While watching the season 5 DVD of Deep Space Nine, my brother-in-law Russell called Dr. Bashir namby-pamby. At times, I’ve used this term myself, believing it to be synonymous to “sissy”. While not completely incorrect, the full definition and etymology of the term is quite interesting.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namby_Pamby](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namby_Pamby)
[http://www.bartleby.com/61/75/N0007500.html](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namby_Pamby)
Monthly Archives: December 2006
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Flash Skills Assessment Exercise 3

[lambesis]: http://www.lambesis.com/ “The Lambesis Agency”
[craigslist]: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/art/241761310.html “Interactive Flash Developer for International Brands”
[monster]: http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=49718863&WT.mc_n=MKT000152 “Flash Developer”
Among my duties at [Lambesis][lambesis], I am now acting as the hiring manager for the Interactive Department. It’s been a great learning experience, and it’s always fun to meet new developers. I’ve posted the job description to both [Craigslist][craigslist] and [...]
Categories: Actionscript, archive
