SICK OF SIGMA

Sorry about not posting much this week. I've been assigned to a Six Sigma team. Despite the Greek-sounding name, it bears little resemblance to a fraternity, except for the vaguely satanic initiation rites. Actually, it's a systematic problem solving process popularized by Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, using many of the statistical methods of W. Edwards Demingzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Sorry.

In other news, I still have 13 more audio blogs left. Make that 12.

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SAILING TAKES ME AWAY

Switzerland, a country with no coastline, won the America's Cup this past weekend.

To fully comprehend the momentousness of this unlikely accomplishment, imagine if, for example, the Jamaicans had actually won the Olympic bobsled competition. Or if the Americans had won the International Cricket World Cup. Or, to get really crazy, if, say, Yasir Arafat and Henry Kissinger each won, for instance, a Nobel Peace Prize!!!

Oh. I guess it wasn't such a big deal after all.

CAN YOU DO JACK NICHOLSON?

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, has been captured in Pakistan. The FBI describes him as "a master of disguise". Here, take a look for yourself:



Wow. Let's see, he took off his shaikh headdress, put in some contacts, trimmed his beard, and put on a suit. Amazing! I can barely recognize him. No wonder the FBI had such a hard time finding him.

Now, here's Khaild's impression of a guy who's been beaten senseless for the last four or five hours:



Simply put, a tour de force in the art of masquerade. Bravo!

HIS MASTER'S VOICE

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