The Madness Has Ended

Tonight’s NCAA finals were nothing short of fantastic! Both teams played a stellar game. I was hoping Memphis would win for the sole reason of having them win the championship in one of my ESPN brackets. Other than that I really didn’t care. I just enjoy watching the competition/athleticism. As much as I love to watch the game, I generally think the TV commentators do a terrible job. Tonight’s game was no exception. Here was my favorite comment of the night. This particular comment was made during overtime play.

Kansas knows what it’s like to be in overtime during a championship game. This happened back in 1957.

HELLO! 1957? That is for-frickin’ ever ago. If anyone out there can tell me how that particular event in time when the players were not even a “twinkle in their daddy’s eye…” helped the 2008 Kansas Jayhawks win this specific championship I would love to hear the reasoning. Kansas’ head coach, Bill Self, wasn’t even born yet. He was born in 1962. Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. Great game though!

Fab Idea Larry

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As I was perusing the Megaplex Theatre website this caption jumped out at me. At first glance (21+) I thought it was a screening for an “adult” movie. “Schwing!” While I was slightly disappointed of perhaps monopolizing on an opportunity to see a naughty movie on the IMAX screen--can you imagine--I thought to myself, "this is a fabulouso idea!" Since most teenagers display similar behaviors to that of a baby I can see how Larry has conjoined as well as segregated both parties from attending certain films. Quite brilliantly oxymornonic if you ask me. Kudos Mr. Miller, Kudos.

T9 Word

Over the last year and a half I have interviewed hundreds of people. I have interviewed humans from all aspects of life; Cornell grads—go Andy Bernard!—miners, criers, laughers, bankers, lawyers, software engineers, you name it and I have probably interviewed it...wait, no doctors or porn stars. I have combed through some of the craziest resumes that include being printed on currency paper to giving a bio that included a picture, marital status, health, age and a hobby. Out of the criers, the men are out-crying the women on a 3 to 1 ratio. This is something I would have never expected. Come on guys, toughen up. “Would you like a tissue?”
Our interview process includes a lot more than the standard interview. We take the candidates (generally a group of 5 or 6) through a detailed presentation about the company as well as a day in the life of an employee. We view the candidates are interviewing us just as much as we are interviewing them. The job isn’t easy so we want to set those expectations up-front. Most recently I was giving one of these presentations. Lo and behold someone started texting during my presentation. He was trying to be all sneaky about it too but it was completely obvious. I was one millisecond away from calling him on it but decided not to. I did however, tell the managers that were scheduled to interview him. They decided to ask him about it. Maybe there was a family emergency or something so it was only fair that we ask. It turns out that there was no emergency. At least he was honest. This person ended up not getting an offer. It wasn’t only the text though. There were other factors that played some key roles with him not getting the job. However, it really tells you a lot about the person’s professionalism to be texting during an interview presentation. While I wasn’t literally interviewing him, his interview started the moment he walked in the door and his first impression went right down the toilet. Speaking of toilets, when his Hillary Clinton going to pull out of the Democratic race? Speaking of race…never mind.