Life Balance

One of the great things about working at Micrososft is that work/life balance is measured and considered a metric of health for a group. In the last few weeks, I had the opportunity to discuss with my manager “how do I measure work/life balance” in an effort to get an individual understanding and work toward…

24 Facts about Sage

Inspired by Erin Dean’s “26 Facts about Erin“, I’ve compiled 24 Facts about Sage. 1. I organize my clothes by type of collar. 2. For exactly the same reason as Erin’s second fact, I have not bought a polo shirt since 2004. [edit] I looked into my closet and realized that was false. 3. When…

Kids these days…

(BELLEVUE , WA) Nude driver cited for drinking and 'embracing' while driving The incident happened when a state trooper noticed a sport utility vehicle drifting between lanes and driving at unusual speeds, sometimes speeding up then slowing down to well below the speed limit on Interstate 90, near Bellevue Way, about 1:20 a.m. Friday. When…

To Burgle

I learned today that burglary does not necessarily imply theft. It’s one of those things that I had assumed from when I was a child (see: Hamburglar). Well, as it turns out, burglary is just the act of illegally entering with the intent to commit some crime. Come to think of it, I kind of…

Colin Powell on Meet the Press

“If it was up to me, I would close Guantanamo no tomorrow, but this afternoon. I would close it. And I would not let any of those people go. I would simply move them to the United States and put them into our federal legal system. The concern was ‘well, then they’ll have access to…

Quick Poll: Where do you read my blog?

Choices:   a) Facebook b) http://sage.kitamorn.com c) live.com d) Some other RSS reader: ____________ e) I don't read your blog, but I'll leave a comment anyway just to be explicit.   Pleae leave a comment with your answer.   Why?  I kind of want to revamp my personal website, but I want to know if…

Where is my mind = Tyler

I just realized that Tyler by the Toadies is essentially the same song as Where is My Mind by The Pixies.    I was walking back from lunch humming Tyler, and by the time I got back to my office, it had morphed into Where is My Mind.  I mentioned it to Brian, and he…