Category: General

An afternoon in the ParkSnortin? Coke On The MoonStrangers On A TrainThe Bush lava lampvia email from Kirk Nelson and Ed JirakWhy help never arrived in New Orleansvia email from Duane McDowellR-U-N-N-O-F-Tvia email from John TreworgyFailureNotes from the Field, Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld, 3 October 2005

I am in the middle of several projectsI am not comfortable with thatI am not taking on any new responsibilitiesI am not the most qualified person for the jobI do not enjoy that kind of workI do not have any more room in my calendarI hate to split my attention among projectsI have another commitmentI…

One of the largest hospitals in Saint Paul, Regions Hospital has these billboards around the city with the following tag line: “We treat everything as critical.”  This has got to be one of the worst sales campaigns of the Century.  If they treat everything as critical, then they treat everything the same, therefore nothing is…

I ran across a link to popular baby names at the Social Security Administration and I just couldn’t resist finding out how popular I was.  It appears that I have been getting more popular since I was born, because the rank of the name “Jonathan” has been rising from 118th most popular male baby name…

As you know, last night was the Autumnal Equinox. And, today is the first day of fall, 2005.Autumnal Equinox: Where the night and they day are of equal length.Autumnal: Meaning Fall, autumn, Apple seasonEqui: Meaning of same lengthNox: Meaning having to do with or related to gelatin. (?)So some of the family males will remember…

Notes on Malcom Gladwell’s book.I think that the title would have been better if it had been, “flash point,” or “critical mass,” or “the straw.”  I kept getting a picture of one of those stupid tipping birds (Dunking ducky) in my head.85:0 Happens in meetings all the time98:1 Overwhelmed by people clamoring for our attention163:1…

I was wondering if that stuff we spent so much time learning in economics classes is really true.  Look at gasoline prices for example.  Just because there was a natural disaster along the gulf coast, gasoline prices went up by 20% from $2.50 in a matter of days to $3.00. There was no increase in…