Thursday, February 10, 2005

Thu
10
Feb
2005

Online Bumper Stickers

MakeStickers.com is a site that offers premade bumper sticker designs (both 3" x 10" rectangle and 4" x 6" oval) and ability to design own. Prices seem resonable, also.

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Tue
8
Feb
2005

QOTD

Do, or do not. There is no 'try'. - Yoda

Friday, February 04, 2005

Fri
4
Feb
2005

What gender is a computer?

Found in my email box this morning and in various forms throughout the internet:
A language teacher was explaining to her class that in French, nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.

For example,
"House" in French, is feminine..."la maison". "Pencil" in French, is masculine..."le crayon".

One puzzled student asked, "What gender is a computer?"

The teacher did not know, and the word was not in her French dictionary. So for fun she split the class into two groups, appropriately enough, by gender, and asked them to decide whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The men's group decided that computer should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computer"), because:
  1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
  2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
  3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later review; and
  4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.


The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine ('le computer") because:
  1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
  2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
  3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
  4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Tue
1
Feb
2005

Interview Recap

Well, it went rather well, I think. The job doesn't start until March, though. Of course, with school and all the housework I need to get caught up with, March will be here before I know it! The gentleman who did the interview said I'd hear back from him in a couple of weeks. He and the creative director kept talking like I had the job, but I'm just not sure. Guess I'll have to wait and see. I really want to work there. I think it would be a good fit.

Monday, January 31, 2005

Mon
31
Jan
2005

Cross Your Fingers

So, if anybody reads this between now and 10am tomorrow (Tuesday), I need your help. I have a job interview. I wasn't going to post anything in fear of jinxing it, but I really, really want this job. So please say a prayer, cross fingers, eyes and toes, whatever will help me get this job! I'd really appreciate all the good vibes you could send my way.

Thanks!