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January 29, 2003Two out of three adults prefer burgers over chicken.The alternate title I had for this entry was "Killing Time". Has anybody ever read "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster? Because of that, I feel guilty whenever I use the phrase "killing time". Ah, the things we take away from our childhood. I started this entry while waiting for my Stats 101 class to begin. This will be my second attempt at finishing this class - given my schedule, it's incredibly hard to be booked in a class from 8-12 every Wednesday for six weeks. I'm on week two. Last time, I attended the first two classes and then got pulled away for an audit. We shall see if I actually get through the whole thing this time. And then right when I finish up this class, I go straight into an Engineering Design of Experiments class which lasts three weeks, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 8-12. Oh shoot me now. Anyway. Today I've (re)learned about mean, median, mode, standard deviation, Inter Quartile Range, population, sample, box graphs, bar charts, pareto charts, how to use a program called JMP, and a nauseatingly huge amount of other similar topics. In amongst this boredom, I'm e-mailing with two of my friends here at AcronymCo (because I know this stuff and don't really need to pay attention until, say, week 4), trying to figure out what to do for lunch. It goes a little something like this: -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:56 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? So what's the plan? -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:58 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Paul (the instructor, whose desk happens to be next to hers) is going to try and get you guys out of class about 15 minutes early. I can have my car waiting at the front... -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:00 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Holy cow, did you arrange that for me?? I have to go back to my desk anyway, unless you're buying! ~wink~ -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:00 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? I think I owe you from The Lakes! (We went out to lunch a few weeks ago.) -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:01 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? :) There is no owing between friends, but for the sake of expediency, I'll take ya up on it and meet you out front at around 11:45... -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:03 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? In the words of the immoral Michael Jackson when he was with the Jackson 5, “I’ll be there.” -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:03 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? It is not yet proven that he is immortal. Personally, I think he's an android. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:05 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? That’s why I said immoral. :o) -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:05 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? ~groan~ Feel free to flog me for missing that. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:09 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? There is no flogging amongst friends. -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:05 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? I do have to say, Paul (the instructor) is a cutie-pie. (Editor's note: Less in the hubba-hubba way, more in the cheek-pinching way.) -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:08 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? I have thought the same a number of times myself. Nice guy too. (Editor's note: Which is the major source of the cuteness.) -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:09 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? :) Hey, whatever it takes to make Stats 101 more interesting... he needs some new jokes, though. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:11 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? I’ll give him some feedback… How ‘bout something like this…. “Paul, although you’re easy on the eyes and in a survey 2 out of 2 women say you’re cute, could you please come up with some more jokes?” How’s that? -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:11 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? I don't think our sample size is large enough for accuracy. Gack. Get me outta here. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:09 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Wanna hit the mall? -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:10 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Ooh! Edamame (sp?) at Kona Grill (which is at the mall)! (It's cheap, I promise) Oh, wait. There needs to be Meat for Mr. Archibael. (Who is strictly a carnivore and doesn't screw around with greenery. He was an Atkins fan before it was cool. And yes, I know you don't eat *just* meat on the Atkins diet. Hush, you.) -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:12 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? What does Edamame mean? -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:13 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Steamed soybeans with ocean salt. Velly velly yummy, velly velly chock full 'o protein. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:14 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Yuck! -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:15 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Nah, it's good. We're doing our last exercise, so I may be getting out of here earlier. I'll let ya know. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:15 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Ok. -----Original Message----- From: Archibael Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:19 AM To: Dee; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? If you're into random acts of soy, we could go Indian. -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:20 AM To: Archibael; Dee Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Anybody like sushi? -----Original Message----- From: Archibael Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:20 AM To: Laura; Dee Subject: RE: Shall we dine? No. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:21 AM To: Archibael; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Can’t even stand the smell of curry! -----Original Message----- From: Archibael Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:21 AM To: Dee; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? So that's out. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:22 AM To: Archibael; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? So is Sushi… -----Original Message----- From: Archibael Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:22 AM To: Dee; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Yep. Chinese? -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:23 AM To: Archibael; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? I was Chinese once. Pei Wei? -----Original Message----- From: Archibael Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:24 AM To: Dee; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Let's not hear about your s3x life. Ih. Crowded. Silver Spoon is not, but it's not as good. -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:27 AM To: Archibael; Dee Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Burgers? -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:28 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? I can either way! Burger or Pei Wei. Don’t trust the Rusty Spoon. :o) But if you really like it I’ll try it. -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:29 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Alright, damn. If we go to the mall food court there's enough variety to satisfy our pickiness... -----Original Message----- From: Archibael Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:30 AM To: Laura; Dee Subject: RE: Shall we dine? I hate the food court at Chandler Fashion Whatsit. -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:31 AM To: Archibael; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Oh, then I dunno, I’ll defer to what you guys choose - except Indians -----Original Message----- From: Archibael Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:31 AM To: Dee; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Why don't we just get in a frickin' car and motor? -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:32 AM To: Archibael; Dee Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Sounds good, and the class is now over, so shall I stop by your desk, Dee? -----Original Message----- From: Dee Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:33 AM To: Laura; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Ok, I’ll be here. I’ll go pee first. Where do we meet you Archibael? -----Original Message----- From: Laura Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:33 AM To: Dee; Archibael Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Ahem. TMI. -----Original Message----- From: Archibael Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:34 AM To: Dee; Laura Subject: RE: Shall we dine? Downstairs in the lobby. ********************* And then, there was lunch. 41 messages in about a half-hour (count 'em!), and we finally ended up going to Red Robin - which was neither sushi nor chinese nor indian nor mall fast food, and two out of three attendees had burgers (I had a chicken sandwich). And then I had a 1:00 meeting, followed by a blessed hour of non-meetingness, followed by a 3:00, then a 4:00, then a 5:00, before finally heading home at 6:00. Where I will commence to not think too much because there's something I really want to write about but I can't, yet. How's that for a reason to keep ya reading? I do what I can. |