OT: Friday what are you doing at work, what are you drinking, post something interesting, pos-bang thread
It's SOOOOOOO slow at work today, and there's so little content to be had in mid-June...post something for everyone else to read. Anything interesting, funny, OT...just in (relatively) good taste. I've read the whole site now, I think.
Edit: In case some mod thinks we don't need two pos-bang threads (because there's sooo much going on today) Michfan1997 demands an MGoJen update. (OK, demands might be too strong a word...powerfully requests?)
Incidently, trying to add that to the subject too, I have found out there IS a limit to how long a subject in a post can be.
The 300 line actually stops at just barely above 2000 points. I did a straight bar chart with the first week's data just to see how steep the drop is between users, and it drops precipitously through the first 40 or so and then flattens out considerably.
You used to be able to sort out the user by mgopoints by voting, pos and neg, average...it was so much more interactive. Then the crash, and it was never the same...sniff sniff...
I remember that - I was here for the final months of it, and it was a far more thorough system. I actually thought about tracking fluctuations in karma too, but then it dawned on me that if karma held true then I would come back in the next life as a beta release of SPSS.
If anyone is interested, the data is mined between 5 PM and 6 PM on Fridays to allow for me actually remembering to eat dinner.
Damn, I better get posting.
I have done two black belt projects. Both were silly exercises for management. On one of them we learned that a line that didn't run large vials well didn't run large vials well. This wasn't a surprise, as the schedulers used to be operators, and they knew it didn't run well there, and thus never scheduled large vials on that line. But we had to do a BB project so management would believe them. Our solution, don't run large vials on that line. Whoa!!
Another we learned that one of our formulations cracked vials during lyophilization after investigating why we were cracking vials during lyophilization. The second one is the only one we got meaningful data from. The lattice formation was getting into the glass microfissures and expanding there . . . crack. Not a lot we could do about that as all the filings and development work was done in glass. So the high defect rate was just a cost of doing business. We tried all kinds of glass annealing, testing different glass suppliers, slower primary and secondary drying and yeah, no dice.
It was a pleasant boondoggle while it lasted. I have a nice certification and some stuff for my I LOVE ME wall.
We have a whole group devoted to this here - the Continuous Improvement Strategy Group. It seriously is a department inside the company whose purpose is to train and assist in the CI work of other departments. So, when I finish all this, I will have the certificate and help out in my own group - Distribution Operations, Planning & Design.
Of course, all the people they hired were from the auto industry, so the first step is explaining to them how a public utility works and hope they can meaningfully apply it to this sector. Actually, they've managed to run some successful projects in the plants (Monroe and Fermi in particular), so we have done OK with it here to date. We'll see how it goes with the folks I deal with daily - designers, engineers and lines personnel.
I am trying to picture doing fishbone diagrams and cross-functional maps with a few dozen overhead linemen in the room. That could be fun.
but the problem is the six sigma metric works great for parts but is bullshit for just about everything else.
Try applying it to non production entirely (engineering processes, wtf?). It's mandatory for all employees here. Total. Waste. Of. Time.
Did they try to train you on minitab? That's when you know the bullshit eagle has landed.
First day.
Does anyone think we have a realistic chance at landing Parise and Suter this year? I feel like to get both they are longshots. I think we could maybe get one, but I hear that the Kings, Rangers, Philly, and others are wanting him really bad. Also is anyone hearing anything interesting recruiting wise for football? Or are we just basically waiting for the BBQ to have any note worthy news?
Hanging tough at the office. About to watch the EUROs.
to a Great Lakes Loons game tonight and just generally wondering when Tiger will choke the US Open away. My guess is Saturday.
He looks happy.
But despite being a Midland native and living 90 minutes away, I've never been to a Loons game. I've heard great things about the stadium.
great park. A couple of years ago, we saw Clayton Kershaw pitch....and now he's a Stah....
Just got offered a decent full time job this morning. Spending the day with the family and throwing back some Shandy.
That and now you can pos/neg people on mgoblog with your fancy 100 points.
With great power comes great responsibility!!!
Getting ready for lunch. Then hopefully play some golf tonight.
My last day at my current job. Just sent off my farewell letter.
Moving to Seattle...
Need an App?
(Or seeing how you cross state lines...Oregon?)
There's quite a bit of irony in all this, considering why I'm moving out there and what I'll be doing.
Come on over, need all the Michigan fans we can get over here
Considering he's not a Michigan fan.
Enjoying my 3 day weekend with some Dortmunder Gold and some call of duty this afternoon until the GF gets off work.
just another day at work...hoping to get out early to catch some of the Eng-Sweeden game this afternoon.
sidenote: any MGoLawyers know if notice of a contempt hearing must be served on the individual or is it sufficient to serve notice to just the attorney?
My school is getting closed this year...
We just finished up our work and are about to start our farewell party with a lunch downtown and then a Tiger game...
I will be drinking vodka and ice...
I'm lawyerin'
(Also, continuing to prep for New Home RenovationFest 2012)
I'll send you the Brief in opposition to summary disposition that I should be working on....
For any sort of responsive brief like this, just go the Joe Pesci route:
I have a couple of days off. Went to the beach yesterday, but I'm probably just going to go install my grandma's air conditioner today, cut the grass, and clean up the basement so I have room to install a power rack.
Hanging out at home, waiting for the end of a terrible week. I had to make 3 trips to the ER (two for me, one for the wife) and missed a whole week of work. My dx: asthmatic bronchitis with severe bronchospasm and the wife got 3 days in the hospital with pneumonia (and she is 4 months pregnant). I hope that the rest of you guys and girls have a good weekend.
hope you guys have a restful and healing weekend. also hope your wife's pregnancy goes smoothly from here!
hanging out at work, doing what I can to complete my tasks. Fairly dull and straight forward.
Just attended the "clap out" at my son's school. He just finished 5th grade and is now a middle schooler. Oy. On my way to chaperone a pool party for his "graduating" class of about 70 energetic tweens. This may be an opportune time for a Xanax?
Pretty busy day. Scrambling to get things ready for a couple real estate closings next week, and working on the originations for a few other upcoming closings. Hoping this day ends with things coming together well.
Slow day at work? Might be a good opportunity to work on your computer skills...
doing last 75 day's expenses/mileage (accounting hates me), headed out for cliantro/lime/chopped steak tacos down the street, a couple XX's, then home for the weekend.
waits as long as you do to pay you for expenses. So if you don't file for 75 days, they wait 75 days to pay you back after you file. It works. I file on the first day.
on the flipside, I usually accrue until the payback is a meaningful amount ($2+k or more), and ask for a an actual check rather than payroll deposit. I then do the mother of all grocery runs and some serious bar re-stocking/beer fridge replenishment and a whole bunch of one-offs (stuff for the boat, little league necessities, vehicle tune-ups, and other stupid crap for which I don't normally budget).
We actually get to put all that stuff right on our timecards - it's about the only thing I like about how we use SAP. Provided your manager signs off (for they approve my time), we see it paid back in the pay period after the reporting.