An Experiment in Following Instructions

If you want to get me ranting, encourage me to tell you about people who don’t follow instructions.
I don’t generally comment about work here, but I happen to work in a manufacturing environment, where everyone is building products according to blueprints, with somewhat detailed manufacturing instructions.  Once in a while someone just goes off and does [...]

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The Truth About Cats and Dogs

The ever vigilant religious police in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have discovered another grave threat to the morals of the kingdom.  They must have been listening to American country music or watching chick flicks when they realized their danger.
It seems that Saudi men, most likely influenced by the infidel Christian Americans and the Jewish [...]

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When Kids Go Bad :-)

Who says parenting is easy? 
Sometimes, you do your best to raise your kid according to “traditional family values.”  You send him to the best schools, you raise him according to your religious beliefs, get him a job in the organization that you are a leader in, and you try to keep him away from the corruption of [...]

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The End of a Computer-Free Week

I just got back from vacation near Washington, D.C., which is why I haven’t written anything for a while.  I hope to blog about my vacation when I get around to uploading the pictures.
One nice thing about my vacation is that I managed to spend the entire week without turning a computer on.  I don’t [...]

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