The classically minded among us may have noted a new TV ad for Microsoft's Internet Explorer e-mail program which uses the musical theme of the "Confutatis Maledictis" from Mozart's Requiem. "Where do you want to go today?" is the cheery line on the screen, while the chorus sings "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis." For those of you who have not studied Latin, this translates to "The damned and accursed are consigned to the flames of hell." Good to know that Microsoft has done its research!
IDIOTS IN MANAGEMENT At a good-bye lunch for an old and dear coworker who is leaving the company due to "downsizing" our manager spoke up and said, "This is fun. We should have lunch like this more often." Not another word was spoken. We just looked at each other like deer staring into the headlights of an approaching truck.
Did you hear that there was a plane wreck in England. The little two-seater crashed right into grave yard. The rescue teams have already found 1529 bodies.