Thursday, February 24, 2011

All Things Being Equal: It's Martini Time!

All this being equal.  I hate that phrase.  It's right up there with "think outside the box," all the blather about "new paradigms," and the notion that x, y, or z is "powerful."  Ugh.  It's almost as annoying as people who insist on boring us with critical theory jargon at cocktail parties.  I say almost, because at my parties we throw empty liquor bottles at the offender and mock him/her endlessly.  It's oodles of fun!
Yesterday I got to waste an hour and a half of my day in a meeting with a team of middle management meat heads of one of my clients.  In the first fifteen minutes I was reminded just why I ran screaming for the exit during the first eight months of my corporate servitude.  By the end of the first half hour I was ready to scratch my eyes out.
What did we accomplish?  Not much.  Unless you count their decision to form a committee on their end to discuss the meeting, and we'd need to meet again after the first of April to review that committee's recommendations. What they plan on discussing, I have no idea.  All I heard was an hour and a half of tired industry buzz words.
For God so loved the world, he did not send a committee.  *sigh*
Still all was not lost.  I did encounter a great new cocktail as I sought solace at Peche following the cluster f*ck meeting.  The Steel Magnolia.  Try it, it's great!
  • 3 oz Gray Goose Vodka
  • 1 oz Pomegranate
  • 1/2 oz Grand Marnier
  • 1/2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
*Cheers*

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