Window Manager - A (Now Retired) Executive Who has Nothing to do but Look out the Window
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Brand Trivia of the Day
The first decaffeinated coffee brand "Sanka" came from the French term Sans Kaffeine.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Monday, January 02, 2006
It's Finally 2006
When I was younger, whenever New Years came the thought was "I can't believe it's (fill in the year here)" Now it's "It's finally (this year)".
Part of this change is that I now spend the last six months of the old year thinking about nothing but the next year: strategic analyses, sales plans, forecasts and all the other fun things that are required at work. In fact, I get so used to using the next year, that I sometimes use the it when speaking about the current year (sort of the reverse of what everyone does on their checks for the first month of the new year).
So "2006" comes naturally to me, but 2007 does sound strange - at least it will until June or so when the whole planning process starts again.
Part of this change is that I now spend the last six months of the old year thinking about nothing but the next year: strategic analyses, sales plans, forecasts and all the other fun things that are required at work. In fact, I get so used to using the next year, that I sometimes use the it when speaking about the current year (sort of the reverse of what everyone does on their checks for the first month of the new year).
So "2006" comes naturally to me, but 2007 does sound strange - at least it will until June or so when the whole planning process starts again.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Get Those Two Cents Stamps Out
I missed it when it came out, but postage rates are incresing Jan 8 from 37 cents to 39 cents. I remember when they were a dime, but I bet a lot of people out there can remember when it was even lower than that.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
A Different Thought on Christmas
Most blogs have a Christmas greeting, a Season's Greeting, a quote from the Bible, or maybe some thoughts on Christmases past. I thought I would take a different approach and look at Christmas from an intellectual perspective.
So put aside the scripture and spirituality, and consider what Christmas represents from a religious studies perspective: God entering His own creation as one of His creations (for the sake of simplicity I am unifying the Trinity).
In various other religions God comes down as some sort of super being or other supernatural manifestation, or if He wants to simply communicate sends a messenger of some sort like an angel or prophet. In Christmas we have God entering the world as a baby. He then grows up and lives decades in the world He created not as God, but as a man, experiencing the human condition.
So if the Christian God does this, the next question is why. I leave that as a mental exercise to the reader.
So put aside the scripture and spirituality, and consider what Christmas represents from a religious studies perspective: God entering His own creation as one of His creations (for the sake of simplicity I am unifying the Trinity).
In various other religions God comes down as some sort of super being or other supernatural manifestation, or if He wants to simply communicate sends a messenger of some sort like an angel or prophet. In Christmas we have God entering the world as a baby. He then grows up and lives decades in the world He created not as God, but as a man, experiencing the human condition.
So if the Christian God does this, the next question is why. I leave that as a mental exercise to the reader.
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