from the scrawl affixed to the bottom of my copy of the IT Team Meeting Agenda today at the gap traversing project

• Why does the ink in my black pen look blue at the end of the refill?
• Jordan’s corollary (pronounced the british way; cor-AHL-ah-rhee) to Murphy’s Law: If the system is working, it’s only because a more opportune moment for failure is approaching.
• When in large meetings, you can write pithy wantingseed entries if you pretend you’re taking notes.
• When in large meetings in which you might be called on to contribute to, don’t put too much thought into writing pithy wantingseed entries, your distraction might become obvious.
• When engaged in the above process, nod occasionally at whomever is speaking.
• Especially when the guy who runs the meeting offers what you think is a rhetorical question while making eye contact with you.
• Resist the urge to laugh when the same person is talking to you about something you have no clue about, but which you pretend to even to the point of making inane statements that are merely summaries of what was just said, momentarily fooling everyone present into believing you’re competent. Resist valiantly.

Posted by Jordan on Monday, July 7th, 2003 at 5:37 pm.