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Merry Christmas

December 26, 2007 By Al Martine

I’ve spent a fair amount of the Christmas holiday unscrewing computer issues so my post will be short.  Merry Christmas everyone!! 

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BBC NEWS | Health | Guinness good for you – official

December 21, 2007 By Al Martine

I knew it!!! BBC NEWS | Health | Guinness good for you – official

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Garfield Cartoon

December 20, 2007 By Al Martine

Source: My Yahoo

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NBC to Use Cable, International Shows – WSJ.com

December 19, 2007 By Al Martine

We move back to the US partly because I wanted to watch a decent TV show (Hotel Babylon and Top Gear excluded) and what happens?  A farking strike by the writers. Now, not only will there be competing choirs but probably snooker. Forehead slap moment. NBC to Use Cable, International Shows – WSJ.com

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Reasons

December 19, 2007 By Al Martine

So now that Rich has departed for Ann Arbor – why did he leave?  Is it the same reasons he flirted with Alabama last year? Options for his departure It’s about the money – all $500,000 more a year; while always good this seems somewhat improbable as a main motivator It’s about the brand – […]

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Loyalty

December 19, 2007 By Al Martine

The events of the last couple days have gotten me thinking about employee loyalty.  Not mine – things at Infy are going pretty well.  No, I was thinking more about how loyalty changes and remains the same no matter if you’re at the bottom of the pile as a new recent graduate or, say the […]

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Flight Delays – A Right of Passage

December 15, 2007 By Al Martine

I’m experiencing my first real flight delay today – 3 hours chillin’ in the Seattle – Tacoma Airport.  It’s not too bad.  A little music and a warm fuzzy technical document that is due tomorrow.  One of the custodial staff just walked by signing.  It was loud enough to catch my attention.  At first, I […]

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Led Zeppelin

December 11, 2007 By Al Martine

Okay, maybe today I miss London … http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article567260.ece

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New Thursday Dinner

December 7, 2007 By Al Martine

American Airlines changed their evening sandwich!  Yeha!  Man, I’m so excited I could run up the isle and give a chest bump to one of the stewardesses.  Short of the plane crashing, nothing can bring me down from this high.

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Shoulder Augmentation

December 4, 2007 By Al Martine

Either my shoulders have become wider (can shoulders become fat?) or the size of the stewardesses asses hips have become wider.  Every single walk down the isle by one of our fuller-figured American Airlines folks has resulted in a cotton burn on my shoulder. MBA Analysis – this is what happens when an airline has […]

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