Wrod. And the awesome planning thing that could cover kosher laws and wheelchair access. Allyson, that should totally be a Job Interview Anecdote, if you need one, one day.

I think that's what you people are getting from tech support -- it's not that they don't believe you, it's that they have a routine.

Well, at Nutty Central, training and tech support are slightly different enterprises (or anyway, I've never been trained by someone who later answered a Help Desk question), but it's certainly true that the trainers are so heavily scripted that they have real trouble working with anything but a passive audience. Whereas, especially when your audience is only 2 people, I should think that a bit of flexibility would be a good idea.

Of course, the real problem is that the trainers are trying to teach us to love a system we dislike, that does not meet our needs, and that interacts poorly with the 2 other systems we are trying to learn at the same time. I think corporate went hog-wild with the digital initiatives, and it's been kind of stressful lately.

Robin forgot to mention Allyson's FANTASTIC HAIR.

Oh, sweet dancing Jesus:

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution is offering to place "virtual images" of products in nearly all of its syndicated shows. TV Week reports in its Monday edition. Although the virtual product images may appear with greater frequency in syndicated product, it's not likely, given the limited technology, that they will see much interaction with cast members, the trade publication observed.

Allyson, can you make that go away?

Okay, off to try caf sushi. Please tell my parents I love them, if I'm never heard from again.

it makes more sense for him to just go through the whole thing, doing his regular shpiel, rather than trying to figure out what I personally do and do not know.

I've had to do tech support to our clients on occasion. Usually, I tend to assume a fairly high level of knowledge. On those times that the person doesn't know what I'm talking about, I get the weird sensation of "mentally changing gears" as I shift to a more basic level of explanation.

G&J are da bomb, how is she doing in med school? How's G liking Apple?

Yep. She's not there yet; still making up the classes she needs, and getting ready for the MCATS. He likes it, but works too much (that was me talking, not him) (but consider the source on that one).

Okay, off to try caf sushi.

I briefly thought you meant "calf sushi" - I was thinking I didn't know they made that....

Wow, Allyson, that's awesome. There's nothing more satisfying than finding out how many people think you're Da Bomb.

One of the local sushi places makes a Philly steak & cheese roll. I guess veal was just a matter of time...

Tomorrow night the SciFi channel will be broadcasting the first five episodes of the new Battlestar Galactica series back-to-back (i.e. they're reshowing all the episodes that have aired so far in the US). 7:00, 6:00 Central.

I'm tempted to TiVo the whole thing, but I'd have to buy a TiVo first....