Just like classes, meetings need to start on time and adjourn early.
Expecting others to wait because you have loose ends to tie up causes entire schedules to slip. Early adjournment solves this by preallocating slack time for people to mentally shift gears, prepare notes, or travel between locations. Adopting a 50-minute hour for [...]
that’s my stapler
Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler.
life
start on time, adjourn early
attic goodness 2006
We went to Eddie’s Attic to see Pierce Pettis Friday night. The big surprises were Edie Carey and Rose Cousins, who both deserve their own headline billing. Hope to see them when they come back through Atlanta, or at least buy some more of their CDs.
my reply is in cornflower blue
I recently received an email reply to a list wherein the sender noted at the top of his email that his replies were inline with the previous sender’s text, but in blue. You know, to set them apart.
I am completely flummoxed that anyone who uses email on a daily basis has no idea what [...]
James Brown sightings 01
My first (let’s pretend there could be more) James Brown sighting occurred today. I was walking between buildings at work, down the sidewalk on Peachtree Street. Having circumnavigated an overzealous Vespa girl who decided her scooter somehow qualified her to use the sidewalk, I noticed a woman stepping away from a limo at [...]
Passing of The Drama Queen
Today my Uncle Jr died. Too be fair we all thought he was faking it. Oh sure he had pneumonia but he was doing his normal stunts when it came to being in the hospital…. only letting one of my relatives be close to him, turning his father away and calling for secuirty, talk about [...]
Practice was perfect
I had rehearsed what I was going to say to Don Conoscenti off and on in my head the last few days when I told him about choosing the name Pearl Arelia if we end up having a girl. “I’ve loved your music blah blah blah. Arelia is one of my favorites and is in [...]
101 things to do with an org chart
It struck me one day, in the midst of yet another corporate reorg, that the org chart in corporate culture makes a nifty decision tree for finding where to place blame when things go wrong. I think it’s too bad that this is all too often its main usage.
The world’s a spin
Recently got vertigo again and unlike last time I didn’t wait to seek help from a doctor. They prescribed a medicine that has finally worked, just took a few days to kick in. The best thing about this vertigo medicine? The absolutely best thing is one of the side effects: “May cause dizziness”. +)
Shrimp
Are there merpeople who refuse to eat roaches because they are just shrimp of the land?
punishment for staying out too late
We got back really late last night from playing Magic, and somehow ended up watching Josie and the Pussycats, which turned out to be its own punishment and then some. What a horrifically bad movie. No wonder people on graveyard shift tend to be a little… off. :)