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Office Politics
My homage to the Cannizzaro's
Written on November 14, 2009 by Lipstick NerdI love Pitt Bull so much, I am updating the site's blog from my own bedroom. You know what I love even more than Pitt Bull? The masters behind it all: The Cannizzaro Brothers. Now, although I already have a Cannizzaro shrine in my bedroom complete with random personal items and scented candles, I feel the appreciation needs to be made public. Thus, I present to you...
Top Ten Cannizzaro Facts
10. Cannizzaro is an Italian surname meaning "pure", because they emanate pure, masculine godliness.
9. There was once a television special on FOX called "When Cannizzaro's Attack". The FCC, disturbed and outraged, pulled it off the air after just one episode.
8. PCSD stands for Post-Cannizzaro Stress Disorder, a form of anxiety disorder that occurs after having been in the dangerous presence of a Cannizzaro for an extended amount of time.
7. One Cannizzaro Thanksgiving dinner, and the National Wildlife Federation add turkeys to the endangered species list. Twice.
6. A meteor did not kill the dinosaurs. It was the fist of a Cannizzaro.
5. A Cannizzaro is not strong as an ox. An ox is strong as a Cannizzaro.
4. The Cannizzaros' facial hair is so rugged, it deters grazers better than that of an American cactus.
3. Instead of releasing coyotes into forests to control the exceeding deer population, the local government released the Cannizzaro's.
2. The Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt had a nose until a Cannizzaro punched it off.
1. Cannizzaro's have no need for hammers. They headbutt nails into walls.
If you happen to have any Cannizzaro facts of your own that you would like to share, please send an email to Jill@pittbullsecure.com.
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"Good" Behavior
Written on August 10, 2009 by Code MonkeyI don't know how your office works, or even if you are IN an office, but in our office we have "good behavior" days. These days generally occur anytime a new employee enters into our ranks. Today is a "good behavior" day.
We have hired on Rich, a software developer (round of applause please, give the man a warm welcome!). Today is Rich's first day in the office. He's been here for exactly 18 minutes and already I'm tired of being on good behavior.
Generally speaking, we are quite the loud, obnoxious, raunchy little motley band of nerds, geeks, dweebs and dorks (with a sprinkling of jocks thrown in for good measure). But today, the silence is deafening.
For all you folks out there who are tormented by periodically being forced to contain your inner overgrown child, I say we rail against the oppression! Let's stand up and fight for the right to be our boisterous, nerdy selves regardless of new people in our circle of acquaintence! If you want to yell Labyrinthe quotes across the room, so be it! Want to wear your ratty old Star Wars t-shirt? Do it! Feeling the regular, daily compulsion to speak Klingon, wear Elven ears or listen to Lemon Demon all day long? I say 'why not'? It's just a new guy. Sooner or later, the real you is going to shine through. Whether now or three weeks from now, your inner geek will escape the temporary confines of your nerd-containment chamber and reveal itself to the poor, unsuspecting new guy. I say 'why wait'? Why lure him into a false sense of security? A false hope of "normal" geeks (whatever THEY are)? Why give him time to get comfortable with his surroundings and his co-workers only to have his entire work reality altered the first day one of you crack and that evil, snorting, Weird Al singing, movie quoting inner dweeb escapes?
Of course, it has been said that most of "us" are introverts and not keen to taking kindly to new people until we've gotten used to them, that "we" clam up in new and unfamiliar surroundings, that "we're" shy, awkward, backwards and otherwise abnormal. I don't know who "they" are, but I do believe they may be right.
Viva la resistance!
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