When boredom strikes

Friday CCI Report – Ode to CCI in honor of ee cummings

most ly suc-cess, though
broken results (they happen even now
and again, and again) fr.om
those things,
     those things that we do when do the
things that we do.
from </tagline> and </body>line hidden,
at the bottom of laa_23_friletters_04-23-2004.xml
to two photos wrong sized (two too small, to small breaks in odd shapes)
while seeing jeb_23_5th_04-23-2004.xml
    in edi torial10A

biz-ness11 Bee marred too by (bye) problems
not
listed
on this list
      pictures, O Grabill Bank, are not right in shape
or in breadth or width or height or depth from those we
off-ten find in print. sas_23_biz_grabill_bank_04-23-2004.xml
offending this time
      and this time we time the time we timed
finding some wanting, but not all, not all
most ly suc-cess though
closer still.

Thursday CCI Report - a haiku

CCI working,
Without a problem or hitch
On this warm Thursday.

A Meticulous Guide to Madness: One Web Guy's Journey through CCI on a Balmy Friday Morning
By Robert H. Soulliere, Jr. (Employee ID: 9306)
Computer ID: TS11446
Logged in as: bsoulliere
Acting as: A copy editor

The day broke early on this seemingly ordinary Friday morning; the quietness of the news room stirred only by the humming of ceiling fans. Like Saint Nick on a clear Christmas night, I stole into the library to being my days work. As I checked the naughty and nice list, I found only two pages which must receive my attention this day. Taking their gift wrapped contents into my fingers I gently placed them into the KRD out basket filled with hope that my offering might be accepted. Expectantly, like a proud father watching his child tear into the shiny paper, I waited to see if my efforts would be fruit.

The first gift to find its way into the hands of Market Leader (ah, what a way-ward child you are), was the well crafted editorial from page 8a. "The dispatching stalemate" (better know as tkw_16_edt_dispatch_04-16-2004.xml) was the name on the package and it came with a lovely photo attached (called by some 04.16.04.window_04-16-2004.jpg). The box was indeed flashy on the outside and it looked so nice sealed in plastic, but sadly upon closer look, it was clear that the contents had settled during shipping. While the photo was the same as on the outside, it's caption correctly affixed to its bottom, the body of the text was fragmented into to strange disjointed paragraphs. To top it all off, the price tag (better know as its initial ranking) was still on, and it was wrong, reading '999'. It appears that I will have to wait in line on them marrow to return this gift.

I had better hopes for the next present. It was another popular editorial from the same page 8a called, "Examining downtown traffic" (jeb_16_traffic_04-16-2004.xml was it's product number) was exactly what I had hoped it would be, though somehow I absent mindedly left the wrong ranking tag on it of '999'.

However, to my dismay, I was certain that I had another gift in there from that moving editorial page 8a, but alas it was no where to be found. I checked my wallet and sure enough I had the receipt, it read "LETTERS: Bush trashing natural world" (laa_16_newfridayletters_04-16-2004.xml). Perhaps it was stolen by the Grinch.

Oh well, like a fickle child, those gifts were received by Market Leader like socks and underwear, functional, but certainly not what he wanted. Being one who is not easily daunted, I graciously offered up my purchases from the Business store from down on 10B street. Covered in snazzy black and white paper, the first gift of "Red Gold pouring money into Geneva plant" (16_ujk_Biz_Red_Gold_04-16-2004.xml) seemed to be well liked even though the manufactures name (called by some, "byline information") was no where to be found (and that darn initial ranking was once again '999'). While Shakespeare would argue, "What's in a name?", I think the creature of this fine toy would disagree.

From there we quickly tore into "Franklin profits leap with sales" (16_ujk_Biz_Franklin_Electric_04-16-2004.xml) was received as well as the gift before, however it too suffered from the same Shakespearian complex.

The third gift from the 10B Business shop, "Lake City parent firm 4% shy of '03 mark", or sas_16_biz_bank_earns_04-16-2004.xml to the technical savvy, shared the same flaws and short comings as those two that proceeded. I could tell that my child was quickly becoming disillusioned with the same of thing.

Little did he know that I had one more giant package underneath my sleeve (which considering its size amazingly enough fit). It was the hot toy of the summer, "Appetite for health: McDonald's unveils low-fat menu options" (16_biz_mcdonalds_04-16-2004.xml) with all the extras including MCDONALDS_HEALTH_WX105_04-16-2004.jpg and MCDONALDS_HEALTH_WX104_04-16-2004.jpg. It had an stunning ribbon on it, the wrapping paper was crisp at all the edges, I was sure that this gift would outshine them all. Imagine my heart break when Market Leader merely responded, "Eh" and tossed it into the pile with the rest of them. It would appear that the photo crowding and the lack of byline information clouded out all the wonders that this story offered. However, as a glimmer of hope, this story had a correct initial ranking of '4'. But wait? Where was that pesky "BRIEFS: AFL-C10 urges directors' defeat" (16_biz_briefs_04-16-2004.xml)? That rotten Grinch.

Well, it seems that this day has ended like so many others before it, hopes for great things, only to find that all that glitters isn't gold.

But who knows what tomorrow will bring?