In an effort to scramble together some of the addresses of defunct companies where I once worked, I came across an HR website that espoused the following offenses, among others more reasonable sounding:
The following behaviour patterns may be indicative of a dishonest employee: (1) vocally proposes taking unauthorised short cuts to improve workflow; (2) unauthorised [...]
Those of you who live in the area know that the sweet-smelling town of Gilroy is known as the “Garlic Capitol of the World”, right?
Wrong. It really should be called the “Garlic Festival Capitol of the World.”
Gilroy self-proclaimed itself the Garlic Capitol back in 1979 in an effort to generate the largest attendance rate of [...]
My Eudora email client started giving me a strange and frustrating error message the other day. Every time I sent out email, a Winsock network timeout error code 10053 showed up in the Task Errors window. Coincidentally, I had recently installed a few other minor applications so it was almost impossible to easily isolate the [...]
Last night was a Survivor evening. Sometimes, when in the mood, I make dishes similar to, reminiscent of, or representative of the previous week’s food eaten on the show. Rice is common.
In commemoration of St. Patrick’s Day and last week’s reward of a barbecue and dessert buffet aboard a multi-million-dollar yacht, I made desserts.
I made [...]
According to the San Jose Mercury News, an 89-year-old man was killed yesterday morning by a driver who proceeded through the intersection when the signal turned green. The man was struck by a Ford S-350 pickup driven by a female from Boulder Creek. The driver was preparing to turn onto the Highway 85 south on [...]
I love to cook. I particularly enjoy making unusual or ethnic dishes, partially to educate my kids that “American” meals don’t always consist of hot dogs, spaghetti, and sandwiches (none of which originated in the US anyway!) and also just because I love different foods — part of the reason I’m about 10% overweight!
So, here [...]
