Let me preface this by saying that I absolutely love working for Microsoft and both SteveB and BillG are my heroes.  That being said, am I the only person in the world who thinks that Steve Ballmer bears a striking resemblance to Mandy Patinkin in Alien Nation?


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If you can't kill them with guns, kill them with saturated fat!

On a related note, it never ceases to amaze me how the same piece of information can be interpreted so differently by different people. This story absolutely horrifies me, but those folks on Fox News this morning thought this was the best thing since sliced bread. Come to think of it, ( Read more... )

In case you were not aware, we ex-DECies can't let the company die.

I belong to a group called the DREGs (Digital Retirees and Employees Group).  We started as a small group of employees in Connecticut who genuinely missed each other's company and decided to get together for drinks and appetizers one Friday a month at an On The Border in Rocky ( Read more... )

I'm in Pittsburgh, PA today. I think there's a reason they called it that...

I've been here less than 24 hours. I had to fly out to babysit a SQL 2000 SP4 install last night. I arrived at 19:30 yesterday and will be leaving at 14:55 today if everything goes as planned. Last night I worked until 2:30 in the morning and rolled into the hotel shortly ( Read more... )

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Attention FaceBook friends:

I have a blog on LJ that I NEVER update.  Now you will all be notified on the extremely rare occasions when I have a tidbit of information I feel must be shared with the world (or at least the miniscule piece of the world that follows my blog).  You can never have too much information about my enormously exciting ( Read more... )

The Puppini Sisters - Walk Like an Egyptian

Dear Pam,

Please tell us about your recent experience with Yahoo! Customer Care in a brief online survey.

You'll find the survey here:

LINK with no squirrels

Thanks so much for taking the time to give us your feedback.

Have a great day,
Yahoo! Customer Care

Case number: 64178991
Property: Photos
Contact date: 2008-01-08

Or maybe it was "You will never get my money again."

( Annoying conversation with Yahoo Photos representative )

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Listening to Jeff Buckley when happy almost makes me wish I was depressed.  I actually paused for a moment and thought "Damn I miss being miserable."  He makes pain sound so delicious...