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Personal Details About Jill, Part Deux

In which Jill takes another holiday from MDM and data governance--at her blog readers' request--and serves up more personal dish. (Caveat emptor!)

So, that’s the kind of crowd I’m rolling with here on BI Network.

I’m not sure whether to be flattered or depressed by the reaction to my April 1 blog entry that featured some personal factoids. Many of you took the liberty to share your own opinions about 80s rock, Paris hot spots, and Monty Python.

But I ask you this: Where were you all when I wrote about imperiled data stewards? Or MDM vs. ODS? Or unexpected BI "gotchas?" I get the picture. You're a fickle, easily-entertained bunch. So you asked for it: some responses to the comments from that blog:

Craig G: Of course I remember you! We sweat blood together at that Big Retailer in 1997. You worked for that CRM exec who spent most of his time on internal politics—the irony of which was lost on neither of us. Reading between the lines of your (way too modest) e-mail, it seems like you’ve been promoted several notches. Which means that at one point you’ve had that guy’s job. Nice goin’.

Shawn: Yes! Mr. Creosote is one of the most underrated characters in film history. I often think of the “One thin mint” line after eating fried chicken at Dinah’s on the way home from LAX.

Ed Z.: Linkin Park. They’re brilliant and I can’t fathom why they don’t get more airtime. I feel the same way about Ryan Phillippe and that show “Weeds” on Showtime.

O: I always regret not listening to my Better Judgment, my superego, my mother in heaven, my dog Spike in heaven—who’s probably growling at my mother—and other voices that know better, and they’re all telling me not to answer that question.

Matt B: Beside “Weeds” I love that HBO show Taxicab Confessions. It offers small slices of human color you’d never see anywhere else. And anything on Animal Planet or National Geographic channel. I TIVO “The Dog Whisperer.”

Bob: You’re a hero. I think everyone should consider adopting a homeless dog or cat from the animal shelter. We just rescued Colby, a Coonhound. We are her third owners because she has epilepsy (totally controlled by medication). Our other dog, Lu, has made a space on the duvet.

Crystal: My living room sofa. I’ve been everywhere else. Seriously, I have a pregnant friend on bedrest right now and she’s going out of her mind, but I think I could really give it a go for a few months. (Minus the end result, of course.)

Virginia, thanks for asking! Baseline’s first corporate charity was The Elephant Sanctuary in Hoenwald, Tennessee. They’re still going strong. You can log on to their web site and watch the elephants on the Ele-cam! We still believe that profit is a corporate goal but not a corporate purpose. Not sure that’s gotten us any clients—not the point—but we have a kick-ass group of employees for whom this sort of thing really matters.

TJ: Far as Paris goes, much as I love Le Relais du Parc, I usually go for the local neighborhood joints where families break bread at Sunday lunch and you can get a perfect entrecote with fries and a nice glass of Beaujolais. I used to hang out at Le Stella in the 16th, now defunct, but your best bets are the perennial Brasserie Balzar, on the Rue des Ecoles. Ditto Chez René (try the rascasse). Have a kir, watch the people, then take a stroll down the Boulevard St. Germaine. I’d be sobbing at this point except for the fact that I just left Paris. The rascasse is as good as ever.

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