• Work

    In Case of Emergency…

    Work screed alert: If my writing about work at a large Japanese electronics company doesn’t tickle your fancy, please take a minute to bite me (I’m tired of e-mails dictating…

  • Work

    Q4 Report 2004

    Today is the last day of another fiscal year here. This is the first non-work related thing I have written this week. I am in spreadsheet mode and have no…

  • Work

    Vampire Killer

    It is just past ten o’ clock and I am stewing in my own fumes. I ate a plate of spicy Thai pork for breakfast and it is now overly…

  • Work

    Gaijin Like You

    When the president of the staffing company (5,500 employees) you work for makes it a point to see you in person by pulling you from your desk in front of…

  • Work

    Mac Adept

    The manager for the packaging design department came to me with a blank procurement form last year and said, “Fill these out. We need a new Mac; you have 1,000,000…

  • Work

    Salaryman Wept

    Found an article from last month that hit close to home: Competition stiffens to work oneself to death Let Salaryman tell you something about dedication: Too much can kill, and…

  • Work

    Of Lohms and Mindslaves

    Lying on my desk is a document entitled: Lohms vs. Orifice Size I don’t know who put it there, but apparently I get to make a presentation on it later…

  • Work

    The Return of Errandbot

    There’s just nothing like taking a long vacation overseas and then facing up to that first day back at work, is there? The night before is spent wondering just how…

  • Work

    Steady Diet of Work Screeds

    Oh yeah, it’s my favorite time of the week, every week: The Friday Work Wind-down Period. This is the period that my employers should take special care not to speak…

  • Work

    Work Request: Bran Muffins

    Sometimes working in a factory office with constipated old men really has its downs. I have been waiting to take a crap for a couple of hours now. Its not…

  • Site News,  Work

    Must. Have. Chill. Pill.

    Well, my Yapeus account is toast it seems. The admin hosed everybody’s moblog data, although they have a backup from September. I’m very glad I decided to consolidate all my…