Hey, Dad ...
You know you're a parent when ... "During a particularly tough round of meetings where we were trying to solve some sticky problem in our process someone had a suggestion that turned out to be a big breakthrough. A team tried it out and reported back that it did indeed solve the issue. I was excited that we'd solved it and found myself with my hands in front of me and my mouth open and everyone looking at me funny. I had just done the encouraging clap and 'yay' to a room full of adults. I wasn't being funny or sarcastic or ironic. I was genuinely proud of us. Someone in the room said 'He has a 2-year-old', and they laughed. There's no going back after that public display. I was officially a parent." For more answers on Quora go here...
Let's keep it on a last-name basis
The UK Telegraph Letters page included this bewildered old-school fellow: " I have just spent much of last week interviewing eager souls for positions in our company. All were intelligent and qualified, yet every one of them insisted on the regular use of my first name: 'Well, that's a very good point, Steve', and 'If I may answer that, Steve'. I subscribe to the joys of equality and bonding, but am I wrong to find this somewhat disrespectful, and how do I politely encourage them to desist?"
- (Via Pointless Letters)
You stole my identity actor accuses Simpsons
Italian American actor Frank Severo, who played Frank Carbon in Martin Scorsese's 1990 Mafia classic
Goodfellas
