it is, but I remember that it is quite a hefty piece of ( Read more... )

Like many of you, I have an ID badge for work. It serves two very important purposes. First, it lets the rent-a-cops know that you actually belong there, and that you are not part of the great unwashed riff-raff that they are underpaid to keep out. Second, it allows me access to the rest of the building once get past the rent-a-cop's checkpoint ( Read more... )

Sorry, no Damon Runyon pastiche this time ( Read more... )

There are times when you wonder whether or not management has its collective act together. And then there are times when you know for certain that they don't ( Read more... )

I am quite certain that if you are a businessman here in Louisville, you will not be conducting much in the way of business for the next few days. Yesterday is the start of Derby Week, and it is a safe bet to say that most people are thinking about anything but business. In fact, a lot of people are getting Derby Fever, which seems to me to be ( Read more... )

Riddle Me This: What is something that everyone hears, but you hear it in a way that no one else ever can ( Read more... )