How thrilling....

I just had my review.

Out of 12 different items I scored

Exceedes expectations: 9 (damn near everything)
Meets expectations: 1 (safety)
Below expectations: 2 (attendance, housekeeping)

My two below expectation scroes are attendance, 1 absent, 4 late last year, a fairly pitiful thing to get dinged on*, and housekeeping. I have to admit, my office looks like a bomb went off most of the time. Well, I am a eccentric mad scientist type, a pig sty is to be expected.

Recently pulled our ass out of a major quality issue that would have cost us a major amount of market share. Just fixed a SQL system I have absolulty no training in by just being a eccentric geek (imagine if they trained me).

Overall, I exceed expectations for the fifth straight year so (since they started reviews). Okay, so that means lots of good things? Promotion, new challenges, more money and nifty toys?

Nope.

Whos looking to hire the perfect employee (in Minneapolis / St. Paul) who exceeds all expectations except for housekeeping? If I continue to stick around here for nothing but a pat on the back, I am a complete fool.

*Considering my wife had F*CKING BRAIN SURGERY last year.

Give me liberty or give me broccoli!

When I was in high school, a group of us were kicked out of a pep rally. caveman may remember the day.

The infraction? During the school pep rant instead of chearing "v-i-c-t-o-r-y, thats the patriot** victory cry!" we chanted "a-s-p-a-r-a-g-u-s, rah rah rah, aspargus! rah rah rah aspargus!". We also chanted "give me liberty or give me broccoli**!". All while the football team was being showered with rants and applause. Our ranting spread quickly over our section. The school staff tracked us down and kicked us out.

This infraction was on top of playing a Black Flag song "six pack" over the PA system as the auditorum was filling.

*Patrick Henry High School, the man who told the brits off by saying "give me liberty or give me death". We were known as the Patrick Henry Patriots. It was a less than stellar existance.

A Growing Snowball

A growing movement to "Censure" Dubya. Move On now has 400,000 people saying yes. Shooting for 1/2 million.

http://flash.moveon.org/images/ads/censure.pdf

http://www.moveon.org/censure/

Blackmail Time.

I demand french silk pie! Or I start posting naked pictures of myself!

You have 48 hours to comply.