1. Thank you to God and that gets me through a day
2. Thank you to groups that care for the environment
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/dnap/invasive/invasivebrochure/tabid/2007/Default.aspx
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
TJ, NYC
1. Grateful to all that helps me get through a day
2. Grateful that Trader Joe's has good cereal
3. Grateful that we had a nice trip to NYC
28809 Chagrin Blvd
Beachwood, OH 44122
Phone: (216) 360-9320
Trading Hours: 9 am - 9 pm
Our recent trip to NYC included the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Natural History Museum, Central Park and several memorable meals. Since being a restaurant reviewer seems like it could be an interesting job, I'll concentrate on that part of the trip.
Our first meal was dinner at a Cajun restaurant. Lunch was a Mexican restaurant near the natural history museum. Dinner was at 212 where I ordered a grilled veggie platter that was remarkably skimpy (with eggplant, zucchini, onions, corn, and asparagus). It was my only disappointing meal in NY.
We also took a walk through Central Park where we stopped by a lake with boat rides and a hot air balloon ride as well. We also stopped by an outside pavilion with a free big band concert. The pavilion reminded me of places like Blossom and Wolf Trap.
I would go back to the Cajun and Mexican restaurants for sure. 212 I would not like to go back to as much Everyone liked the Cajun and Mexican restaurants a lot. The guacamole was especially delicious, but while it was called medium (not mild or hot) was actually quite spicy. Sacha's vegetable tureen at the Cajun restaurant stands out as the most memorable dish from what everyone ordered, but all the dishes were good, with me really enjoying the warm spinach salad (with carmelized onions, brie, and raisins).
Rick and Alex seemed to get one of the best items at the Mexican restaurant - the fish tacos. Barbara seemed to enjoy the good vegetarian selections everywhere but at 212 where Barbara and Sacha got an anemic pasta dish.
2. Grateful that Trader Joe's has good cereal
3. Grateful that we had a nice trip to NYC
28809 Chagrin Blvd
Beachwood, OH 44122
Phone: (216) 360-9320
Trading Hours: 9 am - 9 pm
Our recent trip to NYC included the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Natural History Museum, Central Park and several memorable meals. Since being a restaurant reviewer seems like it could be an interesting job, I'll concentrate on that part of the trip.
Our first meal was dinner at a Cajun restaurant. Lunch was a Mexican restaurant near the natural history museum. Dinner was at 212 where I ordered a grilled veggie platter that was remarkably skimpy (with eggplant, zucchini, onions, corn, and asparagus). It was my only disappointing meal in NY.
We also took a walk through Central Park where we stopped by a lake with boat rides and a hot air balloon ride as well. We also stopped by an outside pavilion with a free big band concert. The pavilion reminded me of places like Blossom and Wolf Trap.
I would go back to the Cajun and Mexican restaurants for sure. 212 I would not like to go back to as much Everyone liked the Cajun and Mexican restaurants a lot. The guacamole was especially delicious, but while it was called medium (not mild or hot) was actually quite spicy. Sacha's vegetable tureen at the Cajun restaurant stands out as the most memorable dish from what everyone ordered, but all the dishes were good, with me really enjoying the warm spinach salad (with carmelized onions, brie, and raisins).
Rick and Alex seemed to get one of the best items at the Mexican restaurant - the fish tacos. Barbara seemed to enjoy the good vegetarian selections everywhere but at 212 where Barbara and Sacha got an anemic pasta dish.
Grateful, 6 sigma
1. Grateful to God and all that helps me get through a day, especially the nice people
2. Grateful about programs like six sigma that may help - even I am on a green belt team now
3. Grateful that Dept. of Health called to say they would follow up on Taza.
Wikipedia is helping me understand even better what six sigma is and any ties it has to programs set up by people like Deming. The wikipedia entry calls six sigma a business management strategy. It was originally developed by Motorola. I wonder who wrote the wikipedia entry. Was it someone from Motorola?
Six sigma is used to remove defects and errors in manufacturing and business processes. It uses statistical and quality methods. It relies on a group of people within the organization - black belts, etc. - who are trained in six sigma processes. A six sigma project follows a defined sequence of steps and has quantifiable targets such a cost reduction or profit increase.
Originally designed to address manufacturing problems, six sigma has now been extended to include business processes. A defect is now defined as anything that could lead to customer dissatisfaction.
Six sigma was inspired by several previous quality methodologies based on work by people such as Deming and Juran.
What does six sigma have in common with previous quality improvement initiatives? Continuous improvement, measuring, analyzing, committment from management - these are some of the common qualities.
How is six sigma different from previous quality improvement initiatives? An emphasis on financial returns, an emphasis on management leadership, the black belt terminology and approach - these are some of the differences.
Six sigma is credited by Motorola as having helped the company save billions of dollars. This is as of 2006. Honeywell and General Electric also use the technique. Jack Welch introduced it into GE. About 2/3s of Fortune 500 companies use six sigma initiatives.
Lean six sigma is another term that has been used in recent years. It is a combination of lean manufacturing and six sigma.
I see the wikipedia entry also notes that not all companies have had success with six sigma initiatives. It is too narrow to address issues properly according to some. Another critic says it stifles creativity.
Juran says there is nothing new here. He says it is just quality improvement. The terms are more flamboyant is what he says.
How can we apply this to technical communication? Will
2. Grateful about programs like six sigma that may help - even I am on a green belt team now
3. Grateful that Dept. of Health called to say they would follow up on Taza.
Wikipedia is helping me understand even better what six sigma is and any ties it has to programs set up by people like Deming. The wikipedia entry calls six sigma a business management strategy. It was originally developed by Motorola. I wonder who wrote the wikipedia entry. Was it someone from Motorola?
Six sigma is used to remove defects and errors in manufacturing and business processes. It uses statistical and quality methods. It relies on a group of people within the organization - black belts, etc. - who are trained in six sigma processes. A six sigma project follows a defined sequence of steps and has quantifiable targets such a cost reduction or profit increase.
Originally designed to address manufacturing problems, six sigma has now been extended to include business processes. A defect is now defined as anything that could lead to customer dissatisfaction.
Six sigma was inspired by several previous quality methodologies based on work by people such as Deming and Juran.
What does six sigma have in common with previous quality improvement initiatives? Continuous improvement, measuring, analyzing, committment from management - these are some of the common qualities.
How is six sigma different from previous quality improvement initiatives? An emphasis on financial returns, an emphasis on management leadership, the black belt terminology and approach - these are some of the differences.
Six sigma is credited by Motorola as having helped the company save billions of dollars. This is as of 2006. Honeywell and General Electric also use the technique. Jack Welch introduced it into GE. About 2/3s of Fortune 500 companies use six sigma initiatives.
Lean six sigma is another term that has been used in recent years. It is a combination of lean manufacturing and six sigma.
I see the wikipedia entry also notes that not all companies have had success with six sigma initiatives. It is too narrow to address issues properly according to some. Another critic says it stifles creativity.
Juran says there is nothing new here. He says it is just quality improvement. The terms are more flamboyant is what he says.
How can we apply this to technical communication? Will
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Columbia Journal, NPR
1. Grateful to God and all who help me
2. Grateful to Sacha's article in CJR
3. Grateful to NPR and Terry Gross and Fresh Air
http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/casus_belli_by_proxy.php
Columbia Journalism Review is running Sacha's piece on Casus Belli By Proxy about the Georgian-Russian conflict.
McCain and Obama are taking different approaches on this. McCain is emphasizing that we will step in militarily if needed. Obama is saying there must be a way to stop this war through negotiations and a coalition approach.
Fresh Air's story on journalist David Carr was called checks his own story. David has a lot of ups and downs in his life and is now working with NY Times. The Night of the Gun is his new book.
Fresh Air's story on Zack Hample and his new book on baseball covered items such as why baseball players spit so much. Spitting is part of baseball's culture is part of Hample's answer. He says another part is that there is a lot of waiting in baseball.
2. Grateful to Sacha's article in CJR
3. Grateful to NPR and Terry Gross and Fresh Air
http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/casus_belli_by_proxy.php
Columbia Journalism Review is running Sacha's piece on Casus Belli By Proxy about the Georgian-Russian conflict.
McCain and Obama are taking different approaches on this. McCain is emphasizing that we will step in militarily if needed. Obama is saying there must be a way to stop this war through negotiations and a coalition approach.
Fresh Air's story on journalist David Carr was called checks his own story. David has a lot of ups and downs in his life and is now working with NY Times. The Night of the Gun is his new book.
Fresh Air's story on Zack Hample and his new book on baseball covered items such as why baseball players spit so much. Spitting is part of baseball's culture is part of Hample's answer. He says another part is that there is a lot of waiting in baseball.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Eastern Promises
1. Grateful to God and all who help me get through a day
2. Grateful that I have not seen anything like Eastern Promises in real life
3. Grateful to the Comedy Channel and The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
4. Grateful that I found a list of the 7 deadly sins to remind myself - envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, wrath.
We tried to catch up on the Comedy Channel shows we recorded and watched some Colberts. His guests included Kevin Costner and someone who wrote a book about branding. Kevin Costner has a new movie out - Swing Vote. He talked a little about how every vote counts. The person who wrote the book about branding had examples like Kool Aid promoting shoes. What does Kool Aid have to do with shoes? Nothing. The endorsement should mean nothing to the purchaser as well. But it does and this he argues is wrong.
Colbert (along with a lot of other people) is talking about the ad McCain is running that compares Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in that they are all celebrities. Colbert agrees that they are all very similar. For example, they were all teachers of constitutional law at the Unversity of Chicago. On Meet the Press, Leiberman was McCain's representative and was asked if the ad is effective. Leiberman said yes. It points out that Obama is not ready to lead. Kerry was the Obama spokesperson. He said the ad points out that McCain's only strategy to win is to attack Obama's character. I ask myself why Obama is so popular. It is because of his ideas and ability to lead. I wish people who recognize this.
8.08.08 is the date the Olympics started. The story about Eric Shanteau swimming even tho' he has cancer is inspiring. He made sure that the cancer was not spreading and waiting on his treatment would not hurt his chances of overcoming the disease.
About Eastern Promises, it is hard to know where to start describing this movie. I enjoyed the combination of English, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. The violence in the movie was disturbing but it told the story properly. The violence was not there simply to entertain.
The cruelty of the people in the movie makes me wonder if it could be so.
Wikipedia notes that many critics put the movie in as one of the top 10 of the year. Rotten Tomatoes confirms this. While the movie was hard to watch, I'm happy that I saw it.
2. Grateful that I have not seen anything like Eastern Promises in real life
3. Grateful to the Comedy Channel and The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
4. Grateful that I found a list of the 7 deadly sins to remind myself - envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, wrath.
We tried to catch up on the Comedy Channel shows we recorded and watched some Colberts. His guests included Kevin Costner and someone who wrote a book about branding. Kevin Costner has a new movie out - Swing Vote. He talked a little about how every vote counts. The person who wrote the book about branding had examples like Kool Aid promoting shoes. What does Kool Aid have to do with shoes? Nothing. The endorsement should mean nothing to the purchaser as well. But it does and this he argues is wrong.
Colbert (along with a lot of other people) is talking about the ad McCain is running that compares Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in that they are all celebrities. Colbert agrees that they are all very similar. For example, they were all teachers of constitutional law at the Unversity of Chicago. On Meet the Press, Leiberman was McCain's representative and was asked if the ad is effective. Leiberman said yes. It points out that Obama is not ready to lead. Kerry was the Obama spokesperson. He said the ad points out that McCain's only strategy to win is to attack Obama's character. I ask myself why Obama is so popular. It is because of his ideas and ability to lead. I wish people who recognize this.
8.08.08 is the date the Olympics started. The story about Eric Shanteau swimming even tho' he has cancer is inspiring. He made sure that the cancer was not spreading and waiting on his treatment would not hurt his chances of overcoming the disease.
About Eastern Promises, it is hard to know where to start describing this movie. I enjoyed the combination of English, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. The violence in the movie was disturbing but it told the story properly. The violence was not there simply to entertain.
The cruelty of the people in the movie makes me wonder if it could be so.
Wikipedia notes that many critics put the movie in as one of the top 10 of the year. Rotten Tomatoes confirms this. While the movie was hard to watch, I'm happy that I saw it.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Future STC conferences
1. Grateful to God and that helps me get through a day
2. Grateful that future STC conferences to be in interesting places
3. Grateful for this blog
2009 Atlanta, GA 3-6 May
2010 Dallas, TX
2011 Sacramento, CA
2012 Rosemont, IL
2013 Atlanta, GA
Now it is getting to the point where there is not enough time to do all the blogging that I would like to. I want to blog more about the Comedy Channel news and commentary shows. HA HA! NPR shows are interesting also.
John Geddes was interviewed on Fresh Air. He wrote a book about being a mercenary in Iraq. Highway to Hell is the name of the book. He argues that mercenary soldiers can plan a role as important as that of UN peace keepers.
2. Grateful that future STC conferences to be in interesting places
3. Grateful for this blog
2009 Atlanta, GA 3-6 May
2010 Dallas, TX
2011 Sacramento, CA
2012 Rosemont, IL
2013 Atlanta, GA
Now it is getting to the point where there is not enough time to do all the blogging that I would like to. I want to blog more about the Comedy Channel news and commentary shows. HA HA! NPR shows are interesting also.
John Geddes was interviewed on Fresh Air. He wrote a book about being a mercenary in Iraq. Highway to Hell is the name of the book. He argues that mercenary soldiers can plan a role as important as that of UN peace keepers.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Grateful, health
1. Grateful to God and all who help me get through a day
2. Grateful there is still hope that letter and fax I sent to US Air may get the refund for the four charges
3. Grateful there is hope that letter to board of health about food illness may get some attention as email and telephone call so far has gotten no response
4. Grateful that CPR class and first aid class I took this week
5. Grateful that medical visit this week turned out fine (L. Moore, UHHS)
6. Grateful for CDs that mature 8/8 and 8/15
7. Grateful for idealist.org and jobs there
8. Grateful for ideas for Rick's birthday including dinner, an Indian's game, and botanical gardens
9. Grafeful for a nice trip to NYC with visit to botanical gardens, Central park, museum of natural history, cajun restaurant, Mexican restaurant, breakfast diner in Brooklyn, and restaurant called 212
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
5550 Venture Drive
Parma, Ohio 44130
2. Grateful there is still hope that letter and fax I sent to US Air may get the refund for the four charges
3. Grateful there is hope that letter to board of health about food illness may get some attention as email and telephone call so far has gotten no response
4. Grateful that CPR class and first aid class I took this week
5. Grateful that medical visit this week turned out fine (L. Moore, UHHS)
6. Grateful for CDs that mature 8/8 and 8/15
7. Grateful for idealist.org and jobs there
8. Grateful for ideas for Rick's birthday including dinner, an Indian's game, and botanical gardens
9. Grafeful for a nice trip to NYC with visit to botanical gardens, Central park, museum of natural history, cajun restaurant, Mexican restaurant, breakfast diner in Brooklyn, and restaurant called 212
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
5550 Venture Drive
Parma, Ohio 44130
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