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I discover this website by accident. It turns out she was giving the Broadway videos away for the share love of arts. I got my favorite one: Little Woman. And I promised her to spread the word. SO check out Amy's site. I hope you will enjoy it, and I hope my link here will bump the site a little higher in search ranking, so Amy will get more clicks on her online ads to make some money.

I just realized that my Darwin's Day blog has been linked by a master blogger about Darwin's Day. I was quite surprised, because I do not fully understand how he/she found my blog. Maybe a search of "Darwin's Day" on blogger.com. I am also a little embarrassed because at the end of that entry I digressed into some personal psycho-analysis. I only hope that kind of blabbing is actually intended by evolutionary force, so eventually I will get more copies of genes than otherwise.

I ran 5K the other day. 24'43". Not bad, is it? I have been working happily. It was amazed to find our the inefficiency in work places, so when I just put in mediocre effort I will pretty much stand out in the end. I also realize how much time could be wasted if the general managers lacked the expertise in talking with engineers. So I try to become the broker between these two groups, and I found that was a superb position to have in an high-tech organization.

About a while ago I had a meeting with my adviser. We were talking about the job I was about to start. He said, "I do not understand what it is, but there is something in you that stands you out." (Not exact, as I am only paraphrasing here) I was quite touched, because that was how I felt about myself all the time, but it was the first time that it was confirmed by someone I highly respected. If I have to explain why I am always able to stand out, my adviser, here is my preliminary self-analysis.

Four traits: 1. I am smart. 2. I am hard-working. 3. I have a good judgment about people. This makes me quickly figure out what's going on in an office, who to trust and who to not, and act accordingly so that I do not waste too much time in some nonsense 4. Finally, I think I am kind and humble. I usually do not abuse my talents in the previous three fields. I tried hard to make other people look good and feel comfortable. I hope nobody regards me as a threat, so I would be involved with intra-office politics. So really, I have a master strategy here, but it is subtle enough so I hope nobody will notice that.