Collateral Bloggage

17-OCT-2008
EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS
Dear Employee,
In the interest of improving our workforce’s productivity, the Board of Directors, in cooperation with the CEO, COO, CFO, and CMO of Incorporated Corporation Corp, Inc., have decided on a plan of action.  New tools for source code management, documentation, and defect tracking will be rolled out company-wide.
The new tools, bought at great [...]

Dear Hillsboro Driver,
Perhaps your otherwise harmonious, 32-mph commute has recently been jostled by the appearance of an annoying phenomemon: the cyclist.  There has been a major uptick in the numbers of these pests, and dealing with them can be difficult.  Here are a few tips for making their commute as miserable as yours:

Take away the [...]

When I was in High School and college, I read most of the way through an NIV Bible (The Student Bible), but never finished.  It wasn’t until I had switched to the New American Standard that I finally finished a full read-through.  And even after that, it was some time until I did a cover-to-cover [...]

I’m on vacation this week, but through the magic of Scheduled Posts, I bring you something I wrote on the 16th!!!
I recently read John Piper’s analysis of the Importance of Church Membership, and I think he makes some good points. I just think his overall premise is wrong. It’s natural that it should [...]

I was thinking of doing a post on Purgatory this week, but for some reason I thought I had previously blogged about it. If I did, I can’t find it. Still, what would good Protestants want to read about all that Papist claptrap for? I might save it for another week, because [...]

Again on this Monday, I find my mind a virtual void. Bummer. Good thing I’m at work, where my brain is really quite unnecessary most of the time.
Funny moment from work last week. My nemesis, Evil Seth (another guy in my group named Seth), sent out his status report (he’s the validation [...]

Dear Customer,
At Mega Communications Conglomerate of the Willamette Valley and Environs, Including Several Large Sections of the Continental United States, Though Probably Not Covering Cornelius, Oregon (MCCWVEISLSCUSTPNCCO), we truly value your business.
We’re sorry to hear that you’ve been having trouble with your service, or difficulty with your billing, or whatever else the issue is with [...]

Two things:
First, toothbrushing. Sometimes when brushing my teeth, I’m really in the zone. I can quickly and efficiently scrub each and every tooth from all possible angles, ending with a flourish of intense tongue-brushing. Rinse, and I’m done. Not so last night.
Last night I found myself in an increasingly common predicament:  [...]

Have you ever noticed how Right-biased the English language is? Out of chips? “There aren’t any left.” Blind-sided? “That came out of left field!” Deserted by a loved one? “I can’t believe he left me!”
My friends, we left handers are not second class citizens.  We’re people, too! Can [...]

California enacts “No Child Left Home” legislation
Dissociated Press - Sacramento, CA
In a landmark move, the California State Legislature has passed a law to make child home care illegal past the age of four months. Called the “No Child Left Home Act” (NCLHA), the bill effectively makes home rearing of children by parents illegal.
“We’re encouraging [...]