TGIF - again

IBM's Uncle Sam comes to town next Monday.... so this weekend here in Rochester will be spent painting hallways that have been declared safe for him to walk down, they will dust off the plastic plants in the lobby (it's done once a year), and they will give an extra vacation day to any employees that they feel might have an "issue" or two with the CEO. Sam Palmisano makes a trip to Rochester about once a year (or maybe every 15 months) to say hello and this weekend comes in honor of Rochester IBM's 50th Anniversary celebration. It's good for morale to see the head honcho at an event such as this. Our 2nd in command for my division is also coming to town for the event. I still think it's funny how parts of IBM Rochester are physically falling apart (hope it doesn't rain a lot as the lower hallways always have some fun puddles during heavy rain season) but they focus all of the manual labor efforts on the hallways they have marked as his path. His trip is very choreographed while in Rochester and it's actually amusing to watch all of the managers huddle around him making him very unapproachable by the lower tier (such as myself)....

I still plan on running this company someday... but I hope to eliminate the political hoopla that happens when he comes to town. It's the same thing when the President comes to town - roads are blocked, traffic at the airport is delayed. The price of stardom I guess.

Miami Vice opens this weekend. I remember the original TV series, but other than it having Don Johnson, I can't tell you anything about it. I didn't watch a lot of "dramas" in the 80s.... just comedies and whatever cartoons I could find.

Baseball talk (mom and dad - you can skip to next chunk): Twins swept the White Sox and erased a 9.5 game deficit in jus t13 days. That's incredible! Now they set their sights on the Detroit Tigers (another sweep this weekend puts them only 5 games back. And Harold Reynolds was fired from ESPN's Baseball Tonight.... supposedly for "sexual harassment" which he denies but isn't fighting to keep his job. It'll be interesting as he was probably the main reason to watch Baseball Tonight (unless Gammons was on). I defend ESPN on their right to a "zero tolerance" for sexual harassment - good for them... but Reynolds is a key analyst in the world of baseball.

It'll be hot hot hot this weekend in most of the Mid-West...... 95+ today and the next 3 days here in Rochester. Winter is coming soon (I hope).

Song of the Day - Buster Poindexter wins today with the classic 80s song Hot Hot Hot that is on every 80s compilation CD that I own I think.

Video of the Day - There is a new Bunnies re-enactment (in 30 seconds). Office Space and it's one of my new favorites.

Webpage of the Day - The 10 least important Star Wars Action Figures..... we still have 3 of them in our collection. You try playing Star Wars as a kid and instead of R2-D2, you have to use an R5-D4.... it sucks. I'm scarred for life now!!