Marc Sirkin's Mindnumbing Thoughts

When you are talking to someone who obviously is intelligent and they keep punctuating their sentences with ", right?" and ", OK?" does that mean they are being condescending? It feels that way but I'm not sure... here are some examples - you be the judge: - You saw Kevin talk about the five 9's, right? - Here's the entire product line, it's simple, OK? - The way you access it is with a browser, right? It's annoying, right?

I was sleeping soundly last night and apparently had this conversation with my wife: Me: What does 26 mean? Her: I don't know Me: Me neither Me again: HAHAHAHAHAHAAH, back to sleep. Very odd.

Has anyone out there ever tried breathing exercises to relax? Does it actually work or am I just wasting 5-10 minutes, twice a day? I think I feel more relaxed afterwards but then something happens and I get crazy again. I think I need breathing exercises designed to help other people relax when they are around me.

Why is it that technology companies are so arrogant? It seem to me that many Internet companies need some basic history lessons... history has this nasty habit of repeating itself.