Ogmo

So Ogmo is talking about departing the B. People live their lives waiting to get into the B and Ogmo is talking about leaving. I think Tessmer actually maimed 2 people because they were ahead of him in the B line. Im talking about permanent injury. Those people will never whistle again.

Anyway we realize that eventually Ogmo might leave the B. And we want him to have the best chance out in the harsh harsh real world. Frankly I think its crazy talk, but I will do anything I can to help him.

I realize that the soft spot on Ogmo's resume is supervisory experience. Specifically supervising full time employees. Sure he can boss a student around but can he hold his own with an employee who has been around longer than him.

So in order to help the Ogmo, I volunteer to be his ward. When Im through with him he will be able to honestly claim that he supervised a 15 year senior level employee who has been knee deep in technology since before he was born.

There of course will be ground rules.

1. The first name basis we live under in the B will continue. I will not call him Mr. Kent. I may call him Clark but as that is a quite obvious nickname I probably will stick with Ogmo unless im filing some type of complaint against him.

2. For B purposes I am still the senior member.

3. Any demands Ogmo puts on me will be taken as advisory only. If they are truly good ideas they will stand on their own merit.

4. I will be allowed to complain to Ogmo about any of the following: working conditions, salary, vacation, projects, customers, my desire for advancement, local sports teams, parking, my boss, officemates (although this one isnt a problem), lack of computing resources and anything else that can be somehow connected to work including the price of gas. And he HAS to listen and commiserate. Thats what supervisors do.

5. When I ask him questions he has to answer them. When I dont like the answer he has to not get mad when I go ask Busby.

6. He has to keep alert for my schedule and when I have time opening up to take on new projects. He must be ready to take over the projects when I decide that I was wrong and I dont have the time.

7. He has to be my administrative backup on all projects past and present. Including the ones that nobody is really paying attention to and the customers are just using the website. And we're all hoping they never want any upgrades or anything cause we dont remember anything about the project in the first place.

8. He will be available to go to meetings in my place in the event that I am not able to attend for any reason including if I just dont want to go or if I just opened a breakfast bar and I want to finish it.

9. He will be at his desk before me and remain after I leave.

10. He will wear uncomfortable shoes while at work while I recline in any sort of shoes, boots, slippers or sandles that I can fit my feet into.

Thats the Ogmo Bill of Rights. We will of course add new amendments as they come up.

Im happy to be on board!

Greatest B Moments

A few just came to mind, had to blog them:

1. The aforementioned dodge ball games. However, one time in particular I remember checking my IM client after a game. BIG! had written "JESUS CHRIST, STOP THAT SHIT!!!!" Good times.

2. Bennis. In particular, the Bennis scoreboard system we had set up. Possibly the all time greatest thing we ever did.

3. The rescue of Bubb Rubb the goldfish.

4. The pre-Bennis basketball games. Horse, Around the World, etc, and the marker board that was covered in checkmarks from the games we had played. Good thing our office never got audited during those times.

My first woot!

I just purchased my first woot. SOme TV poker games. Im gonna practice and then go to Vegas and clean up!
http://www.woot.com/

Dodge Ball

Remember when we played dodge ball in the B. That was nuts. Probably the stupidest thing we've done.

I remember using the backpacks are shields. Hiding behind desks and stuff. I miss dodgeball in the B.

B Objects - Part II, Trinkets

This is what I see when I look up to the right. On top of my shelving system there are a handful of toys/objects which I confess I don't know the history of. I believe they have been donated (or on permanent loan) to the B from current and previous members.

Robbo Ramblings

Sometimes when we're just hanging in the B, Robbo will randomly mutter my name (or a derivation of my name). Today it was:

"Scrogden... scrognut... scrognutterson."

New Week in the B

Its a new week in the B. Big plans are on tap. Events include trivia, meetings, a host of work, several instances of lunch and general merriment. Im really looking forward to it.

Friday Night Bloggin!

10pm. I have an awesome new idea. Someone should blog for like three days straight. Every 30 minutes they have to have a new post. The descent into madness would be captivating.

B Objects - Part I, The Fish

This is Part I in what I forsee as an ongoing series dedicated to the various objects in our office. The most obvious item in the huge clown fish hanging in the window which was given to Robbo by former B-member, Bunny. Here's to you Bunster.

Og-Den

Ogden Kent doesn't want us posting his name here because he's afraid it might interfere with his google results. That's what Ogden Kent says, I don't know about you, but I think Ogden Kent shouldn't worry about it. Ogden Kent is a good guy though, and I like having him in the B very much. Oh Ogden. Just to clarify, Ogden is his first name, Kent being his last, so it should come out like "Ogden" and then "Kent"...as in Ogden Kent.

Hey Ron!

So someone just emails me and calls me Ron. Whatever. But it made me think of all of the times people have called us something other than our real names. Some of the good ones:

1. Kent Ogden
2. Brain Busky
3. Ron

I'm sure there are others.

Two visitors in one day!

Tessie and I just grabbed lunch at Nam's. I ordered the spring roll appetizer & vermicelli and Tessie had the curry chicken & calamari appetizer (which was incredibly tender and delicious, highly recommended!).

Appetite Pwned.

Editor

I just went back and read the old posts. Man I need an editor. For a guy who pretty much sits around all day on his computer, I sure can't type very well. The fact that my wife, the English teacher, can type like a thousand words a minute doesnt help. Im just assuming youll get the gist of everything despite my spelling ewrrors, non verb tense agreement (no idea what that means), typoes typos, and sentences where I being and then forget what I was talking about and then begin another topic right in the middle without stopping the sentence with some sort of punctuation like a comma or semicolon or even a conjunction (and, but and or, they'll get you pretty far) . Ok where was I.....

Visit from a B advocate

The B was just visited by one of our favorite advocates, Mr. Penpek, who hails from the pre-split days of our group!

About one year ago, half of our group moved out of our building to another location. We rarely see them and our interactions have become few and far between, but it is always a joyfull occasion when one of our departed comrades comes in for a visit.

Penpek is currently in training with Robbo, so we may see him every two weeks. Exciting stuff.

The Perfect Sport

College Basketball is the perfect sport. Consider...There is really 4 distinct parts to the season. Performing well in any one of them and holding your own in the others will get you into the fourth, the Tourney.

Part 1. Nov through Dec. This is non-conference play. You schedule up some cupcakes and maybe a couple tough home games. What you want to do here is go about 12-2. With that non-conf record, you can hit 8-8 or so in your conference play and still be a 20 win team which will pretty much always get you dancing if you're a BCS conf team.

Part 2. Ok so maybe part 1 didn't go so well. You ended up with a couple tough games on the road and maybe lost one at home. So you're now at .500. Now you're looking at the conference schedule to redeem yourself. Of its tougher than part 1, but if you perform well, say 10-6 with maybe a big marquee win on the road, youre still looking at maybe a 18-10 record. On the bubble but a definate chance to make it.

Part 3. Ok you blew the non conf schedule. You had some early conf season injurys and only put up 6 wins there. But you won 4 or your last 5 and are on a roll. You have no chance at an at large but you do have the conference tourney as your final gasp of hope.

So you have 3 distinct ways to get to the tourney.

Ahhhh the tourney.....It is the perfect sporting event. 3 weeks of non-stop action. (well it stops on mon-wed, but you spend those entire days talking about the action)

Hoop

Hows that hoop relocation coming along?

Trivia, 3 man

American Trivia
Ogmo 15
Gubber 12
Robbo 10

Keep it in the family

Ogmo and Gubber are related

Peter Thacher		Peter Thacher
Thomas Thacher	Brothers	Anthony Thacher
Rudolphus Thacher	Cousins	John Thacher
Peter Thacher	2nd Cousins	Ann Thacher
John Thacher	3rd Cousins	Lydia Lathrop
Peter Thacher	4th Cousins	Roxanna Delano
Thomas Thacher	5th Cousins	Luther Hatch
Sherman Day Thacher	6th Cousins	George Hatch
Elizabeth Thacher	7th Cousins	May Hatch
Sherman Kent	8th Cousins	May Shaw
Sherman Kent	9th Cousins	Lois Beckman
Ogden Kent	10th Cousins	Pam Dittman
	10th Cousins once removed	Jeff Crucius

Terminology

Here's a list of some B terminology:

Ga (exclamation) - It can mean kind of anything you want it to mean. It takes it's meaning from the context it's used in. For the most part, it's usually it's own sentence (e.g. Hey!, See Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about.)

Sweet Action (noun) - Something excellent. e.g.
"Check out my new monitor."
"That's some sweet action."

Fish with Hat (noun/old school) - When an error occurs and the cause can not be determined.

Teh Dominator (noun) - The dominator.

That's what she said (exclamation) - Most recently used while discussing hoop placement:
"But look at the size of that hole!"
"That's what she said!!"

If it was up your ass you'd know (exclamation) - A humiliating response to any location-related question. (derivation: ex-B member Bunny) e.g.
"Where are my keys?"
"If it was up your ass you'd know!"

Hoop Down!

The hoop is down. Robbo will be bringing in the drill in the next day or so and reinstallation will being on pillar that holds up the west side of the building. Toggle bolts and heavy duty screws will be used. Current B configuration does not permit Bennis play.