There is, apparently, yet another "list 25 things about yourself" poll thing floating around on the web. The first few of these quizzes/questions/lists/requests one gets are fairly entertaining and humorous. After that, around the 47th time you see the same list coming your way, it can begin to feel too much like homework. So I will not be reading, forwarding, creating, or otherwise participating in such a list.
No - instead - I submit the following: This Is What We Call The Muppet Quiz
And I encourage you to get in touch with your inner fuzzy self.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
"My remote doesn't work - can you help?"
My friend Kat at "Insert Pithy Title Here" recently blogged about a minor brain hiccup she experienced. In an show of solidarity (and as I stumble to her side in my own Dunce hat), here is a "duh" moment I had over the weekend:
The economy is in the toilet (this is not the "duh moment) and I've been watching how various segments of the country - and county, for that matter - are reacting. People that have always been charitable with their wallets are instead giving their time or cleaning out their closets while others are shopping sales only. Folks whose employment status has been impacted are looking outside their career paths and embracing the idea of getting a job - any job - to just get by. And there are the extremely ambitious few creating their own luck by starting to launch their dream.
Which is what I thought when I saw a small white pickup truck with the words "AAA Battery Delivery and Installation" written on a sign in their window as they drove down the road. Here was an individual with a specific dream using the economy to create their own luck.
And my next thought was "what kind of moron needs to CALL someone to deliver and install AAA batteries?"
The economy is in the toilet (this is not the "duh moment) and I've been watching how various segments of the country - and county, for that matter - are reacting. People that have always been charitable with their wallets are instead giving their time or cleaning out their closets while others are shopping sales only. Folks whose employment status has been impacted are looking outside their career paths and embracing the idea of getting a job - any job - to just get by. And there are the extremely ambitious few creating their own luck by starting to launch their dream.
Which is what I thought when I saw a small white pickup truck with the words "AAA Battery Delivery and Installation" written on a sign in their window as they drove down the road. Here was an individual with a specific dream using the economy to create their own luck.
And my next thought was "what kind of moron needs to CALL someone to deliver and install AAA batteries?"
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Catch-phrase Bingo
Ok - idea being generated so have patience ...
The background assumptions:
In the environment where you work, there are other adult-type people. These people are not necessarily your dearest friends and family. They each bring their own personalities, vocal inflections, quirks, etc. which is what makes the environment unique. Depending on the business (and on your line of work in said "business"), there are certain phrases that are used. Some of them, over time, can get under your skin.
The Game:
This is "catch-phrase bingo". Ya' create a sheet of words and phrases that you and 4 friends at work LOTHE hearing, and you write them out in a random grid pattern that's 5 boxes wide and 5 boxes long. When the grid is filled with 25 super-annoying words/phrases, the names of you and your friends are written across the top of the grid. (Maybe ya' all draw numbers to determine the order ... or it's done alphabetically ... it doesn't matter).
The Play:
Throughout the working day, as soon as you hear any of the the 5 words or phrases under your name, you email the others, and the corresponding word or phrase is marked off. To keep things interesting, you MUST first mark all of your boxes. Once you have done that, the rest of the boxes are yours to report.
The Win:
There will be one last box - one annoying word or phrase that no one hears for days - or possibly weeks. The name at the top of where that box falls is the official coffee break provider for the other players, who have officially won the game. (I always like games with more than one winner.) When the morning coffee run occurs, the tab gets paid by the individual who has been lucky enough to NOT hear 5 annoying words/phrases.
The End:
The game concludes when that last word or phrase is heard. At that point, a new board is created and ... ya' get the idea.
Since this can't really be played between remote office locations, I'll just add that my words/phrases would be "outsourcing", "paradigm", "it is what it is", "eco-build", and, this one is for my guy, "ping".
The background assumptions:
In the environment where you work, there are other adult-type people. These people are not necessarily your dearest friends and family. They each bring their own personalities, vocal inflections, quirks, etc. which is what makes the environment unique. Depending on the business (and on your line of work in said "business"), there are certain phrases that are used. Some of them, over time, can get under your skin.
The Game:
This is "catch-phrase bingo". Ya' create a sheet of words and phrases that you and 4 friends at work LOTHE hearing, and you write them out in a random grid pattern that's 5 boxes wide and 5 boxes long. When the grid is filled with 25 super-annoying words/phrases, the names of you and your friends are written across the top of the grid. (Maybe ya' all draw numbers to determine the order ... or it's done alphabetically ... it doesn't matter).
The Play:
Throughout the working day, as soon as you hear any of the the 5 words or phrases under your name, you email the others, and the corresponding word or phrase is marked off. To keep things interesting, you MUST first mark all of your boxes. Once you have done that, the rest of the boxes are yours to report.
The Win:
There will be one last box - one annoying word or phrase that no one hears for days - or possibly weeks. The name at the top of where that box falls is the official coffee break provider for the other players, who have officially won the game. (I always like games with more than one winner.) When the morning coffee run occurs, the tab gets paid by the individual who has been lucky enough to NOT hear 5 annoying words/phrases.
The End:
The game concludes when that last word or phrase is heard. At that point, a new board is created and ... ya' get the idea.
Since this can't really be played between remote office locations, I'll just add that my words/phrases would be "outsourcing", "paradigm", "it is what it is", "eco-build", and, this one is for my guy, "ping".
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