Conan, what is good in life?

I still get a lot of search strings for the phrase “Conan, What is Good In Life” so I guess it’s fitting that today I wrote up a plan for world domination. It’s really quite simple, only five pages or so.

For what it’s worth, Conan’s view of what is good in life is “to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.” In contrast, my view of world domination begins with community outreach teams identifying, engaging, and recruiting thought leaders.

This is something like the difference between the US and EU ethics rules. European labor laws specify that your boss isn’t allowed to spy on you, so European divisions don’t have to sign the complicated code of business ethics that our company has for US divisions. However, they still have to obey the rules of general human decency and ethics, though– I think the ethics rules are also generalized in EU labor regulations, or something. US teams sign the code of business ethics and as far as I know obey it to the letter. But hey, I’m in marketing, it’s kind of my job to ignore whatever general rules of human decency aren’t actually spelled out in the rules.

Other excitement: Several of us in the office got together and bought a gallon of chowder to go from Legal Seafood. It came in a giant bag. It was a giant bag of chowder. It looked hideous but it was delicious and high in cholesterol.

The City of Somerville has declared an indefinite state of emergency. It’s like martial law, except it only applies to parking rules.