McFlurry's and other items of interest

You know why McDonalds® McFlurryTM spoons are so different? They are a tapered hollow square in shape with a latch at the end.

I just saw a woman at McDonalds® make me a McFlurryTM she attached the spoon to a spinning device and used it to mix my McFlurryTM! No wonder these spoons are so strange!

In in Manhattan NYC right now. I've been at a client site. I'm helping resolve issues we have. I've been very, very busy. The vast majority of the users we have are fairly non-technical, so I get to see all kinds of really things.

One guy told me our web-based application was logging him off whenever he stepped away from the computer. Turns out the Windows Screen-Saver was kicking in and logging him off Windows. Our application was fine. Just fine.

I've turned off many Windows Messenger Service services on systems here. Apparently, folks were getting random message boxes from "our application" about faxes being received, etc. So, I merely turned off the Messenger service and set it to manual on restart. They no longer get these random dialog boxes from our application.

For anyone who doesn't know, Windows Messenger messeges have nothing to do anything a user might see using a web-based application. They're two separate things.

Anyway, I'm really, really busy here. Sometimes, I can't even write an email message without having multiple interruptions. Gosh. It's so much fun! (not really).

I'll write more later.

Re-Furbish

Barb mentioned this today.

If you're refurbishing something, when did you furbish it? What is "furbishing" anyway?

I'm going back to NYC tomorrow morning. I was there last week until Tuesday night. I came home, attended work on Wednesday, Thanksgiving on Thursday, worked from home on Friday, off this weekend.

My boss called Saturday night and asked if I'd go to NYC again for the week. I had a doctor's appointment I didn't want to miss today, so I'm leaving tomorrow.

I'll write more later.

NYC and Back and Again

I went to NY City for the day last Wednesday and returned home on Friday at 11pm.

I washed my socks and undershorts and tee-shirt in the sink the first night with "invigorating body wash". The second night, I told my CEO I *had* to have new understuff; he told me to expense it.

I had an interesting trek through Manhattan looking for Hanes® (Hanes® is the best, BTW, IMHO) Jockey Briefs, a tee-shirt, and socks. Found the Hanes® in a drug store, of all places, the socks in a shoe repair shop, and the tee was a 2XL (but not 2XL Long) grey-colored shirt.

The clients I was working with asked me if I'd return with a different shirt on tomorrow. Yes. I'm going back tomorrow for "two days". I hope to return by Thanksgiving!

I've been REALLY busy, so more later....

Short Vacation

It's been way to long since my last entry. I've been really busy at work, and I keep forgetting to work on this blog when I get home.

Anyway, we went on a short vacation yesterday. Yes. One day. But, it was terrific. We went to this place in the Berkshires in Mass. It was very nice. We swam in a heated pool, sat in a hot tub, and enjoyed chats by a huge fireplace.

I had a great time spending time with my wife and kids. We played Pictionary. Bekah actually draws really well.

Enough for now.

Salt of the Earth

There was this dude that I used to work with at Microsoft who took it on as his own personal vendetta to make farting a normal part of life.

He'd fart in front of anyone at any time. I think he felt that farting was just a part of natural existence, and we should all be able to fart at will whenever and wherever we please.

A smart man, with a PhD in Physics from Cal Tec no less, he'd fart whenever the urge occurred. I heard various comments on his activities and not once did I ever hear anyone say something like, "You know, that guy farts whenever he wants. I admire that about him."

Rather, they were like, "You know, that guy farts and he is so strange. It's just wrong."

Folks. There are just some things you'll never be able to change in society -- no matter how you think it should be. Public farting will never be okay. You can't change the world's opinion about farting by doing it.

I guess that's NOT being Salt of the Earth.

I did learn a lesson about being Salt of the Earth this week though. The dude I talk about that rides my bus. You know, the guy with less-than-full mental faculties available to him?

Well, he turned 54 on Tuesday, November 1st. I knew his birthday was coming up because he'd mentioned it a few times in the past. I didn't know for sure which day in November it was, though.

Another guy on our bus, I'll call him Bob because that's his real name, had many of us on the bus sign a card for my other friend. I figured, he'd just give our friend the card.

He didn't. He gave him a balloon tied to a Dunken Donuts Munchkin's box, a bag with puzzle books in it, and a new hat.

Now that, my friends, is being Salt of the Earth. Could I have done something like that? Sure! Did I? Nope. Didn't even think about.

I'm telling you all. I learn more and more every day from my bus-ride friends.

Until next time....