I'm not disagreeing with you in the slightest...I would probably be in line with you for the honor of the battle, even though I would surely lose.

But I feel like he would certainly be impressed with Lindy's wit and charm.

You're more persistent than I, I gave out after about a week.

Newsflash: there are Christians who believe in allegory. Who believe, like most cultures, that something can have truth and significance without the detailed flourishes of the story being correct. Hence all the liberal borrowing from other creation stories.

And I will now proceed to worship you forever for those three words.

Oh the old "I'm restarting my computer" routine. If I needed help with my computer, I wouldn't call you, idiot internet support person.

Exactly.

I have LOLcats in my interview research talks. And my go-to lesson for the teaching part of the interview is a lesson on conservation of energy...with zombies.

I dunno, I'm half tempted to do it myself. I generally restrain myself to easter-egg colored conference slides and posters, and LOLcats in the classroom.

I know, right? I'm jealous! (I've been at NIST, but not at IBM)

Trying to figure out what they'd call him and where he'd fit in with the Apple family.

I just want to see a baby panda called "Buttercup". Because of the inevitable "size of a stick of butter" comparisons. Also the "fat little belly". And just because it's a cute name.

I know, right? Most people I know with mad coding skills (as he so obviously has, given his work history) can't make a single Powerpoint slide that doesn't make me cringe.

He can give all his code files pony names. (I'm more than guilty of overly creative names for my code myself). If he's as into his coding as he is into his geekery, he should be capable of a lot. I mean, I know an awful lot of people who have (or are in the process of getting) Physics PhDs who are just as…

Right? Because he could either be amazing or he could be totally nuts. Either of which would be worth seeing first-hand.

The man has imagination, you have to give him that. It'd take an interview to see how well he'd fit into a company, but he sure did a helluva job showcasing his talents right there.

Yeah, that was pretty much my expression. XD

I'm shocked, and a little impressed, and frankly jealous of of his bravery. (Also jealous of his work history, but that's my own problem)

Thinking about how stressed I am just makes me more stressed. I need a cookie. And then I'll go back into playing a semi-competent person.

I'll second that. If you're on the highway (I-80, I-380, even US-218), you're fine. God help you if you get away from those though.