So the day (14/05/05) finally arrived. I always make a great bowl of chili, but my friends were here to be experimented upon, so I decided on Thai. The chicken had been swimming in coconut milk and spices for over 20 hours; must have been some kind of athlete in its days. This was supposed to be a payback for all those free dinners I’ve been having at Tracy’s and Jessy’s, and boy did they get paid back. The food didn’t get much of a mention from anyone, atleast not until the host intimidated a compliment out of them, but considering that the fridge held circa 30 beers, there was serious work to get down to. After reaching a state of non-sobriety, it was decided that it was the right time for us to pit our intellect against each other in a game of Trivia Pusuit. Unfortunately, we hadn’t counted on the damn questions being so difficult. The game finally wound up at 2.30 a.m, after an Herculean effort on everybody’s part. Thanks to Bingboula, Jessy, Jill, Tracy, Ioannis and Ali for a great time.
All posts for the month May, 2005
Dinner at my place?
Posted by naz on 17 May, 2005
https://nazmania.co.uk/2005/05/17/dinner-at-my-place/
Two-Gun Grabosch
It seems the notorious “Two-Gun Grabosch” is alive and kicking, causing devastation in Munich now. Apologies to non-isomers for the insider jokes.
Posted by naz on 17 May, 2005
https://nazmania.co.uk/2005/05/17/two-gun-grabosch/
“Quality in everything…”
A certain company to whom I am attempting to apply online for a job has the tagline under their name that goes “Quality in everything we do”. Needless to say, their online application form doesn’t work….
Posted by naz on 13 May, 2005
https://nazmania.co.uk/2005/05/13/quality-in-everything/
Management books
It is difficult to understand where some authors of management books get their inspirational themes from. One is reminded of the book ‘1000 ways to get rich’ which lists one method as “writing a book about getting rich”. This seems to be the general philosophy behind some management books; selling old theory with new packaging and catchy titles. Sun Tzu’s ‘The art of war’ supposedly has important things to tell us about management, and is still on the top management book list, despite having been written 2400 or so years ago on the subject of military tactics. Now PK has brought to my attention another book, where Shakespeare apparently has a lesson for managers. Is ‘Shakespeare on Management’ another poor attempt at cashing in on gullible managers, whose understanding of both Shakespeare and management is minimal? Or is this trend reflective of the fact that management issues are unseparable from daily human activity?
Posted by naz on 13 May, 2005
https://nazmania.co.uk/2005/05/13/management-books/
Moderation
While checking out common words that are blocked automatically by the good fellas at WordPress, I see that ‘vale of glamorgan conservatives’ is considered bad enough to be blocked. Wonder what they’ve done? I only went there hoping to find a list of swear words (and add some new ones to my growing list).
Posted by naz on 9 May, 2005
https://nazmania.co.uk/2005/05/09/moderation/
If only you knew…
I really don’t think this is the place to be talking about it. But I can’t keep it inside me for any longer.
Posted by naz on 9 May, 2005
https://nazmania.co.uk/2005/05/09/hello-world-2/
The Nazmanian Devil 