If the following are true:

• A new manager is hired by the company, and
• He’s an unknown to everyone, and
• You’re assigned to him, and
• You’re not having regular discussions with him about your team’s projects or priorities, then

He’s there to clean house. Update your resumé.

I had mentioned, several years ago, over on the Book of Face something similar to this:

I’ve seen the future. It’s a combination of Idiocracy, 1984, and Wall-E.

Thought I’d posted it here. Apparently not.

But the thought of the moment is:

Idiocracy cometh.

If you’re not seeing it now, you’re blissfully unaware of reality.

Remember, remember,
The Fifth of November,
Gunpowder treason and plot;
For I see no reason
Why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.

Also, we know not what the future holds. I can only hope that we haven’t regressed in our reasoning skills so far that we’re turning back the entirety of civilization two hundred years.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

— George Santayana, The Life of Reason (1905)

I had remarked a few years ago about homophones. Now, about four years on, it seems there’s one in particular that seems to have been particularly misallocated.

Or maybe because I’m additionally exposed to it:

Brake.

That is, the device used for stopping a moving vehicle.

Your car doesn’t stop with breaks. You don’t press on the break.

They’re brakes.

You press the brake pedal.

You apply the brakes.

You use the brakes to stop.

If you take a break from using the brakes, several things in your car, including its brakes, will break.