Bob’s Your Uncle

Bob’s Your Uncle

by | Apr 24, 2015

idiom: noun — an expression, the meaning of which is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements My recent post about malaprops had me thinking about idiomatic expressions. One, in particular, has stuck with me because of its pertinence to the...
Magic, Magic

Magic, Magic

by | Apr 22, 2015

The image above has been making the rounds in various web media for a while — LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, et al. In the interest of giving proper credit for the image, I searched for attribution for its creator and could find none. Nevertheless, I use it here to...
The Solutions Solution

The Solutions Solution

by | Apr 21, 2015

While surfing the web the other day, I came across a company, the website of which said this, in part: [We provide] world-class solutions for tools-based modernization solutions. No. I’m not making that up for the purpose of making a point. Like innovation,...
Facts vs. Fabrications

Facts vs. Fabrications

by | Apr 20, 2015

Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon. (Paul Fussell, 1924-2012) I live in fear of becoming a curmudgeon. I think it’s because I prefer facts to fabrications. In that regard, I...
Smile When You Say That

Smile When You Say That

by | Apr 16, 2015

Since missing boats seems to be the story of my life, I shouldn’t be surprised that yet another one apparently sailed without me. To be more specific, I’m having trouble understanding what the big deal is about Harvard Business Review. (“Oh, my Gawd,...
Get Your PII Under GRC PDQ

Get Your PII Under GRC PDQ

by | Apr 15, 2015

Don’t look now, kids, but we have two more abbreviations to worry about: PII (personally identifiable information) and GRC (governance, risk management, and compliance). I don’t mean to suggest we should be worried about what they denote. Rather, I mean...