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For Love of the Game

Hands up if you watched last night’s Duke / Butler game?  Keep your hands up if you thought Duke was going to win in a blowout.  Yeah, that’s what I thought.  Most of you.  I’ll be honest, even though I wanted Butler to win, I didn’t really give them much of a chance.  After all, [...]

April 6, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: College Basketball, Sports  No Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts – April 5, 2010

Spring is definitely upon us in Texas.  Sure, it’s going to rain some this week, but the temperatures are also going to be up in the 70’s all week long.  Seriously though – who wants to talk about the weather?  No-one?  Good – let’s move on.  It was a pretty eventful weekend in the sports [...]

April 5, 2010   Posted in: Events, Funnies, Monday Morning Thoughts, Sports, Things that Suck  No Comments

Wal-Mart meets the Space Shuttle

I always tell myself – get to Wal-Mart early on a Sunday to avoid the rush.  And every so often, I disregard my own advice – and inevitably regret it.  Not just because of the crowds (which I hate), but because of the … interesting … people you get to meet.
Today’s episode – the [...]

April 4, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Funnies, Things that Suck  No Comments

Leadership & Imagination: Three Days in Spokane

“See and see again.”  Four words.  That pretty much summed up the entire three day workshop for Leadership and Imagination (ORGL502).  Even though this is one of the core classes for my Master’s degree, I left this one pretty late on because it requires a three-day residency on campus in Spokane.  Luckily, this class [...]

March 23, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Gonzaga  No Comments

Gearing Up for Another Class

Last week I wrapped up my Leadership, Justice & Forgiveness class (ORGL532).  Next week I fly to Spokane for a three-day intensive workshop on the Gonzaga campus for my next class – Leadership & Imagination (ORGL502).  The course description is somewhat intriguing:
An examination of creativity in leadership through an analysis of imagination, especially in the [...]

March 10, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Gonzaga  No Comments

Catching Up and Looking Back

I’ve been remiss in updating my blog.  It’s been a busy time at work, trying to get ramped up in my new role and preparing for our Global All Hands meeting and team off-site meeting which both took place last week.  This is really the first time in three weeks that I’ve been able to [...]

March 6, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Life At Microsoft  No Comments

The Existential Vacuum

It’s hard to believe that there are only two more weeks left in this class.  I’ll admit that when I first saw the reading list, I wasn’t thrilled.  But, through the first six weeks of the class, I’ve come to appreciate the readings, even if they haven’t really resonated with me.  The readings for this [...]

February 17, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Gonzaga  No Comments

Some Things are Unforgivable

Weeks Five and Six of class are underway.  The texts for this week are below.  So far, I’ve only made it through the Sylvia Fraser book because it really wasn’t a book to which I could honestly relate, and it really took a lot of effort for me to work my way through it.  In [...]

February 10, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Gonzaga  No Comments

The Morning After …

The 2009 NFL season is finally over.  The ‘72 Dolphins are still the only team in NFL history to have run the table on a perfect season.  The Saints won, the Colts lost.  Damn.  I was pulling for the Colts because I’m a Peyton Manning fan.  I firmly believe that he is the best player [...]

February 8, 2010   Posted in: Dallas Cowboys, Sports  No Comments

Are you kidding me? Bedlam DL3 … again?!?

Say “Bedlam DL3” around Microsoft folks, and you’ll be able to tell the true old-timers.  If they reply, “Me Too!”, or try to stab you in the eye with a nearby implement, then they’ve been around for quite a while.  A quick disclaimer – I wasn’t at Microsoft when Bedlam occurred the first time, so [...]

February 3, 2010   Posted in: Funnies, Life At Microsoft  No Comments