I’m “on the beach.” In the elite world of management consulting, that means that I’m not staffed on a project. To most people, this sounds like paradise. I am getting paid to sit at home and watch television.
But it’s not as great as it sounds. After a couple of days of relaxing, I start […]
Last night, around 4 am, I stumbled upon “Can’t We Talk?” by Deborah Tannen. Tannen explains some common differences between the way men and women communicate.
I found myself shaking my head a lot, and laughing.
Excerpt:
Information vs. Feelings.
A cartoon shows a husband opening a newspaper and asking his wife, “Is there anything you’d like […]
I just discovered Joe’s Goals, a website for tracking goals. This is much easier than an Excel spreadsheet, because it can be updated from any computer.
There is now a widget displayed on Herbietown, so all of my loyal readers will know exactly how many times I’ve flossed in the past 7 days. Each […]
Childish office wallpaper
Originally uploaded by christopherh01
I don’t work in a nursery school.
But a reasonable person might think I do, if they saw the wallpaper in my office.
Fun with Analogies
Pre-school : Consultancy
as…
Milk & cookies : Starbucks
Toys : Laptops
Play time : Team time
Teacher : Partner
Principal : Staffer
Toddler : Consultant
(or Toddler : Director)
(or Toddler : Client)
Graduation : Election […]
Thanks to Alasdair for introducing me to Indexed, the source of this chart.
This video almost makes me want to vote for a Baptist minister.
Almost.
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There’s nothing more relaxing than changing a baby’s diaper and enjoying a nice afternoon espresso. Ahhh… I thought I’d up load these pics so you too can enjoy the moment.
I introduced “Atlas Shrugged” to little Jack today. I’m not sure how much he absorbed.
To anyone that reads this blog, it will be no surprise that I was violently abused as a child. Until now, I’ve never been able to prove anything, so I’ve kept the dark secret locked inside me.
Then, yesterday, I was going through some old pictures of myself online, and I finally came across photographic […]
Have you seen those new AT&T commercials? The ones that talk about how AT&T works in more places, like Philawashkatmandu?
I HATE those commercials.
I just want my phone to work in my apartment: in my bedroom, in my kitchen, and in the living room. That’s it. Forget Katmandu, forget Philadelphia.
My network is called […]
People at my consulting firm have a very peculiar way of communicating. It sometimes amuses me to imagine the home life of my colleagues…
[cue music and fuzzy fade-out, to signal that narrator is dreaming]
Wife: “Hey honey, what do you want to do today?”
Husband: “Well, what does success look like for you?”
Wife: “I just want to […]
Check out this blog post about MBA programs and Office Space characters. If you went to a top MBA program, you might get a kick out of this.
http://marquisweblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/top-business-schools-pros-cons-and.html
Here’s what he says about Tuck. (Not sure where he gets off saying that Tuck is #8??)
“8.) Tuck -Pros: Small class size and tight culture […]
Well, the new car has been christened. I took a picture.
My friend Ben drives around with full cleaning supplies in his car, for situations like this. I know, because my wife recently threw deli meat onto the front hood of his BMW. At the next stop, he pulled out a special rag and a squirt […]
In heavy traffic, are you the type of driver who zooms past everyone in the breakdown lane? If you are, I’d really like you to comment here, and tell me what goes through your mind as you pull out onto the shoulder. Do you think to yourself, “I’m better than everyone else here, why should […]
You’ve probably read by now that Fake Steve Jobs was discovered. A senior editor at Forbes named Daniel Lyons has been writing a fake blog in Steve Job’s voice, and it attracted widespread attention in Silicon Valley and the media.
This is something I could aspire to. For 14 months, Lyons churned out brilliant satire and […]
We just got home from the Super Stop & Shop in Stamford.
I usually HATE grocery shopping with Greta. This is mostly due to male laziness. But I realized today that part of the reason I abhor grocery shopping is that I have no control over anything that happens. Greta decides what we’re […]
I’m mad as hell. Here I’ve gone to all this trouble to set up an eponymous blog to help extend my ego’s reach into the world, and some jerk-off with my name is competing with me. It’s almost as if any idiot with a computer can just start a blog!
The guy is clearly a moron, […]
Greta never buys birthday cards. She doesn’t believe in them. She’ll buy a nice thoughtful gift, but she won’t attach a card to it.
She has nothing against cards…in fact, she often writes beautiful hand-written notes. (She has admin access to herbietown, but so far she’s refused to post anything, which is your loss, dear readers, […]
This YouTube video is hilarious. Thanks to Alasdair for passing it on.
Direktlink zum Video auf Youtube
This is yet another hilarious post from Scott Adams at Dilbert.
A friend sent me a link to this hilarious Craigslist post. OTFRALOL. (On The Floor Rolling Around Laughing Out Loud….)
I won two awards at Tuck’s annual Oscar’s:
Most Likely To Take Down an Investment Bank
Most Likely To Get Sued for Libel
My parents will be so proud!
I’m not sure how to take the 1st award. I’ll assume that the investment bank in question is a highly unethical institution, and the individual in question (in this case, […]
No, I’m not talking about those lovely pieces of uncomfortable outdoor furniture….I’m talking about a simple way to really piss someone off. The Park Bench.
It’s easy. All you need are two people: the kneeler and the pusher. The kneeler’s job is to discreetly position himself behind the target, on all fours. […]
From the Onion News Network:
Direktlink zum Video auf Youtube
