Pop Quiz
Is today: A. #NationalTrivialPursuitDay B. #NationalTriviaDay C. #NationalTrivialNationalDay
Unnecessarily Neat
I was wrapping presents over the weekend and thought about how nice it is that most wrapping paper comes with a grid of lines on the back. Gift givers used to really need to pay attention to what they were doing to get a nice straight cut. Now it’s easy to get a perfect cut …
A Gift Horse
Look a gift horse in the mouth. If you look in the other end, you’re liable to have your teeth kicked in. Ryan Davison
Don’t Be An Idiot
This morning I got an email from the Risk Management department where I work. The email was a list of bullet points about how to walk safely during the winter months. The tips were common sense and should be known and understood without an “expert” reminding you about it. I usually just delete “don’t be …
A Plea For Transparency in Advertising
Panhandlers and bums are becoming more and more honest and trasparent. It’s become fashionable for them to display signs saying something like “Not gonna lie, I need beer”. Why can’t businesses be more like today’s forward thinking beggars? I’d appreciate the honesty of a commercial stating “We really don’t care about your needs, we just …
The Boss
Business Synergy
Joke Number 509
Other People’s Code
I like looking at other people’s code. Said in the right voice, that could sound quite creepy. But I like to see what kind of projects they’re working on, how they implement solutions, what languages they chose to work with and how many other people are using their work. So I’ll keep looking at other …