Wednesday, May 26, 2010

BIM Humor

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:

 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

 3. Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

 4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

 5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

 7.  Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

 8. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

 9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

 10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

 11. Karmageddon : It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

 12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

 13. Glibido : All talk and no action.

 14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

 15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

 17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Assertive BIM

Assertive BIM

Something from The Blog of 'whatrevitwants.blogspot.com' about Aggressive, Passive and Assertive BIM.

An Aggressive person will totally disregard your opinion and basically 'bite your head off'. On the other hand, a Passive person won't speak up even if they feel strongly about something. But -

An Assertive person Listens to and Acknowledges the opinions of others, and then respectfully but firmly Expresses their own opinion.

 In practice - let's say 3 people like 3 different colours. Mr Aggressive says 'Red is the best colour and you are all idiots if you don't agree with me!' Mr Passive loves Yellow, but he meekly nods. Mr Assertive says, 'I respect the fact that you like Red. However, I personally like the colour Green.'

Mr Assertive does not need others to change - he just shows respect and wants to be respected. His beliefs are not dependent on forcing others to change.

When it comes to BIM, the 'aggressive' stance is often taken (AutoCAD is rubbish!) However, perhaps a more successful tactic would be to truly Listen, Acknowledge, and then firmly express why You believe in BIM.