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 Posted - 10/26/2011 : 09:54:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Fripp
Does anyone else hate the word "utilize"? What's the matter with a simple "use"?
"Utilize" just seems like word that MBAs use to make themselves seem oh-so-important.
Me: I use toilet paper.
MBA: I utilized toilet paper in order to create whole new paradigm and achieve synergy.
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Yup. Hate it with a passion when it is abused.
Oftentimes, I will put it as a square in buzzword bingo. |
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Posted - 10/26/2011 : 09:56:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by flanagan1000
But a lot of peple also put somethinspecia on tht date - |
Duh, it's the Friday before Halloween. Optimal time for parties and weekend conferences. Getting blitzed on Halloween itself is tough if you've gotta work on Tuesday.
I wonder if Marble Hornets had anything going for 10/28...
ETA: holy cow! I didn't know Jay started posting more entries last November. He "reveals that he has no recollection of the past 7 months, and now he is in a hotel with a camera strapped to his chest." Spooky!
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Sounds like the anal probe is doing it's thing right. |
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Fripp
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Posted - 10/26/2011 : 10:02:41 [Permalink]
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| I have no recollection of last Saturday night! I woke up surrounded by empty beer bottles! This is way creepy. I feel like something's been downloaded into my brain, but it feels more like a mind-turd than some cosmic consciousness... |
"What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought my Dark Lord of the Sith could protect a small thermal exhaust port that's only 2-meters wide! That thing wasn't even fully paid off yet! You have any idea what this is going to do to my credit?!?!"
"What? Oh, oh, 'just rebuild it'? Oh, real [bleep]ing original. And who's gonna give me a loan, jackhole? You? You got an ATM on that torso LiteBrite?" |
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Fripp
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Posted - 10/26/2011 : 10:04:45 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by Fripp
Some guy was just on NPR (he wasn't even an MBA!) talking about drones and utilize was every third word, or so it seemed. |
Was it the Ascertain Guy?
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No idea. Just some guy talking about the proliferation of military drones. He mentioned something about Oct 28th and it's ramping up to 11-11-11 but I was just clenching my teeth at utilize. |
"What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought my Dark Lord of the Sith could protect a small thermal exhaust port that's only 2-meters wide! That thing wasn't even fully paid off yet! You have any idea what this is going to do to my credit?!?!"
"What? Oh, oh, 'just rebuild it'? Oh, real [bleep]ing original. And who's gonna give me a loan, jackhole? You? You got an ATM on that torso LiteBrite?" |
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Posted - 10/26/2011 : 13:08:18 [Permalink]
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and this will be the end of the world...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA9aAwiXRYM&feature=fvst |
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Posted - 10/26/2011 : 14:36:50 [Permalink]
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From link:
The 11:11:11 Activation comes as we enter the final chapter of the Mayan Calendar, culminating 16.4 billion years of Universal Evolution and Consciousness. |
Wow. That's three billion years older than the universe! What can it mean????! |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Posted - 10/26/2011 : 15:54:56 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by Fripp
No idea. |
Hey, I was just trying to further derail the thread.
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Oops. Sorry. Youtube is blocked by our surf control filters and I was too lazy/busy to ride the contractors' outside wifi to look up the link.
Watched it at home just now. That really is a whole new paradigm. Very paradigm-ish.
Anyone here a Spock's Beard fan. I'm a prog-rock snob but I just discovered them. As good as Yes and Trick of the Tail-era Genesis.
Who prefers the Neal Morse era? I like post-Neal better. |
"What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought my Dark Lord of the Sith could protect a small thermal exhaust port that's only 2-meters wide! That thing wasn't even fully paid off yet! You have any idea what this is going to do to my credit?!?!"
"What? Oh, oh, 'just rebuild it'? Oh, real [bleep]ing original. And who's gonna give me a loan, jackhole? You? You got an ATM on that torso LiteBrite?" |
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Posted - 10/26/2011 : 17:48:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by flanagan1000
I feel ill
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Lt. Kyle, your agonizer, please. |
"What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought my Dark Lord of the Sith could protect a small thermal exhaust port that's only 2-meters wide! That thing wasn't even fully paid off yet! You have any idea what this is going to do to my credit?!?!"
"What? Oh, oh, 'just rebuild it'? Oh, real [bleep]ing original. And who's gonna give me a loan, jackhole? You? You got an ATM on that torso LiteBrite?" |
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Is a major event going to happen on 28th October?
