Today is one of them crazy days. Per a conversation last night, I had an idea this morning randomly. Check out the email I sent to my group: From: Chu, Eric Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:24 AM Subject: If this whole HP thing messes up I have a backup plan. This is my Plan™: I'm gonna take over the world, and this is how I'm gonna do it. Shhh, it's a secret plan, so don't tell anyone. I'm going to open up a coffee shop. And even though coffee costs, oh, 2¢ to brew, I'll charge three dollars and fifty seven cents per cup, yes, and people will buy it. Then, I'll systematically go through the malls across America, and close every single store in the mall to make them into coffee shops. So people will go to the mall so they can choose from my coffee shop or my coffee shop. And gas stations - after the malls will be the gas stations because gas is getting too expensive these days anyways. $1.50 a gallon (or 3.785 litres), pshaw, i'd rather have 15 gallons (or 56.775 litres) of coffee for three fifty seven (or $3.57) a gallon (or 3.785 litres) thank you very much, or if you're Jason Junkin you'll probably need closer to forty gallons (or 151.4 litres) but I digress. Anyways, the donut fund is a bit short on money, in fact, we have exactly fifty one cents (51¢ or $0.51), which is not even enough to buy a cup of my coffee, if this whole HP thing messes up. Question: are you guys satisfied, I mean really satisfied, not just a polite smile on your face satisfied, but to the very depths and recesses of your soul? About the donuts I mean. The formula is one dozen kolaches (half jala), one dozen donuts (assorted). But you know what they say about formulas. If you didn't know, the donuts are from my friend's donut shop (entrepreneurial spirit, that boy). They do have other food products available, and if you guys want to work some variety (at a foodservice level) into our Monday morning meetings (wonderful questions by the way, Bruce! ;-) Thanks for the trivia entertainment). I think that can be accommodated. Take a look at the website: (or if you want to get straight to it, here's their menu ) and then let me know if you wanna keep with the current formula, stop The Donut Flow™ altogether, or spice things up a bit (or add some variety). I need some feedback, ladies and gents who partake of the donuts in the morning, don't leave me hanging or I'll really regret writing something this ludicrous (or dumb) and then the silence is deafening, except for the chirping of the crickets, which makes me really nervous (or self-conscious). Maybe we can go with the fruit kolaches one morning? Or perhaps the fruit turnovers? How about croissants (mmm croissants)?? Thanks, Eric (nervously awaiting feedback, oh and money) Disclaimer: No refunds will be given for time wasted reading this drivel. May you guys code like crazy men (and woman) today and audit and manage like never before. Peace out.