Duckstop

Downstream Docs

Making flowcharts is fun because you're solving problems. Receiving flowcharts is not fun because you are being handed a problem. (Apologies to those I've sent flowcharts to!)

The New Counterintuitivism

It appears that "when you have time" is the new "asap"...

Ant Mountain

New York is a city that runs on money and favors. It is not always immediately apparent which it is you have signed up for.

Watch out for falling objects

When young children go to get something out of a toy box it looks exactly like it does in the cartoons.

Bananas and Talcum Powder

I think organic food (esp produce) needs to be repositioned from "granola crunchers" to "people with taste buds". There really is a noticeable difference....

Go Jump Off a Bridge

I think I need to take up the sport of base jumping. Then, when things get crazy at work I can go jump off a bridge, but then come back to the office once I'm done.

An Ode To Workload

some days
caffeine-fueled fireworks
smoldering ashes at dusk

Downward market trends would indicate...

If you're reading the writing on the wall it is almost always graffiti.

Blinders revealing Beauty

Being mindful becomes more important as your mind becomes more full

A gift to the person who sits here next

Manufacturing "Truth"

When companies put out ads that say "get the facts" it's usually enough to make people think that they're right and then proceed to not go out and get the actual facts....

Click Undo. Now click it again.

Scoldaphone: the phone found in the sysadmin's office.

Bacon Pusher

Life pretty much comes down to working or hustling, just comes down to who you work for.

Insincere Cigarettes

Instead of letting people blow smoke up your a**, why not just smoke it?

Follow Your Yellow Brick Road

The universe has a way of making sure that our desired path is NOT the one of least resistance. This is it's way of testing that we are REALLY sure we want what we see at the end. It is generally long, winding, littered with your fears and insecurities, and devoid of all shortcuts. It is also completely passable.