"Insert Song About New York Here"

I believe that "travelling" should be a skill that one can be proficient in, just like "typing" or "playing piano". If so, my ability to get to my final destination, despite what THE MAN does to try to prevent me from getting to NY - I'm a pro! When I arrived at the Rochester Airport at 5am, I was told that the flight from Chicago to Westchester Airport was cancelled. I could be on standby for the 12:30pm flight, or book on the 3pm flight. My class started at noon Central. So being the experienced NY traveler, I had them book me on a flight into Stewart Newburgh which is about an hour away. I rented a car once I got to Stewart, then arrived safely at my class, only an hour late! I had the mess of returning my rental car last night to the airport then cabbing back to the Learning Center, but it's all in the past now and today looks to be a normal day.

For the record, I also consider web-surfing to be a skill.... another one that I am extremely proficient in! There should be Google challenges. Like the movie in the early 90s about the Nintendo kid and how he and his older brother went to the Nintendo contest to play Super Mario Brothers 3 before it came out.... what was that movie called?

So this IBM Learning Center in Armonk, NY.... it's right next to Corporate Headquarters (my future office!) and you can tell because there is no money spared in the building of this place. We have a main building that has all of our classes, a nice bar, lounge, and the dining area (buffet style). Then there is a campus where you can walk to the different "dorms" that have hotel rooms for everyone to stay in. Each "dorm" has a work area, plus a play area with pool tables and PING PONG!!! I'm up for kickin' anyone's butt at Ping Pong but haven't seen anyone to talk smack to. And right next door is the Work out building which is pretty nice. I used it last night and again this morning and for a hotel-esque facility... I'm impressed.

In our first day of Management classes yesterday we received the feedback from our Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) which is just one of many many brain profile surveys. Of course I was not surprised when the results came back showing that I was extremely right brained (emotional, talkative, imaginative, risk taking, breaking rules). Most everyone else in the class is left brained (analytical, logical, number oriented, organized, cautious, planning in advance). IBM and most tech companies hire a plethora of left brained engineers in order to successfully do the technical work with numbers and details. I'm able to do the left brain stuff - but I'm always more comfortable and natural with the right brained stuff. I am also learning the difference between upper and lower brain which is somewhat new to me. I'm actually very balanced between upper and lower brain (upper being "intellectual" and lower being more safe guarding.... I think. More to come on that).

We're expecting up to a foot of snow up here the next few days! The 35 degrees from yesterday felt like a heat wave compared to the Minnesota cold. Tomorrow is the dumbest holiday known to mankind.... don't forget for those of you that actually need to remember. Go to Home Depot, I'm sure they have a sale on shovels!!!

Haiku of the Day
Riding down runways
Bumping and sliding around
Chains for plane's tires?

Entertainment of the Day - We have music in our class during breaks and now before class starts. So I'll be sharing the musical taste of someone else... and right now we're listening to Fear Factory's Cars. Flashback to the 80s here!!!

Weblink of the Day - It's the YEAR OF THE PIG!!!! (Chinese Calendar) So here is a list of History's Greatest Pigs. My cousin Jimmy's pet pig did not make the list unfortunately:(