Hey Dan

It has been a while since I had a Heydan poll so here is one. The ten questions.

The Bernard Pivot Questionnaire: These 10 questions originally came from a French series, "Bouillon de Culture" hosted by Bernard. James Lipton host of Bravo's "Inside the Actors Studio" asks these questions to all of his guests. It's amazing what the simple answers to these questions reveal about a person's thoughts, feelings and beliefs.

What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
What turns you off?
What is your favorite curse word?
What sound or noise do you love?
What sound or noise do you hate?
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to do?
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

Cut and paste them in to a comment and give me you answers. I will start with my answers (see comments)

Posted by Dan at 04:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (12)

"If you accually disembowl your boss and TP his house with his entrals... that would make you a bad person... just thinking about doesn't" - Cache

"if you don't marry her, i will!" - Squeak after being told the quote.

Posted by Dan at 09:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

I have been thinking about this whole Christmas thing. What do you want for Christmas? How do you decide what you want? I thought about stuff I have wanted/needed but have not gotten my self. As the years go by that list gets smaller. When I was a little Dan, there was tons of stuff I wanted that I did not have. Now when there is something I want I go buy it or plan ahead and save up for it. For the most part if it can fit in a box I can get it. So that leaves us with a problem. What is on that wanted/need list? Well a house, new car, retirement. Not stuff that would be appropriate to ask for on a Christmas list.

So I did what I do. I went to the cave to think (and scattered diet coke can around.) This is the list I came up with.

I want:
the company of other (banjo lessons, cookware)
to have fun (music, DVD’s, Mountain bike stuff)
to be warm. (flannel sheet for the bed)
to be organized (wine rack, shelves)

Now I know Christmas is not about gifts. It is about the company of friends, warm homes and being a better person. Help me with that stuff and you can keep the house and car.

Posted by Dan at 02:20 PM | Permalink

I wrote this last year when we had really big staff cuts. I post it just for giggles...

Memo
To: All Employees
From: Manager of Software Engineering
Date: 12/10/2002
Re: Productivity

Please discontinue use of terms of reality

Recently we have expanded our sales goals to meet sale goals. To offset the workload of our expanded sales goals we have made strategic staff reduction to increase productivity. In our on going drive to increase the quality of our product, we ask everyone to adopt the new “get it done now/zero defect” mentality. To facilitate this new mindset we ask you to remove some non-management orientated words from your everyday work-related conversations.

Finite: This word has been used to misrepresent time in the business world, as being limited in some way to just what the amount shown on clocks.

Or: We have found this to be to limiting as a term and would like you to replace with the term “and.” Please make a definite effort in the realm of “Yes and No” questions.

Impossible: The use of this word to describe production schedules has really set product roll out back.

Posted by Dan at 04:09 PM | Permalink

Well sports fans its the race to the NCA Final Four. The National Cabbage Association is really excited about this years matchups. In the first few days of competition already the fans are surprised by the outcomes. Our local team the Scarborough Hedgehogs thourghly pounded the Nottingham knockers. This despite a rather odd run in with a hungry group of gypsies. The London Lords were upset in their second round of play by the underdog canteberry Chaucer. Remember folks stay tuned to FNN sports highlights for all your Cabbage Final Four coverage.

In other news, today the society for decent beer, urged folks to once again this St Patrick's day not to dye their Beer Green. This practice started many years ago is a heresy to all that is holy about beer. Again folks green beer is not funny and is not the way to celebrate this wonderfully holiday.

And now to the Froggy Weather Center.

Weather this weekend
Sat Mar 16 AM Clouds / PM Sun 39°F 14°F UV Index: 5 Moderate
Sun Mar 17 Partly Cloudy 44°F 14°F UV Index: 6 Moderate

Ohh wait our bad, that's the Weather in Denver, where the Froggy Network News Crew will be attending a seminar...ya that's it seminar.

The weather for poor poor Scarborough Village will be
Sat Mar 16 Cloudy 66°F 47°F UV Index: 7 High
Sun Mar 17 Light Rain 73°F 53°F UV Index: 3 Low

Again folks have a good and save St Patrick's Day Weekend... Patrick Haughton
FIFI - Its how cold, nooo Scotch should be in the teens not the temperature.

Posted by Dan at 06:41 PM | Permalink

Controversy in the Olympic Games.
Today the Welsh downhill bucket team was awarded a Gold Medal, after controversy arose in that downhill event. A Flemish judge has been suspended after he was found to have accepted three chickens to change his score in favor of the Prussian team. The world was stunned when the Prussians were awarded the gold medal last Thursday after a obvious poorer showing then the Welsh team in the couples downhill bucket sledding competition. The royal downhill regulatory committee chose to look into the matter when his Majesty the prince of Wales commented there was no way on heaven or earth that the Prussians could beat the Welsh in downhill bucket sledding. While the Welsh have been awarded their new medals the Prussians have been allowed to keep their own. In related news the Italian downhill bucket team has filed a motion to be awarded the unused silver meddles despite being unable to complete the downhill course. And now on to Froggy Weather.

Sat Feb 16 Mostly Sunny 67°F 38°F

And now back to your regularly scheduled spamming.

Patrick Haughton
FIFI - Sure I’ll reinvent the wheel, but why don’t you wait till I do before you invent the car.

Posted by Dan at 06:33 PM | Permalink

I work with some really amusing people. My boss asked a couple of us to look over a proposal we are delivering to the management team. Here is one of the responses he received;

"my apologies if these questions would be answered had I been in meetings with you guys last week...

PLC Amendments process diagram gives a lot of information regarding deliverables and owners during the Custom Software Request phase, but not during other phases. I think the diagram would be more useful to us all if we fleshed out the other steps in this chart.

On the Definition phase slide, I'm confused by the two bullets that state "MRD & EFS are superseded by the CIF" and "Variances between the MRD & EFS are worked out...". Maybe it's just me, but I could see that being confusing.

Do we have deliverables, etc. for the Mass Production phase? Again, probably just me, but I could see this raising questions if we don't flesh it out a little in the presentation.

I think we should add a short movie to the start of the presentation - "Lord of Software: The Fellowship of the Process" starring Sam as Frodo, Paul as Gimli (the angry dwarf), Dan Grandquist as Gollum, Kirk as Gandalf and me as Galadriel, queen of the elves and the most beautiful creature on Middle Earth.

Is it going to be possible to meet today or tomorrow morning to discuss this?
Thanks again -- Sean "

This is why it is important to read all your email... I was going to make it quote of the day but it needed to be in context.

Posted by Dan at 06:18 PM | Permalink

Date line Boca Raton... Cool photos of a plane landed on I-95. from Mark Kaplin who accually was stuck in the backup. Check out the news story.

Posted by Dan at 05:49 PM | Permalink

Ok cool web thing of the day. This guy kind of disturbs me but in a good way.. He is just one voice surounded by reality. Oh and becouse she is a hot babe! Love you squeak!

Good thing of the day: Got email from Karen!

Bad thing of the Day: Coke machine is out of Diet Coke.

Posted by Dan at 05:44 PM | Permalink