Wanda: I am reminded by my geeky coworkers (who aren't nearly as cool as my fellow Widget1 suffers) that it is again International Talk Like a Pirate Day. arrrr(gh) and all that
Emma: arrrrrr, matey, I be blowed! Well, shiver me timbers, and hoist me mainsails, I'm off to talk like a pirate!
Wanda: don't forget your sword--or your parrot
Emma: Me ( Read more... )

MacroMan: Good news, everyone! We're ahead of the curve. The support for the new database is being pushed back until a follow-on release.
Wanda: Hurray! We'll all be gone!
MacroMan: Well, we're still going to do all the testing and everything else to qualify it, so Robert doesn't have to worry about that.
Robert: Thank you.
Everyone Else: ( Read more... )

Lanna: Next!
Jumpie enters the room . He is wearing a muscle shirt and carrying a fan which blows his long hair back.
Wanda: Are they allowed to bring their own props?
...
Wanda: Emma?
Emma has sunk down her seat covering her face with her judging sheet.
Wanda: Emma?
Emma: mimblewimble.
Lena: I don't think they're allowed to bring props. Jumpie ( Read more... )

Emma: ...so that's why there's no more solies
Jumpie: What about me?
Emma: What about you?
Jumpie: Why can't I audition?
Emma: Oh, baby, you know why! The position of the "smart one" is already taken.
Jumpie: You don't think I can be dreamy?
Emma: Uhhhh...
...
Lanna: That Jumpie. He's so dreamy?
Emma: What do you think?
Wanda: I'm not convinced. All ( Read more... )

At Widget1, things look much the same on the surface. Time is being wasted. Codings are being coded. Products are being built. Underneath, however, there are the undercurrents....
Steve, Wanda, DaBoss, and Boris: Wah! We have no Blinky! Who will entertain us?
Solies: Uh, beats me.
Steve, Wanda, DaBoss, and Boris: Solies! Be funny and amusing ( Read more... )

Continued from Documentation Distress: Part I
Jan: I have an announcement to make.
QAGoddess: So yeah, my cousin made these.
Emma: They look great.
Steve: No, those are called shuttlecocks.
Wanda: It's a fascinating game.
Jan: Excuse me! I have an announcement to make.
MacroMan: Quiet team! Jan has an announcement. Go ahead, Jan.
Jan: I ( Read more... )

Yesterday...
Emma: ...and no one better have any comments on my documents, because I don't have a pen.
Wanda: Oh, do you need a pen? I'll go get you one.
Wanda leaves.
Emma: Well, truthfully I don't really ca...(Notices Wanda is already gone), well, I guess I could use a pen, if I must.
Wanda returns with the pen.
Wanda: Here you go.
Emma: Thank ( Read more... )

Earlier...
Emma: Please, sir, will you sign this? (Offers a piece of paper)
Jax: What's up, Emma? (Takes paper) This is solies' timesheet, why do you have it?
Emma: Please, sir, Mr. Solies cannot deliver the timesheet in person today. Please grace it with your signature. I'd be ever so greatful.
Jax: Yeah. Sure. Whatever. (Signs paper)
Emma ( Read more... )

Emma: So I almost picked up a Diet Coke with Splenda for you yesterday, Blinky.
Blinky: And I almost drank it!
Wanda: Diet Coke with Splenda?
Blinky: Yeah, it's this new Coke product.
Wanda: Like Coke Zero.
Blinky: Yes, but more like Diet Coke.
Wanda: I wonder if it tastes better than nasty Diet Coke, which I love.
Long pause...
Emma: I'm sorry, ( Read more... )

Wanda: But what happens when you run them both together.
Jan: But they independently schedule themselves upon completion.
Emma: But those schedules will inevitably collide at some point.
Wanda:I agree. Two scripts leaving Chicago, one running for at least 5 minutes every 15 minutes, and one for at least 6 minutes once a day, will end running ( Read more... )