January 2008
40 posts
NOT GUILTY →
Cognitive Biases →
I love this Wikipedia page. It is, as the name of the link suggests, a list of cognitive biases, such as believing something will happen when it probably won’t because you really, really, really want it to. This is great reading for work because we’re all guilty of some of these biases and they do affect our work. Which biases do you have? I DEFINITELY have a touch of optimism bias...
WatchMy favorite part is one somebody hands the bleeding guy a paper to wipe his nose with and he just throws it back at the guy.
The smell of this coffee is making my stomach go berserk. What’s happening to me?
Where the hell are the secretaries?! It’s after 8:00 and they aren’t here! Not one of them. What I need right now is a secretary to type a memo. A secretary would be really helpful.
Mustard
I just learned that the combined smell of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Room Freshener and Orange Guard bug kill smells like mustard. Citrus-y mustard.
Why can’t I find a Sharpie right now? I have something I need to write on hard plastic and a Sharpie would sure help. What I need is a Sharpie. One of these would be perfect. Any one of those Sharpies. I should have a bunch around but I can’t even find one. Where have all the Sharpies gone? Why are there no Sharpies in the copyroom? I need a Sharpie fast. I’d even put up with a...
I am learning to bend MySQL to my will through the power of the Python.
Vermont leads the U.S. in per capita consumption... →
I had no idea.
Variations on the spelling of "Catherine"
Me: Katherine looks more Eastern European, like German or east of there.
Catherine: Yeah. It looks unprofessional.
RING...
Ring enhancers! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Catherine, when should we get on of these? It would look SO good with your ring. It’s really boring as it is. That one diamond. We need more diamonds. And the gold would look AMAZING with the platinum on your ring. YES!!!!! (I’m dancing in my office right now) OK, we need this: AND THEN IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Except even...
Bad drivers
You know what I really hate? I hate when I’m driving to work in the morning and I see somebody half a car ahead of me creeping into my lane. Then he/she goes back into his/her own lane, I slow down a little bit, his turn signal goes on and he moves into my lane. Jackass. What’s happening here is one of two things. The driver isn’t even alert enough to choose to change lanes. His...
Con Air
Right now, Catherine and I are watching Con Air. Actually, Catherine is trying to get her brand new Zune to work with her brand new Dell laptop. The laptop is having none of it. But that’s neither here nor there. Con Air is an excellent, almost-award-winning film featuring and allstar cast and unforgetable soundtrack. The plot line is something like this: Cameron Poe (Cage) is probably...
Mr. Sparkle! →
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank MySpace for not allowing videos posted on their site to embedded in other sites or blogs. Such as Tumblr. Way to go, guys. You’re really sticking to the spirit of the internets.
Morning spider hopes
Every morning I wake up with the hope that this day I will find, and be bitten by, one of those spiders that turns you into a superhero. Today is no exception.
“Fellow YSA people,
Don’t forget that this Sunday, Jan 13 is our CES...”
– This is an email I got. It was addressed to me incorrectly.
“COOL!”
– My response (to everyone on the recipient list, which was about 50). I get lots of email that isn’t meant for me. I like to respond to it enthusiastically.
“I didn’t want to go to school because vacation was so much fun”
– This kid is a RAGER.
“LIAISE”
– CS (not Catherine; another CS I know). I didn’t even know this word existed. It does. Thanks, CS!
It's only a few days into the new year, but
this will not be topped as best story of the year.
“Huntington. Hunting-tin. Hunting-tin, mom, like “hunting tin”!”
– Kid on the metro (heading to the Huntington station). Damn, that kid was really annoying. He just wouldn’t shut up the entire ride.
Gazzoline Jeans
So, Catherine and I are going to make our own brand of jeans, Gazzoline. They will feature gascan embroidery on the rear pockets and velcro flies.
I had a very small styrofoam cup of coffee on my desk. It was less than 1/4 full. So why is it, when I knocked it over, a coffee version of Lake Michigan formed on my desk? SO ANNOYING. — catherine I hate (h8) when you think you’ve gotten all the spilled coffee cleaned but then a week later you find the sticky residue of the stuff you missed. That happened to me in my dorm in college...
“www.caffenrl@aol.com”
– Owner’s email address, Cafe Sienna (NRL coffee shop). I couldn’t take a picture of the sign the email address was posted on because of rules. Either way, I would like to congratulate the owner of Cafe Sienna (nice name, by the way) for getting into the Information Age. Nice use of...
“My bed is the most radioactive part of my house, which is low, but detectable.”
– Jim, from downstairs. He’s the man at least 110% of the time.
Watch Uncounseled, aromatic wishes A flow of sticking chance Noise moments A practice of all present Background influence factors
