Theater types are hilarious

[female AIM buddy]: hon, i’m on my way out…i have this person that’s bothering me (keeps asking questions about theatre stuff and i’m just not into him…one of those actor types)
underscorebleach: block him
[female AIM buddy]: i would but he has friends in too many companies.

:)

Confidential to Couric: Think more

Hi. Young feminists of America, allow me to introduce your standard-bearer, the irrepressible Katie Couric!

Except from MRC’s December 29, 2003 CyberAlert

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Cruisin and boozin

The good life. White sand under toes, thatched roof overhead, turquoise waters spread before me, fish tacos swimmin’ in me belly, Dos Equis in hand. The beach off Palancar Reef in Cozumel: a moment of easy living to remember when life is less palatable.

Cruise was good. Stepbrother got married and I started boozin’. We started boozin’. Whole damn ship started boozin’. I found a new drink (vodka tonic) and a new companion (Lynette). Too much food, but isn’t that part of a cruise? The souffle was memorable, as was the scampi. Every black man on the ship had a Jamaican accent. Hmm.
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Processsss

Process. Process. Processsss. A wall covered with flip-chart tear-sheets. Yellow, green, purple, and pink Post-It notes. Flow, direction, decisions, process, process, process.

My life for the past two weeks has been documenting and analyzing business processes. My teacher is Greg. My material is TMSI. My tools are pen and paper, Sharpies, stickies, Visio, and Word. Specific to intermediate to generic and back again. Abstracting and mapping and locating gaps and systems and areas for improvement. This is the nitty gritty, baby.
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