Rudder just sent me the following and it's too good not to share. This is NOT an
Internet forward; this is actually directly from a business presentation he
received. Grammatical errors are
original.
"position [Productname] as a
commoditized alignment nescessity, while remaining focus on competitiveness and
leverage customer satisfaction for solutionized global semiconductor processing
quality paradigms, applying a totally independent empowered paradigm approach by
its leading edge integrated system design"
I think he's
considering sending it in to the Dilbert website. I told him that it was a shame
they missed using "proactive", but that "solutionized" should count for at least 3
on the management-speak bingo card. Sadly, I said that right before a meeting in
which I heard at least three people speak the word (!)
"dollarized".
In writing yesterday about the
href="http://dichroic.diaryland.com/xenophilia.html">clinic with
href="http://www.xenomuller.com">Xeno, I forgot to mention that shaking hands
with him when we were first introduced was an interesting if somewhat futile
experience. Think about the topology of a handshake: the palms cross at a 90
degree angle, and the fingers stick out either side to bend around the other
person's palm. Except mine didn't. His hand is nearly as wide as mine is long, and
only the very tips of my fingers protruded. It was like being a little kid shaking
hands with an adult. It was probably weirder for the guys than for me; I mean,
they could probably shake his hand, but it must be an odd feeling standing next to
someone that much bigger than you. I'm used to it because everyone is bigger than
me, and I don't really notice the difference between 5'11" and 6'3". It's all just
up there to me. But as Rudder kept saying, Xeno's a big
boy.
On the nutrition front I would like to report that strawberry
smoothies camouflage the taste of flaxseed oil (supposed to boost energy) quite
nicely. I noticed that the little health-food store by the gym where I shower
after rowing is now selling smoothies and coffee and opening early, so I decided
that for once I'd eat breakfast when I should, while still in my glycogen window
instead of forty-five minutes later when I got to work. The smoothie (with yogurt
instead of ice cream) made a great breakfast, except that it's still a bit chilly
here in the mornings. (Stop laughing, out there on the East Coast). By the time I
got to work I was freezing my ass off, even with the car heater on. Someone needs
to invent a hot healthy energy drink; I'm thinking coffee (decaf for me) mixed
with a vanilla version of those yogurt drinks they sell for kids, maybe with some
flaxseed or protein powder mixed in.
If anybody reads this and
decides to market it, all I ask is a year's supply.
Other questions
on nutrition, since I've just eaten lunch and the cafeteria had chimichangas
today: does salsa count as a vegetable serving? How about beans? Even if they're
refried?