types of boses

10 funny things to do during a serious meeting

1. Stand up and act indignant. Demand that the boss tell you the 'real' reason this meeting has been called.

2. Spill coffee on the conference table. Produce a little paper boat and sail it down the table.

3. During a meeting, each time the boss makes an important point, (or at least one he/she seems to consider important), make a little noise like you are building up to an orgasm.

4. Stay behind as everyone else, including the boss, leaves. Thank them for coming.

5. Give a broad wink to someone else at the table. In time, wink at everyone. Sometimes shake your head just a little, as if to indicate that the speaker is slightly crazy and everybody knows it.

6. Arrange to have a poorly-dressed young woman with an infant quietly enter the meeting, stare directly at the (male) speaker for a while, burst into tears, then leave the room.

7. Bring a hand puppet, preferably an animal. Ask it to clarify difficult points.

8. When there is a call for questions, lean back in your chair, prop your feet up on the table, smile contentedly, and say, "Well, here's the way I see it, J.B..." (or any other impressive-sounding initials that are not actually your boss's.)

9. Complain loudly that your neighbor won't stop touching you. Demand that the boss make him/her stop doing it.

10. Bring a small mountain of computer printouts to the meeting. If possible, include some old-fashioned fanfold paper for dramatic effect. Every time the speaker makes a point, pretend to check it in one of the printouts. Pretend to find substantiating evidence there. Nod vigorously, and say "uh-huh, uh-huh!"

Inception 2010 review

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) has figured out a way to uncover everything about any individual if he's allowed into their subconscious. Cobb knows the ins and outs of our dreams and, on top of that, steals whatever he wants from them; it's the art of extraction. This incredible discovery has come with a price as Cobb can no longer return home since he is a well-known criminal hiding out from the law. That is until one last job presents itself to Cobb and he has the chance to finally go home and regain everything he has ever loved. However, the job is no easy task since it doesn't require Cobb to steal an idea, but to embed one; this is known as inception. The elaborate plan that's put into motion by Cobb and his team is sabotaged from the inside and it's up to Cobb to prevent this assailant from causing any more damage.Christopher Nolan has quite a reputation for making spectacular films and already has an impressive filmography under his belt, but everyone was wondering if there was any way he could top The Dark Knight. Well my friend, put those fantastical thoughts of wonderment to rest because Mr. Nolan has outdone himself.

I saw this when I was in Singapore yesterday. As soon as the film began, a chill went up my spine; a string of goosebumps. This doesn't happen very often and immediately I knew that this was going to be something special.

The film is fabulously complex and there are so many things going on at once in the ladder half of the film that it results in the sci-fi actioner being incredibly difficult to spoil entirely without a long-winded explanation. I could tell you the last scene in the film right now and while it would make sense, things wouldn't fall into place or be entirely appreciated unless you knew everything leading up to that point.

Inception is Nolan's magnum opus and will be near impossible to beat as the movie of the year for 2010.

my rating: 10/10