The hotness

My previous manager, now executive director, is a bit of a Michigan fan. Michigan, whose football program is searching for a head coach, has been rumored to be courting Jim Harbaugh with numbers something like $48 million over eight years. Anyway, the numbers, they are not important. The important thing is that said executive director…

Dubious victory

Is there really a sense of accomplishment in clearing the “immediate needs” support list just so I have time tomorrow to sit through two classes on secure coding and write my annual self-evaluation? Definitely unrelated: have I recently grumbled about how much I hate the make-work foo-fah that is the annual self-evaluation? In terms of…

Does not scale

I’m going through the 2+ years of photos and videos I finally offloaded from my phone and came across this one from May 27 of this year. Not sure why I took the picture. I guess I was demonstrating that our toaster’s production capacity does not scale well and we might experience shortages under load.

Not good

Top five things to never put in a dryer: A chenille blanket A chenille blanket A chenille blanket A chenille blanket A chenille blanket and a bunch of other clothes

Positive correlation

As the peppiness of the language in the email from HR announcing a new initiative increases so does the apprehension caused by reading said email. IT’S A BRAND NEW WORKDAY AT $FOO in the subject line pretty much puts the fear of god in me.

Next great idea

From the list of things to do when I win the lottery: #59 Pimp an office chair with hydraulics, chrome-reverse caster wheels, and Rat Fink era eight-ball shifter + lever for controlling seat height. Factory options Sound system preloaded with Santana’s Low Rider Composting toilet seat Neon “batin!” sign Cross posted under reasons I should…