Company Culture #2 

After I said I’d take the job, Daniel explained what the job was, so I’ll briefly explain it to you. If you don’t give a damn, that’s OK, just skip ahead two paragraphs. … [read more]

 Leftovers & links #38
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From my email outbox:

Oh, you want to talk politics?

I hold these truths to be self-evident: People who aren’t white are people.

This movie has overpowering music, and a gaping plot hole about halfway through, but other than those problems, it’s OK. … [read more]

Leftovers & links #37
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Asadullah Haroon Gul has been imprisoned for 14 years at Guantanamo, without a trial. That’s illegal and unconstitutional, abhorrent but not aberrant.

Murder by Contract is the must-see movie of the week.

Maybe of the month.

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Armageddon (1998)
— BIG NO —

This is a Touchstone picture, so it’s Disney; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, so it’s schlock; and directed by Michael Bey, so it’s mega-schlock. … [read more]

Leftovers & links #36
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Me and an acquaintance were talking about racism, something we know very little about. We’re both white liberals, probably racists like most people, but we try to treat every human equally.

Leftovers & links #35

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Colin Powell died. I don’t know — or need to know — anything about his life and career except that he knowingly lied to take America to war, leaving a whole lot of people dead for nothing. … [read more]

Ideally, in a good work situation, these are my five rules for the job:

① Always give it my best effort, every day.

② Go above and beyond what’s expected (but also, leave work at work). … [read more]

 Leftovers & links #34
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Someone is suing Canon
for its anti-customer products that require expensive toner even for tasks that don’t require toner, and require color toner even for printing documents in black-and-white.

Leftovers & links
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A 20-year-old Oklahoma woman suffered a miscarriage, for which she’s been sentenced to four years in prison.