Month: March 2001
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Life in our technological age
An unemployed man goes to try for a job with Microsoft as a cleaner. The manager there arranges for an aptitude test. After the test, the manager says: You will be appointed on the scale of $30 per day. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can send you a form to complete…
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Worker dead at desk for 5 days
Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to determine why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for FIVE DAYS before anyone asked if he was feeling okay.George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a…
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Friendly Greeting on St. Patty's Day
My sister sent this to me today and I thought you might enjoy the wish. Normally I dislike "send this to everyone you know or the heavens will fall" messages, but this is pretty benign. Here 'tis:AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP BRACELET:You had better send this back! Good Luck! I hope it works…May there always be work…
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Noah’s Ark
Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah’s Ark:Don’t miss the boat!Remember that we are all in the same boat.Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.Stay fit. When you’re 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.Don’t listen to critics; just get on with the job that…
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Bumperstickers
Two bumper stickers I particularly liked, the first of which I saw in Tucson, and the second of which was sent to me by e-mail:The one from Tucson:These aren't the Droids you're looking for…Bumper Sticker Seen in Palm Beach, FL…HONK IF YOU VOTED FOR GORE…IT'S THE BIG BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR STEERING WHEELAlthough…
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Sightings 10/03/01 — An Extraordinary Discussion
On Thursday, September 20, only hours before his speech before Congress, President George W. Bush spent over an hour talking and praying with a group of twenty some leaders of America's diverse religious communities. I was surprised and honored to be included in the meeting–this despite the fact that I can by no means be…