say 'seal' in French, the language of love

Sometimes I wonder whether there is any truth in that old tale of if you breast feed babies for six weeks then this supposedly will add 30 points to their IQ. I only got four weeks, so I have been told, a couple more weeks and I could have been a child genius who spent his days designing pyramid schemes and evil infomercials, so I guess you are saying bigupz to ma maman.

This morning, in particular, I am really wishing that some of the people who I depend on for various tid bytes of information, got their quota and more because it would sure help things. It's a blue Monday, I have been on the Chamomile tea from the get go, randomly mumbling a certain word which translates rather well from French (say 'seal' in French, the language of love) because this morning a few mistakes have been made and the person who has made these mistakes is conveniently out battling with a stomach bug - fr 'seal' -er - now it's my problem.

I know that people always talk at great lengths about how people should be allowed to make mistakes in the work place because this is how they learn. Well here's a little tip, don't believe everything that you read and realise you are entitled to the odd mistake but any (fr 'seal' ing) disasters come with consequences, unemployment being a distinct possibility.

Just like breakfast is supposedly the most important meal of the day because it is that foundation around which all other activity is established well so is Monday, Monday mornings should be that leisurely springboard into the week, a type of reacclimatisation before it all begins in earnest. You afford yourself the time to catch up on everything, the only torture allowed is discussing at great lengths the failings of your favourite football team but it's definitely not a time for correcting other people's mistakes.

Fortunately it's almost done but here's another tip for those who never got that six weeks of their mother's milk when they were young, when you are working with data, remember that rigor is important, and checking formulas definitely falls into that category.