http://regex.info/blog/2006-03-29/168 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha http://regex.info/blog/2006-03-29/168#comment-17639 Mon, 19 May 2008 05:31:23 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-03-29/168#comment-17639 I have just had the most enjoyable evening reading some of your web pages. I googled for "garbage truck cakes" so I have no idea how I found you. How delightful. My little grandson is turning 4 in a couple of weeks . He is enamoured with garbage trucks ... thus the cake pan search. He has an Asian mother and a Caucasian father (my son) . Mom was born in Vancouver BC Canada so she is fluent in English and Chinese. ... my son only in English. Little Justin learns Chinese from his Asian grandmother and grandfather as well as from his mom (sometimes) and other relatives. We would love to send him to a school where Chinese is spoken but there isn't one available in our area. It was so much fun to see your little boy on his fourth and fifth birthdays. He is adorable. I have added your site to my favorites so I can visit you again sometime. Warmly Patricia I have just had the most enjoyable evening reading some of your web pages. I googled for “garbage truck cakes” so I have no idea how I found you. How delightful.
My little grandson is turning 4 in a couple of weeks . He is enamoured with garbage trucks … thus the cake pan search. He has an Asian mother and a Caucasian father (my son) . Mom was born in Vancouver BC Canada so she is fluent in English and Chinese. … my son only in English. Little Justin learns Chinese from his Asian grandmother and grandfather as well as from his mom (sometimes) and other relatives. We would love to send him to a school where Chinese is spoken but there isn’t one available in our area.
It was so much fun to see your little boy on his fourth and fifth birthdays. He is adorable.
I have added your site to my favorites so I can visit you again sometime.
Warmly Patricia

]]> http://regex.info/blog/2006-03-29/168#comment-966 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:02:32 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-03-29/168#comment-966 I worked in the data department on the same floor as the top executives sit in 2005. There is no executive toilet. Although I tried to spread the rumor ;) Early 2005 Mr Semel complained people where stealing his food. There is a conference room that cannot be booked. The top execs use it all the time. At least 3 times per week there will be lunch on a table in front of the room. At best 20% will be eaten and all the fancy desserts remain untouched. Lots of managers, when they have leftovers after a meeting, either leave it for grabs, take the stuff to the kitchen with a sign 'all yours' or sent emails around saying 'all yours'. Mr. Semel on the other hand thinks we were stealing food. At no point have I ever seen anybody do that. There is too much respect for top execs. But we often had our nose over the fancy desserts to see what it is. If the food is at risk just serve it inside the conference room or add a sign. Anyway. Communication? He emailed the next SVP who emailed the VP who forwarded the message finally to all the software engineers that sit on that floor. I guess it is very hard to have open doors and direct communication with the working forces that sit on the same floor with you. Terry walking around on campus?? Only if you count from his office to the cafeteria and back. mtm I worked in the data department on the same floor as the top executives sit in 2005. There is no executive toilet. Although I tried to spread the rumor
Early 2005 Mr Semel complained people where stealing his food. There is a conference room that cannot be booked. The top execs use it all the time. At least 3 times per week there will be lunch on a table in front of the room. At best 20% will be eaten and all the fancy desserts remain untouched.
Lots of managers, when they have leftovers after a meeting, either leave it for grabs, take the stuff to the kitchen with a sign ‘all yours’ or sent emails around saying ‘all yours’.
Mr. Semel on the other hand thinks we were stealing food. At no point have I ever seen anybody do that. There is too much respect for top execs. But we often had our nose over the fancy desserts to see what it is. If the food is at risk just serve it inside the conference room or add a sign. Anyway.
Communication? He emailed the next SVP who emailed the VP who forwarded the message finally to all the software engineers that sit on that floor. I guess it is very hard to have open doors and direct communication with the working forces that sit on the same floor with you.
Terry walking around on campus?? Only if you count from his office to the cafeteria and back.
mtm

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