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Back in the Saddle

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on Jul. 7, 2010

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Got back from the trip to two provinces and three states: AB, BC, CO, ID, MT. Don’t believe me: check Gowalla!

Had sushi dinner with Steve and Nan and Jakaya.  That dude is CUTE.  He has very big eyes.  Do all babies? Must do research.

Went for sushi at Shiro.  Perhaps it was the amount of steak I’ve had in the past week, but raw fish never tasted so good—felt like Gollum on his first day out of the mines.

At my place, Jakaya went for a short sleep in the guest room, and apparently Maggie doesn’t like the sound of a crying baby. Baby cried, Steve went to check, Maggie (under bed) got spooked and latched onto Steve’s unprotected calf like a bear grappling with a shark.  I’ve never seen so many individual little holes in someone’s leg.  Used about half a tube of Polysporin treating the results of that 4-second encounter.  Ouch!

On the plus side, it’s nice to know that our cat WILL attack and kill anyone who tries to steal a baby from our house.  I’ll give her a nice tuna bonus in her paycheck this week.

It’s good to be home, though I do wish the trip had been about three days longer; the last day seemed like the first real day of vacation…

Overheard

“Oh boy! Another great opportunity for personal growth!”

...who said it?

“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”

...who said it?

After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.

...who said it?

“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”

...who said it?

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”

...who said it?

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