Castle Shima

Dont let the drummer sing. It will just end in tears.
-- Guitar Hero I

Define This
Definition of a bad day?
You start the day with four hours of meetings.

Definition of a worse day?
You finally get back to your desk and disover that your employees are dressed just like you. And its a business casual office.

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* If I should fall to rise no more,
* As many comrades did before,
* Ask the pipes and drums to play
* Over the hills and far away.
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A hush fell over the courtroom, injuring six.
-- seen on a tagline

::: Background Noise :::
Inspired from the recent "Lust in Space" events...

Intergalatic by The Beastie Boys
Intergalactic Planetary Planetary Intergalactic
Another Dimension,
Another Dimension

Well Now don't you tell me to smile
You stick around I'll make it worth your while
Got numbers beyond what you can dial
Maybe it's because I'm so versatile
Style profile I said
It always brings me back when I hear Ooh Child
From the Hudson River out to the Nile
I run the marathon til the very last mile
If you battle me I will revile
People always say my style is wild
You've got gall you've got guile
To step to me I'm a rapophile
If you want to battle your in denial
Coming from Uranus to check my style
Go ahead put my rhymes on trial
Cast you off into exile

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* If I should fall to rise no more,
* As many comrades did before,
* Ask the pipes and drums to play
* Over the hills and far away.
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Man screw you guys and your inability to comprehend witty satire.
-- Brent Sienna, Player vs Player

::: Tower View :::
Life Comes At You Fast
I dont know about you, but I found this funny as hell...

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* If I should fall to rise no more,
* As many comrades did before,
* Ask the pipes and drums to play
* Over the hills and far away.
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Do you know how to describe a decent day at work? You say "Well, nobody died today."
-- Karen, from a conversation at work

::: Tower View :::
Paean
How ironic that came to mind this day. Karen's sister had been a survivor of a corporate office shooting so our office had picked up the saying as a catch phrase.

"How was work?"
"Well, nobody died today."

The wierd part is that someone did die today.

RP was a programmer that worked in my area. He had worked for me for a short time period since I was soon after promoted to a different team in the same area.

I found him to be a quiet, intellent sort. RP's personal life was abit torn due to home issues, but his wife and sons were an anchor for him.

And this morning, he died.

Nothing nefarious or by accident. Just plain gone. In a blink of an eye.

That just seemed so strange.

To know someone, yet not to really know them. The feeling that they were just there because we keep taking for granted how short our lives are.

Then the morbid thoughts came up.

"This is just an excuse for him to get out of work."
"He heard we were going to assign him to the project from heck."
"Hey, who gets the dead guy's pc?"
"Oh, would you want to sit in that cubicle? There could be like a ghost in there or something."

Yes, we were being abit sick, perhaps even irreverant, but at no point were we disrespectful. RP was a good man and a valued person. Not only by us, but most importantly, by his family. He will be missed.

God speed, sir.
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* If I should fall to rise no more,
* As many comrades did before,
* Ask the pipes and drums to play
* Over the hills and far away.
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