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States of matter of national security

At Dulles International Airport near Washington, one traveler reported that screeners were also making passengers remove all food items from their carry-ons for inspection, and one passenger was told to peel her banana. - The New York Times
TSA Screener: Next in line.
Passenger: Hi there, officer.
Screener: Sir, I’m not an officer and please refrain from chit-chat. [...]

In Humor, Security, Travel on 10 August 2006 with Comments Off

Deliver it yesterday

Transcript of an email conversation with a collegue regarding the need to get a 614MB file to a client:
Me: Yeah, that’ll never work. eProject file uploads usually fail on files greater than 30MB. Try the new file transfer appliance and let me know if you have any questions.
Him: Thanks, but he wanted to get this [...]

In Humor, Web, Work on 27 July 2006 with 1 comment

Good for the kids

I love this cartoon by Bruce Kaplan. I’m tempted to buy a print.

In Cartoon, Humor, Parenting, Society on 1 June 2006 with Comments Off

Going for the Gold

I’ve learned it’s not about the gold. It’s about the spirit of the Olympics. I have no regrets. I tried my hardest and if I don’t win the gold, it’s O.K. I’ll be happy.
–Michelle Kwan, on her withdrawl from the 2006 Olympic Games, quoted in the Times.
Seems like every couple of months someone says to [...]

In Fiction, Humor on 13 February 2006 with Comments Off

Five things I need to accept about wearing glasses

I look more like my dad.
I have to turn my head and face things to see them clearly.
The combination of graying hair, graying beard, and glasses make me look like a geezer nerd. (See number one above.)
Though it doesn’t much matter, I have even less of a chance than before of catching the attention of [...]

In Health, Humor on 28 December 2005 with 4 comments