The Arcane and the Obvious

The conversation went like this:

Coworker: "Are you a new ... employee?"

Me: "Yes! Hi, my name is Hjalmer!"

Coworker: (speaking slowly) "Hjalmer?"

Me: (politely) "Yes. Hjalmer."

Coworker. "Oh! I had a great uncle with that name!"

Me: (looking pleasantly surprised and nodding)

Coworker: "Is it spelled H-J-A-L-M-E-R?"

Me: "Yes! Exactly!"

Coworker: "Scandinavian?"

Me: "Yes!"

Coworker: "Maybe the two of you are related?"

...

I politely left as quickly as I could.

December 23rd

http://irelandsown.net/december.html
http://irelandsown.net/celtictrees.html

I had no idea there was a tree calendar based on thirteen full moons in a year.

Mark your calendars. ;)

I opened my copy of Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit today, for the first time.

I was shocked and amazed to find that Bill English, the named author of the text, had signed his name inside.

That's cool as hell!