This afternoon, a Super Bowl show. This evening, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Tomorrow, Gretchen and I will share our seething hatred for Lotus Notes. Last night, before we went to bed, she shouted: “By the way, hon – you were right.” Now, she doesn't say (read: admit) this all that often, so I payed careful attention to her words. “Lotus Notes is a piece of [bleep].” Well, duh. If there was an award for “Dumbest User Interface,” Lotus would win it every year (hands down). Their UI team needs a good beating. Sorry, but after you get used to the front-end EASE of Outlook, anything less is unacceptable. The lame argument I hear from sysadmins (who wouldn't know an ACK from their ASS) is that it allows for viruses and worms to be transmitted. Buzz! Wrong answer! Smarter sysadmins know how to: a) install patches; and b) install third-party software that'll take care of problems before they start.

From my perspective – as an end user – Lotus Notes is an unintuitive piece of garbage. Gretchen used Outlook when she was at Principal, and apparently, the state of California is stuck on Lotus Blows. I won't even install it on my laptop. It's uglier than my first girlfriend. Overhaul its face and I'm sure you'll have gold, but until then – count me out. Way out.