Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Thought du jour

"A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group."

- Russell H. Ewing

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Best Thing About Being Middle-Aged

So my family, friends and collegues have heard me complaining about getting older and in particular, needing reading glasses for the first time a year ago.

This complaining was often followed by very little sympathy, particularly from those who have worn glasses most of their lives.

However, today I found something to be grateful and happy about being "middle-aged".

I had my annual physical today and my new doctor, probably to her relief as much as mine, told me I am too old for testicular cancer and too young for prostate and colon cancer, thereby eliminating the need for either invasive examination!

Hooray for middle age!

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Google April Fool's Joke or Birth of Skynet?

Did anyone else notice what I hope was a Google April Fools Day joke?

Before it disappears, go to Google Images and see CADIE, the Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity.

CADIE, Sarah Connor is probably coming for you right now!