The Wanderer

" I hear you. " - "Shut up!"  " I hear you loud and clear ." - "Shut the fuck up!"  " We will assess staffing. " - "I don't know who the fuck will do this shit."  " WE should make the following changes... " - "I just said WE but I don't want to hurt your feelings. YOU should make the following changes." " You lack thought leadership " - you are just as dumb as I am.  " Think out of the box " - This is exactly the shit I had come up with. Give me something new." " You should know how to manage your time "- I need this work completed by today at any cost " The client liked the creative but they'd like to explore a few more options " - "The client liked the creative but they can't believe that you managed to crack it in your first attempt so they'd like 10 more options only to select this one because that would make them feel like ...

When you laugh in the face of adversity, there will be some that will pull you down because they lack this strength/maturity. You should laugh out loud anyway.

There is an ounce of truth in every pound of 'just joking'. ;)

Six years ago on this day I had joined Evalueserve.  Six years ago on this day Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy. All we joked about was how, when the news spread, someone in FS group had pinged our COO (intending to ping his namesake) "B*****d sutta maarne chal!"  So much has changed and so much hasn't. It is a Monday again.  Some amazing people, some not so much. Some awesome days, some not so much. A love-hate relationship :)

to bootstrap (v.) to start a self-sustaining process that is supposed to proceed without external input.  Many a times in life we need to pick ourselves up... (Remember, you can use your shoe laces :D)

Was enjoying the music when I realized Pardes came out 17 years ago and Taal came out 15 years ago!!?! *I feel you Joey!*