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Buzzword Bingo

Buzzword Bingo: A game for every conference call!!

 

Click HERE for your personalized, Buzzword Bingo card!

As mentioned in my last two blogs, I have been cleaning off some of my old websites and, for my own amusement, have wanted to hold on to a few of the webpage memories on that site (going back to my main purpose for this blog). The link below takes you to a page I created for playing Buzzword Bingo. It was adapted from an email I once received, years ago, then liked it so much decided I could play it with other folks on conference calls and created a randomized, suped-up version for the web!

It basically goes like this: Before your next conference call where you expect the language of Corporate-ese to be spoken, print out a Buzzword Bingo card. As you hear each word, mark it on your list. When you get five in a row, yell, "No way!!", or any other favorite expression of disbelief. The first one to yell it out wins.....oh, and the secret, is you don't let the main speaker on the call know you are all playing the game!!!! See Wikipedia for more information.

There are actually many other versions of this card out there on internet, but I liked mine because it is done by a really neat JavaScript for randomization! Also, you can add your own words down below and create a random Buzzword Bingo card just for your industry--automotive, medical, church, you name it!!!!! Have fun!

Click HERE for your personalized, Buzzword Bingo card!

The Flags at HVCC

I was a member at this church for over 15 years while living in California.

 

As I mentioned yesterday, I have been cleaning off some files from an old website of mine but, not wanting to lose some, have decided to post certain selections on my blog for posterity sake (remembering the purpose of my blog to be partly for my own memories <grin>).

After college, Ashley and I were married and moved to Pleasanton, California, where we lived for sixteen years until we were repatriated to Alabama in December, 2006. For most of that time, we were members of Harvest Valley Christian Church. The church was (is) special in many ways, and one of the unique traits, even for California, was its cultural and ethnic diversity. Many, many nationalities and cultures were represented in its 200-300 member congregation.

One of my memories of the church was that, in the main sanctuary, they hung flags from nations around the world. Not every nation, of course, because there just wasn't enough room. But it was a constant reminder that, in heaven, all nations will be there before the King of Kings.

Being the type of person I was, I was always curous as to which flags had been randomly chosen (for the most part) to be hung up. So, one day, I spent time with my atlas and CIA World Factbook to figure it out. I made a webpage at the time, primarily for my interest. I found it yesterday, and here it is:

 (btw, the layout was designed for a standalone page so it is going to look a little funky being placed inside this blog....oh well!  So, scroll down....)

Flags of Harvest Valley
Stage Right		Stage Left
Vietnam 1 South Korea 2 New Zealand 3 South Africa 4 Japan 5 Morocco 6 Ukraine 7 Austira 8 Mexico 9 Brazil 10 Cuba 11 United Arab Emirates 12 Chad 13 Canada 14 Unknown 15 Central African Republic 16 Israel 17 The Netherlands 18 Argentina 19 Oman 20 Finland 21 Bhután 22 Venezuela 23 Angola 24 Bahrain 25 Germany 26 Thailand 27 Jordan 28 Yemen 29 Iraq 30 Tunisia 31 Mozambique 32 Iran 33 Mongolia 34 Bolivia 35		Hungary 1 China 2 Egypt 3 Maldives 4 Greece 5 Bangladesh 6 Costa Rica 7 Armenia 8 Italy 9 Malaysia 10 Latvia 11 Peru 12 Russia 13 Algeria 14 Indonesia 15 Portugal 16 Philippines 17 Singapore 18 Kazakhstan 19 Burundi 20 Chad 21 Zambia 22 Paraquay 23 Sudan 24 Brunei 25 Turkey 26 Afghanistan 27 South Yemen 28 Libya 29 Botswana 30 Panama 31 Armenia 32 Pakistan 33 Syria 34 India 35 Zaire 36 Tanzania 37 Somalia 38

Patisms....

 

Flags of Great Britain and Ireland...a tribute to Pat.

 

As I mentioned in my first blog (here), the purpose of my blog is primarily a vehicle for myself, my thoughts, and memories--kind of a memory bank. Anyway, one thing I have been keeping up with for MANY years is the archival page for the "Patisms" website. Like most things, you "had to be there" to understand the humor.

As I am moving things off one of my old websites, I could not bear to lose this wonderful memory of one of my good friends "way back when". The basic story line is that, when people who worked with Pat would hear him spout off with another, unique PatIsm (that he always got away with, being a foreigner and all), there was a website where his coworkers could go and post what they heard him say......

So, here it is: the tribute page to Pat and his Patisms!

 

The PatIsms Home Page

This page is dedicated to Pat "MickRick" [name removed to protect the guilty], an Irish-Englishman of notable birth, now U.S. citizen somewhere in the 'burbs of [place removed to protect the guilty].

Well, it seems that those of us in San Francisco (where he used to work), who have worked with Pat at Charles Schwab for several years now, have been accumulating sayings and quirks from Pat (whose friends abroad call MickRick). As it happens, we in the States find him somewhat abrupt but, according to his friends in the UK, he has become quite the "timid" version of who he once was.

...troy...

PatIsm	Date Submitted
"Hey, tree, bark, wrong" -- me responding to someone I do not like who calls me to ask for help	April 30, 2002, 11:28 AM
If someone gives me a letter to post and I post it, I am not to blame if they put the wrong address on it." (October 8, 1998. Found this one lying around in an email)	January 10, 2002, 4:41 PM
I must say that in his position I would not trumpet my ignorance quite so loudly.	November 30, 2001, 3:57 PM
They bring incompetence to a whole new level!	November 12, 2001, 12:20 PM
She couldn't run a river	August 22, 2001, 5:20 PM
He is not someone you would want doing mission critical things--such as making coffee.	August 22, 2001, 1:58 PM
[That person] couldn't lead lemmings off a bloody cliff!	August 22, 2001, 1:56 PM
YOu're asking me to build a car with a file!	July 23, 2001, 5:13 PM
They spend most of their time trying to come up with creative ideas when what they really should do is lay down until the feeling passes.	June 8, 2001, 11:40 AM
He thinks a table is something with four legs and a top.	February 5, 2001, 1:34 PM
I could lend you a unicorn with a lot less trouble.	November 20, 2000, 2:06 PM
I am getting a spinal injury carrying all of his emails around (in reponse to an individual who emails him 6 times a day)	October 11, 2000, 12:18 PM
I received this email threat: I was contacted by [anonymous person, initials ED] today. She commented on the Patism web site. She didn't get this from you did she? Pick one:     Yes (wrong answer)   No (correct, continue to breath unaided) Let me know Pat	October 4, 2000, 6:45 PM
If they tell you it will be Friday, you can be damned sure it won't be Friday. (refering to the corporate IT's application delivery timelines)	October 2, 2000, 4:34 PM
Don't feel sorry for [them] because then you are treating them like they are human beings.	September 21, 2000, 10:11 AM
If I wanted to be a psychiatric nurse I would go work in a bloody asylum	September 13, 2000, 11:56 AM
Unfortunately they are all true - attested Lynda Schulman (long long long suffering wife) -- It is Mickrick by the way!	September 12, 2000, 9:13 AM
That guy could not fall down the stairs even if you gave him a diagram!	September 11, 2000, 11:22 AM
It turns out she was using 1/26/0000 as the date. It wasn't a bug, that's what she entered. It's valid just a bit out of date so my validation accepted it. Oracle, however, did not. I suppose the Romans must have used DB2	January 28, 2000, 11:31 AM
It is not a Y2K bug, it is simply how the program handles the conversion of 2-digit years. (paraphrased from Pat on why his web program started giving faulty dates after the role-over to Y2K)	December 29, 1999, 6:30 PM
That is like having a dose of hemorrhoids in the desert. (this in reference to the movie, The Spy Who Shagged Me)	December 13, 1999, 4:27 PM
He role over faster than my spaniel.	October 25, 1999, 11:42 PM
He can sharpen a pencil for you, but after that he's useless.	October 19, 1999, 12:20 PM
That is the only way to take coffee. (referring to the latest fad in Southern California Colonic Institutes)	October 19, 1999, 12:20 PM
That guy has absolutely no talent at all, and if he does he keeps it well hidden	October 14, 1999, 6:01 PM
He conforms to the shape of the last arse that sat upon him. (speaking about a manager)	October 12, 1999, 8:18 PM
We're here to protect democracy, not practice it.	October 12, 1999, 8:18 PM
My idea of diplomacy is polishing my baseball bat before I hit you with it.	October 12, 1999, 8:18 PM
Enter the date: "Noon" DL (reference to a user who was always getting an error when entering a date on the web form. Appears he thought date or time meant he could write the word out. Those are the culprits initials, for posterity)	October 12, 1999, 8:18 PM
It's one of those things you have to sacrifice a chicken at just the right momment to make it work. (whose code was he refering to???)	October 12, 1999, 8:18 PM
It's pretty good for an indoors job. (this refering to being a hitman)	October 12, 1999, 8:18 PM
If that guy were a parachute packer, I wouldn't let him pack mine. (speaking of an interviewing candidate)	October 12, 1999, 8:18 PM

Compensating: Protecting my Daughters...

I received some pictures today from a friend that summed up a lot of my views. Here are some of them (with my comments <grin>); enjoy, below.

--troy--

ps--I have no copyright information; if you come accross any of it, let me know so I can cite it.

 

A Texas Sheriff found out in the late '80's (or early 90's) that when you actively seek to make women conceal carry permit owners, violent crimes against women significantly drop.  --dtc

 

I love her pink gun and the fact that she has been properly trained to shoot with both eyes open, take available cover, and hold the gun properly.  Way to go whoever trained her!!  --dtc 

 

 I choose the Glock.  What do you want to use protect your daughter or wife?  --dtc

 

I believe she is compensating just fine.  Though I also hope she is carrying a concealed handgun, too!  --dtc 

 

I can just hear her wishing the trouble maker "Merry Christmas!!" --dtc 

 

Let's remember this.  When free speech failed, force was needed.  And just think, taxation was well below 10% then.  What is it today?  --dtc

 

I don't know who this fair-skinned bride is but she sure is someone to ride the river with.  See how she is holding her right hand on the trigger?  She has been trained well by someone who knows how to keep the rifle at the ready.  I love the fact that she has the suppressed version, too.  Her rifle speaks firmly but quietly; I imagine she does, too!  --dtc

 

 True diversity would also include wood stocks.... --dtc

 

I **SO** wish  I could put a sign like this in my yard!

 

Yes, we know that gun-toting criminals are law abiding citizens.  Glad to know they'll check their guns at the door.... --dtc 

 

Strategically placed HE.  Brings a grin to my face.  What else can I say?  --dtc

 

Hey, this is enough for me, but what about the rest of the family????  --dtc 

 

I wonder if this is true?  I will never think of the 9mm parabellum the same way again.  Pax Vobiscum bad guys!  --dtc 

 

Peace can only be achieved through superior force. Again, Pax Vobiscum, bad guys! --dtc 

 

Hey, can I use this in place of "Please, sir, if you would be so kind as to put that knife down????"  It may be a bit too impolite, though, and my Southern manners and all....  --dtc

 

I've shot a single-shot version of the .50 BMG...all I can think of while looking at this picture is how is that skinny guy going to remain standing after he pulls the trigger?  Oh, yeah, that's right....  He'll only need the first shot.  --dtc 

 

Let's hope this never happens again and that we can have a successful, peaceful revolution through the ballot box and that our nation returns to the Biblical values of private property ownership and liberty that made her great.  --dtc

 

Great job to whoever assembled these pictures! I hope you enjoyed these as much as this Constitutional Conservative did! And that it made you think.....

 

--dtc--