About Me

Wake Forest, NC, United States
My life has had its normal ups and downs. I cooked professionally for years and was a breakfast, lunch, and a dinner cook. I was a saucier, a sous chef and a chef. I was an actor in a made for TV movie entitled "The Secret Life of John Chapman". For years I pit crewed on an A Production Corvette and traveled to races all over the Northwest. I ran computers at Boeing to test 737 and 747 development. I was responsible for and ran computers at Cape Canaveral for the early Apollo flights and on an atoll in the South Pacific (Kwajalein) for early star wars testing. I've developed and maintained computer applications for years and was part of a team of 9 or so tasked with developing and maintaining the processes used across EDS to manage projects and develop software. I developed and maintain a website for people who are caregivers of people with Parkinson's Disease. For fun I exercise regularly, read, and play with new programming languages. My wife blesses me tremendously. She is truly my Beloved. The progeny are source of pride and wonderment.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Dilbertian Event

Here is a prime example of the Dilbertian nature of corporate America. One time our high powered leaders decided to have a town hall on quality. (Have you noticed how the word "quality" is used as if it's always preceded by the word "good"? I have, at times, clearly observed bad quality.) Anyway, these leaders offered to have us submit questions. I did so simply to try to raise awareness at the corporate level about an issue we can improve upon. A couple, of weeks later I received a message down through an interminably long management chain requesting me to answer my question. I did so and finished my reply with the following statement. "I hope my response to my question answers my question."