But in my defense, I'm an idiot
One of the things about me is that I'm a natural born smartass. I always have a quip, a joke, a witty remark - I'm just wired that way. My brain comes up with them all the time. I can't stop it. Living in my head is like living with a drunken Saturday Night Live cast 24x7. I'm amazed I'm coherent most of the time. Anyway, over the years, slowly, painfully, I've learned to stop the really inappropriate or just plain stupid ones from coming out. I still think them - it's like breathing, my frickin' brain refuses to stop - but I don't say the really stupid ones. Mostly. Except every once and a while one gets through, and then I go "DOOOOOOOOOOOOH!" and kick myself afterwards.
I had one of those moments at a team all hands this week. First impression time. The best time, really, for my shields to fail and a smart ass comment that skittered across my brain to get through. I managed to diss a team that wasn't there - but of course with the network effect, the dissed team found out in a matter of nanoseconds.
The sad part is that my point wasn't to diss the team, my point was about my cross platform expectations as an end user, but unfortunately, I just sounded like a jackass.
So next week when I have to face the team that I dissed, the only thing I can come up with is "Well yes, I did say that, but in my defense, I'm an idiot."
I'm CERTAIN that if I had an iPhone, it would have stopped me before I talked.
Speaking of which, up until tonight, I could console myself about not having an iPhone, since Eric Schmidt didn't have one, either. But now he has one. Damn 
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Comments
Someone please get Eisler an iPhone - quick, before he speaks again!
DOH. If I'd had an iPhone it would surely have suggested better words as I typed this on its touchscreen.
Still, I gotta hand it to Craig, it takes a good person to say "Hi, I'm an idiot, and I apologize."
Craig, you're going to be on stage with Jobs in January. It's nearly a guaranteed thing, if Kevin Browne, Roz Ho, et al., are any indication. Call him up and ask him for one?
And, the world wants to know: are you as good at bowling as Roz is? Every year, the Microsoft teams dominate the Mac Bowl.
Posted by: vmarks | June 23, 2007 5:20 PM
I figure if Steve made Eric wait for his iPhone, I have a snowball's chance in hell of getting one right now :-).
Bowling - now there is an interesting question. I am what I think you might call a person of "random talent" - sometimes I look like I know how to bowl, sometimes I look like there was a hole drilled into my brain and most of my gross motor control was removed by aliens. So we will either continue to dominate Mac Bowl, or I will accidently maim someone a lane over. It's hard to say.
Posted by: Craig Eisler | June 24, 2007 10:06 AM
Heh...the Mac Bowl needs a Mac Blog team...that way all can laugh as I try to two-finger bowl. (No, I didn't originally learn that way, but a sparring accident mangled my right ring finger, so it's either that, or I bowl like a six-year old.)
Posted by: John C. Welch | June 26, 2007 9:26 AM