March 6, 2008
Dear Everyone:
The people on the GIL 3 Project are absolutely
convinced that they are entitled to, at a minimum, 150% of my time.
I keep trying to tell them that they get 50% and the “Winks”
Project gets the other 50%, but they can be very hard of listening.
Nevertheless, I have been spending as much time as
I can get away from GIL on said “Winks” Project and today I reached a
milestone. After spinning
our wheels for the first month or so, we decided that I should
concentrate on some boxes of Active Files that the owners had indicated
they no longer needed.
I started out with 20 boxes and, after winnowing
out the publications and “administration, management and planning”
(translation: keep it as
long as you need it, then toss), I was down to 12 boxes.
Yesterday I finished cataloging and applying retention categories
and today, in spite of the GIL 3 people tugging at my elbow, I sorted
all the files by expiration date and found only about a dozen files that
have not already expired.
All the rest can be destroyed as soon as they are
approved. The next step,
already begun, will be to list the files that need to be reviewed by
both “Tiddly” and “Winks”, and those files that only need to be reviewed
by “Winks” (“Tiddly” has no interest).
Then I’ll print out the official Destruction Review
Approval forms, attach the respective lists and find someone brave
enough to sign for the owners.
At that point, the lists go to a guy in Inactive Records who
coordinates these Destruction Reviews.
He will log them in and forward them to “Winks”.
Here’s the joke:
Usually it’s the “Winks” group who takes the most time getting
these things back to Inactive Records.
But in this case, the owner of the files is the “Winks” Group
itself. It will be
interesting to see how long it takes them to review their own files.
In other news…
Last weekend, “Jeannie” wanted to see
In Bruges while it was still playing at the local art theater.
Frankly, we’re lucky to have an art house this close to home.
If it weren’t there we’d either have to drive to
So In Bruges
is actually a comedy about a couple of
hit men.
The last time someone made a successful comedy about a
professional killer was eleven years ago with
John Cusack in
Grosse Pointe Blank.
This is a little different.
Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) are a
couple of hit men who happen to be
Irish.
They arrive in
Until he meets a pretty girl which sets off a whole
sequence of events. Part of
the film is about Ken and Ray, their choices in life, whether each
believes in Heaven and Hell and where they think they might wind up.
The other part is where Ray is like a ball in some cosmic
pinball
machine, being flung one way then another as totally unexpected things
crop up.
When Ken realizes why they’re in
The third main character is their boss, Harry,
played by Ralph Fiennes. Not
the elegant Fiennes this time, but a working class
cockney with anger
management issues and an innate sense of honor.
All the minor characters are great as well, coming across as
people and not props.
Definitely not for children, nor for the squeamish.
But a worthy investment of a couple of hours if it’s still
playing in a theater near you.
Otherwise, add it to your rental list when it shows up on DVD.
Everyone remember to set your (many) clocks ahead
one hour this weekend.
Daylight Saving Time now consumes more than half the year.
Love, as always,
Pete
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