Maverick Speller Gifts

'Of course I can spell -- I just can't spell conventionally.'

'As I see it, our choices are 'no' and 'hell no'.'

'I want ideas so bold, so wildly innovative, so undeniably brilliant that they retain a shred of originality after everyone picks them to pieces.'

'You have no idea how hard I've gotta work just to maintain my indie cred around here!'

'I sometimes wonder if these endless meetings accomplish anything.'

'Can't he ever use a different kind of chart?'

Targets.

"He's not sleeping. He always dims his display while downloading data."

"Every now and then, I find myself in a room filled with people who are wrong."

"Since I am chairman, it behooves me to go first. 'What I Did Over My Summer Vacation,' by Wilson Rupert Hewes."

'Darn! I can never remember witch one it... darn!'

'Who wants the talking stick?'

"What a load of hocus-pocus!"

"Dangnabit, Wilson! Where's that big campfire I asked for?"

"We must kill this initiative, so let's mainstream it."

'Frank is into D.I.Y...'Destroy It Yourself'!'

"I liked it better when you used gobbledygook."

"Who ordered the bravest tuna on all the seven seas, anointed with the spice of faraway lands, on wheat toast?"

"Anything goes today: I want this to be a free and open discussion of my entrenched positions."

"The trouble with spelling rules is that they impede creativity."

'I say we try it.'

"The result of our last meeting are impressive: 3 completely solved crossword puzzles, 7 battleship matches, 5 shopping lists, and 26 really funny doodles."

Management Speak - reading between the lines: "This new role would involve some extra responsibilities." "He wants me too work twice as hard."

'Beasley, you're a good communicator, look down the table and make eye contact for me!'

"We have a REALLY high turnover rate here."

"Oops! Wrong plug."

"Your Easter bonuses are hidden throughout corporate headquarters."

'A simple, 'profits are up', would have sufficed.'

"I've just discovered this brilliant new ingredients."

'If you know what's good for you Allan, you'll let me pass.'

'First, I'd like to welcome the presidents of the two internet networking companies that just merged with us.'

'Let's go around the room, and talk about the edgy, creative things we've done so far today.'

"Melisa! - Your spelling is atrocious!"

Free Internet Access

"Let's all go out & get drunk."