Team Odds & Ends
A frustrating yet satisfying activity involving chasing a small white ball around a large landscaped field using a metal wood club and avoiding water and sand hazards - swearing and alcohol consumption optional.
What is Golf?
To do well or succeed - OR to take down a vampire
What is "slay"?
Visual Daily Double!!!!!
What is Virtual Reality (also acceptable - what is VR Suit / body armour)?
In the Marvel movies, this character was one of two other than Thor that could wield the mighty hammer Mjolnir.
Who is Vision - Captain America is also acceptable
BTW is the text short form of this phrase.
What is by the way?
A sport involving gliding along a smooth cold surface with sharp blades strapped to your feet, while holding a wooden stick and aiming a frozen piece of rubber at a netted target with a large oddly dressed person blocking the way.
What is hockey?
A word to describe something amazing or exciting - or the action of having initiated the burn on a candle
What is "lit"?
See visual aid
What is IBM?
This modern-day item made a surprise cameo appearance in Game of Thrones and caused an internet furor.
What is a Starbucks cup?
The long form of ROTFL will have you dusty and dirty.
What is rolling on the floor laughing?
What is Innovative Client Services?
A word describing a mood that is annoyed or upset about something minor - OR when food has too much of a particular spice.
What is "salty"?
Working closely with the DnA team, this project manager leads the DBA team.
Who is Chris Gagne?
This popular reality show involves a rivalry between a tiger keeper and an animal activist.
What is the Tiger King?
The long form of DGMW, this phrase is often used as a way to soften a harsh truth.
What is Don't get me wrong?
This quirky team member often makes reference to her "grand dog" and her youngest child, the cat.
Who is Lynnette? Crazy cat lady is also acceptable.
A term used by youngsters to describe someone being sneaky or disparaging towards someone OR
a cover for a lamp
What is "shade" or "throwing shade"?
Borrowed from Tech Sol, this agile versed Lean trained project manager is paving the way through the City's data governance journey.
Who is Raquel Buelow?
This online platform Giant celebrated 22 years in business in 2020.
What is Google?
Used in project management, this acronym has a famous Star Trek character in common.
What is SPOC (Single Point of Contact)?
This team mate was born in a place where creatures of myth turned into bats. Perhaps this dramatic locale fostered her creative and analytical mind which she uses to paint creative images using various pigments, resin and other mixed media in her "spare" time.
Who is Erika Farkas?
An obsessive fan of something as in "Matt BLANKS pretty hard for VR"
What is Stans?
A former IT Director in the medical and educational fields, this GM started with the City just in time to dive right in to the pandemic response.
Who is Valerie Turner?
Which tech giant, with partner Grimes, named their child X AE A-12 (pronounced X ash A12) after the unknown variable, a space craft and artificial intelligence?
Who is Elon Musk?
YMMD is a pleasant way to end a conversation with a modern day thanks.
What is you made my day?