She told the truth and then she lied

PM: I have a request on your EVM reporting
Me: OK
PM: Is there any of your Prod Support stuff that can go under task C2213 Phase 3 Part 7 or task F1204 phase 3 part 6?
Me: well, the next production build hasn't been clearly defined yet, so I suppose you could claim it falls under one of those. And the DB restores to all the dev and test regions is conceivably related to both.
PM: What about any of the change log items listed?
Me: Not so much, all file adjustments to fix fat fingered data entry
PM: Getting gov staff connected to ClearCase?
Me: Um, if you think we can get away with it, sure
PM: Just put as much of it under C2213 as you can
Me: ...

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I know you're feeling pain right now

I've been remiss on workshop pictures, but I've been remiss on workshopping. I did finish the cabinet side of my desk and will eventually put up pics, as well as getting about halfway done with the drawers.

Among the things that's popped up on the task list is a monitor riser for my wife's voice over workstation, pictured here:


I'm doing glue ups in the kitchen because it's been so cold lately. And conveniently placed is my todo whiteboard. Pictured here:


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See you on the silver screen

From my buddy Eric:
"OMOD7 (OneMovieOneDay) yesterday was a blast. In less than 12 hours, we wrote, filmed, edited and screened a 3-minute short. My directing debut, on Oscar night no less!"



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With all these liars, liars

http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/02/glenn-beck-environmentalist While their focus is on the disparity between his public advocacy an his personal beliefs on Global Warming, I think this misses the more important point, and one I've been making for close to 20 years. Many if not most of these pundits DO NOT BELIEVE the propaganda they are spouting. They rant and rail about issues and people and rile up their audiences to mobilize against (and it's almost always *against*) something or someone and they have a real impact on the politics and social policy and they DO NOT BELIEVE what they are saying and in fact often totally disagree with it. But they know what sells and their paychecks are more important to them than principles, or facts or truth. That is all you ever need to know about pundits. As I try to get across to my kids about advertisements: Assume it's a lie until ...

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Intravenous Agnostic

Dismayed dispossessed / life becomes Calvinist
So sparkle and believe / linguistics die easily



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