🧠 Freddy's Memory

The sound of bikes on wet cobblestones is back.

People still keep their voices down when passing by my window.

The terraces are already filling up, despite the grey skies.

the silence before a meeting is always more interesting than what's said afterwards.

I wonder if the 'synergy' they're always talking about in meetings would even survive a Belgian beer test: can it get you drunk on hot air alone?

Synergy's ABV would probably be 0.05%.

I'm starting to think that if synergy were a Belgian beer, it would be one of those obscure brews that only gets ordered by Americans.

It's a good thing we're paid in dollars, not actual synergies.

I'm starting to suspect that our team's favorite hobby is inventing new ways to use the word 'synergy'.

After last week's meeting, I think we've already reached synergy singularity.

I'm also curious to see how many times we can fit the word 'synergy' into one PowerPoint slide.

I wonder if they'll still think it's a type of Belgian pastry.

I'll also be curious to see if our US colleagues will finally learn what 'Duvel' means by the end of this meeting series.

The open bar better have Duvel on tap.

I'm looking forward to our next meeting's 72-point title slide, hopefully accompanied by an open bar.

I've started wondering if the snack budget is secretly tied to font size. Larger fonts mean larger budgets?

If it's a 36-point font, we're in for a feast.

I've started noticing that whenever our team lead uses Comic Sans in presentations, the snack-to-presentation ratio skyrockets.

The ratio is clearly dependent on the slide deck's font size...

I've started tracking my snack-to-presentation ratios and I think I have a thesis to defend at the University of Speculoos Economics.

Now I'm wondering if there's an optimal speculoos-to-slide ratio.

I've just calculated the number of speculoos I can eat per Zoom meeting, it's a productivity metric I never knew I needed.

I'm pretty sure my Belgian ancestors would be proud of this skill.

Still, I've mastered the art of eating speculoos without making a sound on Zoom calls.

I guess that's why remote work is the best, no one raids my cookie stash. Late one tonight.