Stephen, writing the QOTD is a lot of fun. Not easy, but fun. I've got a bunch of posts on the lessons learned/tried so far at http://sqlandy.com/tag/question-of-the-day/ that you may...

Eric, I wish I could say I was that smart! No, it was just me being a little silly, riffing on "tiny bubbles".

Maybe best reply so far!

Tresiqus, I wasn't writing for the MBA's and I'm not trying to, I suspect most of them don't browse here. And I really don't disagree with much of what you...

I'm just catching up on the morning mail and reading this thread, thinking how hard it is to write a good question and how much I enjoy the good natured...

Tresiqus, I'd like to think that idiots don't need any help from me! I'm not trying to convince anyone that the laws of physics don't apply because I wrote a...

lnoland, I agree that bringing in superstars is changing the rules some - but that's the point, maybe there is a way to get all three and maybe that way...

Eric, as much as I like Chipotle (I do!), it would be more interesting to take the current state as a baseline and then challenge someone to do it better,...

Dave, I hear you on the PM's, yet PM's are just as fallible as the rest of us. How many use/repeat that phrase just because? Which is perhaps doing a...

Nicely said!

lshanahan, I know I pushed the example by using "fast" the way I did:-) But are you really, really sure that the triangle is always true?

I've always enjoyed forwarding the call to someone else in the company "oh, you should talk to Ralph about that, he's the man, hold on while I transfer you"

Chris, I hear you, I'm just not sure of the alternative. To some degree it is me against you, puzzler and puzzle-ee, and if I'm not clever,then the question just...

I like the comment about arbitrary deadlines. I agree, yet it's not a simple topic, something I'll have to write more on soon!

Jeff, I think all too often phrases turn toxic and that is a shame. It doesn't have to be that way, but certainly there is a tendency to use them...