Now that I’ve been at Microsoft for over two months now, I thought I’d take a moment and reflex for a minute. As each day comes up, I find it to be slightly different than the prior one, which is a great thing, but I have discovered two two constants throughout my time here so far: I bump into something new everyday and whatever it is, it usually forces me to think. Everyday. But over the course of my time here, there was something that made me go pale and cold when I heard it… and that asks the question: What’s the scariest question I’ve been asked at work?
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Category Archives: Rant
Warning: Storm Front Coming
Thunder? Lightening? Hail? Lava flow? Hard to say, but be on alert: I biked over eight miles today and should herald some type of natural disaster.
Black Light Tattoos?
Over breakfast this morning, a well inked guy was talking to the waitress at the counter, and I thought I heard him mention something about how a new tattoo on his hand would disappear soon – that it would “only show up in black light“. He left, just after that, and before I could ask him if I heard him correctly… is this possible? Tattoos that only show up in places lit by black light? It would be revolutionary for the corporate workforce (I know a few people that would get one if they decide when it showed itself, i.e. not in a high powered business meeting) but how often could you show off your ink if most places don’t have rooms lit by black light? The mind boggles.
Was Clinton a Good President?
I love to ask this question, because I’ve yet to find anyone that can answer it adequately, especially around this time of year. And I ask it now, just in time for this election, since this one is proving that the majority of American’s are clueless about politics – at least the people I’ve been talking to about this online… God, I hate it when people can’t argue their own arguments!
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Lo! I Am Furious – Part II
As part of my move cross-country, my movers lost some items on me. Two of them weren’t all that important, as they were replaceable, but the third was a lock box that had the “dreaded irreplaceable items”: a 50-sheet photo album and a collegiate award. When I first told the moving company, they told me it would take six weeks to trace, and after six weeks I was told “sorry – please fill out a claim”. In the last episode of this story, I was left furious and without much hope of having this work out – the story now continues…
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Why Love Songs/Movies/Books Suck
Neil Peart was once quoted during an interview and his words stuck with me for a while: “I think that love songs are actively harmful. They invent this fantasy that people expect their own relationships to live up to and when they don’t they result in divorce.” It’s a quote for the ages.
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The Men’s Basketball Team Lost in Athens?
I’m embarrassed a bit to say it, but good. Yeah, yeah, national pride, we must win more golds than China, blah, blah, blah, but ya know what? Good. A bunch of Games ago, the ISO decided that pro-players could play, and so we had the Dream Team. That first team walked away with the Gold, without breaking much of a sweat. They plowed over everybody. The world has changed, and they other countries have gotten better. Our players have changed too, but not for the better. I blame the NBA as a hole whole.
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Pealing
At last, I can stop wearing hats at work. You see, last weekend, I sunburned myself nicely. Ordinarily I burn, then it turns to tan within a couple of days and that sticks around for months. On the rare occasion, I peal after burning, but that usually happens after a really bad burn, which last weekend’s wasn’t. It would seem that by moving to a dryer climate, I peal like an onion, and when that happens, my tan went with it, leaving me with a two-toned forehead… and I thought it looked nasty, so why put anyone else through that? Small price to pay for the dryer summer, though!
Strange Haps for a Friday
For any day, really, but today is Friday. President Bush is in town. The opening ceremonies of the 2004 Olympics is currently on… granted they were recorded nearly 12 hours ago, but I still like to watch them. Been a full day.
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Lo! I Am Furious
I really get annoyed when a word gets over used, like when people throw around the word love or hate or fury or rage. By over using it, it starts to take on a lighter version of itself. Take someone that says they hate lemon… is that person willing to destroy every lemon he encounters? Remove lemon trees from the planet? Pee on every piece of lemon candy they encounter so no one can enjoy it? No… instead they would just avoid the fruit when offered it. That’s hate being used in a way that makes it a lighter version of itself. Having said that, I can honestly tell you that I am furious.
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Why I Wish I Didn’t Register to Vote This Year
One of the things I find to be neat about being a registered independent is that you can’t really take any blame for the two candidates you end up with in November. In years past, I’ve felt this was a bad thing – that you’re left out of a process because you’ve opted not to be partisan – but this year, I’ll wear it as a badge of honor. In fact, I’m almost sorry that I registered to vote in WA, as irresponsible as that would have been.
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New Coffee Sighted
And no, it’s not at Starbucks this time.
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Oh Captain, My Captain
Thurman Munson
June 7, 1947 – August 2, 1979
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What a Full Weekend
Newbie dinner on Friday night. Company picnic on Saturday. Bar (and almost cat fight) Saturday night. Pillaging the Apple store on Sunday morning (in about 20 minutes). w00t!
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Wait… I Get to Like Nomar Now?
My contempt for the Boston Red Sox is second only to my love of the Yankees. The two feelings are intertwined, in fact, and a good deal of the pride that I feel for my pinstripes comes from their ability to beat down Boston… seemingly whenever they just decide to. And so for years I’ve watched Nomar play for Boston, with a certain contempt for the player. This year, I watched them talk about trading him in the Spring and then while his fellow players doubted his abilities, I then watched him work to support his team in spite of both issues – admirable behavior, to be sure. And now the poor guy goes from a team that hasn’t won it all since 1918 to a team that hasn’t won it all since 1908, but Chicago should be glad to have him.
Amazing what a change of uniform can do for your opinion of someone.