*sniff* They grow up so fast....

"The purpose of the Meeting Template roll-out meeting is to present the meeting template for use by all meeting holders" - Jeff’s new company


Poor Jeff.


Yeah...first, he has to make a spreadsheet with owners and target dates, now he's in a meeting to learn how to have meetings. I'd like to guess some of the meeting guidelines that were suggested in the roll-out meeting.

• Be On Time
• End 5 Minutes Early
• Create an agenda and have a timekeeper to stick to it
• Bring a Problem, Bring a Solution
• No Side Conversations
• Turn off Cell phones and pagers
  

How'd I do?


You're asking me?


No.


Alright...so what else is good today?


Well, Tuesday was a big day! My Alma Mater, Rochester Institute of Technology, was selected as one of Campus Squeeze's 20 Ugliest Colleges in the USA! Woohoo! We beat out such prestigious universities as Rutgers and Texas A+M, but falling in at #16 wasn't good enough to take down perennial favourites NC State, Carnegie Mellon, or #1 Drexel.

What's most impressive about RIT making the list is that they only show a picture of the back of one of the dorms. They didn't even include a photo of the 6-story absurdity known as "The Sentinel" which is prominently located right in the front of campus.




Art is very subjective.


I'd like to subject that art back to the landfill it came from.

Sweet Clyde, laugh derisively at him

“I just made a spreadsheet with columns titled ‘Action Item’ ‘Owner’ and ‘Target Date.’ This is the first time I've done this in over a year. Ugh I feel dirty.” - Jeff Amadon


Who's this guy, and why do I care?


Jeff is a former colleague who moved on to bigger and better some time ago. By choice, mind you...this was before the layoffs. He now toils away making solar cells or something, but apparently has now decided to stop being productive, and has resorted to the timeless art that is Engineering by Collecting Owners and Target Dates. Way to go, Jeff!


Were there any good Letters to the Editor today?


The answer to that is a Yes, with an If, and a No with a But. Often, during the school year, teachers will assign homework to students in their class to write a Letter to the Editor. These letters tend to be grouped together in a phemonenon I like to call "Homework Day." The results are often painful, like this Stellar Effort from the archives:

• Letter removed at the request of the publisher

So, today was "Homework Day" in the paper, but the majority of the letters were from Middle School kids. We here at Jeremy's Sametime Status (Jeremy Is In The Office) have made a conscious effort to limit our mockery to those of High School age or older, so there will be no re-prints today. Sorry.