Archive for January, 2006

Some thoughts on management

Monday, January 9th, 2006

We trained hard…but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised…I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.

Petronius […]

You realize, this is why Rome fell

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Greetings, Steve here. Just a quick post today, checking in with the conveniences that make modern living so enjoyable. Something for the modern man on the go.

Giving Someone The Silent Treatment

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Greetings all, Steve here. When it comes to personality type, it seems to me that there are certain things that people do that simply don’t work and that should just be avoided. Intuitives, with their strong creative faculties and extremely weak practical grasp of facts, probably shouldn’t work on the bomb squad. Perceptive types, with […]

Polar Bear Lunacy

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

I was surprised again to see pictures of people jumping off the wharf at Herring Cove into very cold ocean water in this years “Polar Plunge.” It just makes me shiver to think about it. Polar plunges are held yearly all over the continent. Do they do this is Europe and other countries as well? […]