Robert McCloskey, 88, author of “Make Way For Ducklings” died yesterday. (As I famously said when Eugene Ionesco died, “I didn’t know he was alive.”)

Wherever you are Robert, I hope Clancy is holding traffic for you while you cross over the street.

I am doing some brainstorming about life in a high tech company. While I have a lot of source material from a previous employer, I am on the lookout for more.

A couple of rules.

• Don’t tell me a story you would feel irritated about me fictionalizing.
• Don’t tell me things that would make me party to a crime.

This is purely for reseach purposes at this time. You can contribute by email or by commenting on the blog.

Anything is fair game, ghosts in the lab, projects that were cancelled, employee hijinks, CEO indescretions …

O.K., I saw two more summer movies over the weekend. Here are my thoughts.

THe Hulk, although I saw this movie as a matinee for $5.00, I felt like I paid $4.00 too much to see it. The story was overly strained and complicated. The effects weren’t that good and the it seemed cartoony. Yeah, I know imagine my disbelief that a cartoon character is “cartoony.” Well anyway, 1 out of 4 stars. The one star is mainly for the high quality of the seats and air conditioning at my local theater.

Charlies Angels. What was i thinking? I enjoyed this movie. The kung fu and gadgetry was so camp and ridiculous it was almost a parody. I enjoyed it for the goofy, fun, summer movie that it was. If you are looking for an academic seminar on feminism in the early 21st century keep moving.