[Publib] A nicer way to say "postmortem"

Joe Schallan jbsphx at cox.net
Tue Oct 13 20:57:50 EDT 2009


Autopsy?

Well, maybe not.

Of course, in some cases -- those library schemes that have proved . . . er, less than viable -- "autopsy" may be highly appropriate.

French is euphonious:

Apres mort

Which is as good a point as any at which to segue into a classic of cynical office humor:

THE SIX STAGES OF A PROJECT

1.  Wild enthusiasm
2.  Complete panic
3.  Utter despair
4.  Search for the guilty
5.  Persecution of the innocent
6.  Promotion of the incompetent

And, Number 7, may I dare say? -- Postmortem.


--Joe Schallan
   Phoenix







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