tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12272980141990887362012-01-30T14:09:24.056-05:00A blog about (mis)Management, Music, Disc Golf and myriad other topics.T. T. Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03408774030358395418noreply@blogger.comBlogger18921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227298014199088736.post-14322938603393888942012-01-30T06:00:00.000-05:002012-01-30T06:00:10.722-05:00

And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. This manager is an overall embarrassment to the company and one often wonders how he/she made it through the interview process and was hired to begin with. It is especially taxing to go on any business trips with this individual.

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Social Misfit Manager should have read Emily Post’s Etiquette (full title Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home) during his/her formative years but obviously did not. Upon meeting anyone for the first time he/she usually blurts out something inappropriate. Meals while on business trips, especially in foreign countries, are tense affairs with Social Misfit Manager committing

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The sound of a bellstruck off centervanishes in haze.Buson (1716 - 1783)

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Nightwish performs Bless the Child live. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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Jimmy Kimmel warns us about the Facebook police and actually has footage of one of their raids. Be warned, it's not pretty.

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Here is a nice, feel-good story for today.

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Do we take more risks today because technological advancements seem to make us feel more protected from adverse events? That is the questions posed by this WSJ article.Or are you afraid of technology? As this woman is...

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I bet these cows sleep better than I do. I have heard of the pampering that the Kobe beef cows get (i.e. massages, etc.), but I never heard of them sleeping on waterbeds. Well, these dairy cows do and according to the article, the quality of the milk has improved ever since hydro-somnolence was introduced.What next, a day trip to the spa?

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And we all know what that means.Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Given the tough economic times businesses have been going through for quite a while now, this manager might be considered by some as an asset for the company. Nevertheless, he/she is still a pain to work for and the style is not sustainable as it consistently erodes morale.

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All orders for paper clips, pens and pencils, stationery, etc must go through him/her. Cancels magazine subscriptions on a whim and monitors the break room for excessive coffee consumption. Makes everyone travel coach although he/she travels first class even on a forty-five minute flight. Any expense must be scrutinized and justified before it will be considered.

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Good house:sparrows out backfeasting in the millet.Basho (1644 - 1694)

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Here is bond performing Victory with Andre Rieu. He is one lucky guy. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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Enjoy disc golfers!

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And we all know what that means.Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. This next manager is a wannabe frustrated Soviet negotiator from the SALT era.

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In actions similar to those of the Soviets during the Cuban missile crisis, this manager defies his/her superiors and pushes everyone around him/her to the edge of sanity while doing so. By countermanding Senior Management’s orders, hoarding resources, not following procedures and being argumentative at meetings, this manager is constantly at loggerheads with all around him/her, daring anyone and

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The camelia-it fell into the darknessof the old well.Buson (1716 - 1783)

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A recording of Venus Hum's Alice. Enjoy and happy Friday the 13th.

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According to glassdoor.com, here are the top 25 oddball interview questions of 2011. At the link you can also see what company asked the oddball question and view the answers given.

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. This week's offering is an example of not knowing what lurks behind the mask of corporate functionality.

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Decked out in clothes from a GQ shoot and with never a hair out of place, PC manager says all the right things, fluidly moving from one topic to the next with the grace and speed of a gazelle. PC manager has all the latest non-offensive vocabulary at the tip of his/her tongue and uses it to ingratiate himself/herself with all of the different constituencies which make up today’s diverse workforce

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Visiting the graves-white-haired,leaning on their canes.Basho (1644 - 1694)

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A recording of Beautiful People from Rusted Root's album When I Woke. The whole album is great. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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As an audiophile I must say I really enjoyed this book. It is an engaging read which takes you on a wonderfully crafted journey through a boy's life, his love of music, and the joys and tribulations he reaps due to his dedication to his craft. Stu, a typical suburban boy grows up to be an atypical rock star, Dylan, and along the way deals with all the ins and outs of becoming successful in the

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It's whiskey in a can. That's right, twelve ounces of straight whiskey in a can that is not resealable. The company that is marketing the product, which is based in Panama, is stressing that the can should be shared between three or more people. Well, at least the can is recyclable so you are doing your part for the environment as you drink your dram.

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And we all know what that means.Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Let's hope this new year doesn't begin in crisis mode. If it does, let's hope we do not have this manager in charge.

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Procrastinates and delays fairly easy decisions early on in the process until they become looming crises. By the time the decision is made everyone has to work flat out with unrealistic deadlines to solve what would have been routine only weeks before.

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As I stated before, I normally do not post on Sundays, but again I will make an exception. It seems as if both Christmas and New Year's Day have fallen on Sundays this year. Happy New Year to all and here is wishing you and yours only good things in 2012.

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A tub with no bottomblowing aroundin the autumn wind.Buson (1716 - 1783)

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Nightwish performs their version of Phantom of the Opera live and it is awesome. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. This week's offering is never wrong and thus looks elsewhere to explain what went amiss.

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The antithesis of Solution Manager and Over-Praising Manager. Intensely dislikes Pollyanna Manager. Blame Manager needs a scapegoat for everything that happens in the office. Failure to designate a particular scapegoat leads to assigning communal blame to the entire staff.

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I normally do not post on Sundays, but today is an exception. Merry Christmas to all and here is wishing you and yours only good things in 2012 and beyond.

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Gleaning the rice field-they work towardthe sunny places.Buson (1716 - 1783)

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Hooverphonic performs Mad About You live.This is a wonderful performance. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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Don't let Kim Jong Il's passing stop the propaganda insults from coming. Visit this site to get your North Korean propaganda insult fix for the day. You won't be disappointed.

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SAAB is done. It is sad to see the company that made cars "born from jets" go. I have written about my affinity for the brand on several occasions on this blog here, here and here, having owned two of them previously. The cars had character and ran great for me. What a pity.

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Since "tis the season to be jolly" (sic) we thought it was appropriate to revisit this next manager.

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Poor, ill-equipped Jolly Manager. With his/her rotund physique and elfin visage, Jolly Manager was raised in a small landlocked town, learning only a rudimentary dog paddle as a child. This leaves Jolly Manager with a woefully inadequate skill set when the time comes to swim with the sharks, who are carnivorous, always much better swimmers and thoroughly merciless. Although cheerful, Jolly

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First winter rain-even the monkeyseems to want a raincoat.Basho (1644 - 1694)

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Owner Stephen Ross has fired Tony Sparano as head coach of the Miami Dolphins. This does not come as a surprise, but as the article states Ross did help to create the mess as did G.M. Jeff Ireland whom Ross did not fire. Starting 0-7 this season did not help Sparano at all and although the Dolphins seemed to be playing hard for him and had won 4 of their last 6, games, it wasn't enough to save

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. This next manager has graced the pages of this blog once before, but the Night Canopy feels so bad for his/her shortcoming that we felt the need to once again bring it to light.

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Extremely competent, a good person and with above average skills, this manager is the antithesis of Smooth Talking Manager. Deer in Headlights Manager’s downfall is the inability to articulate a viable sentence when innocuously questioned by Senior Management. Any innocent starter query such as, “How is it going?” by a Senior Vice President is enough to send Deer in Headlights Manager into a

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A gust of windwhitensthe water birds.Buson (1716 - 1783)

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From the man who wrote Cocaine, After Midnight and Call me the Breeze, here is a live version from J.J. Cale and his band performing Mama Don't. What a great song. If there is a better way to introduce your band I don't know what it is. He is the quintessential, laid back musician. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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I have traveled quite a bit in the past and still do these days, so I have spent countless hours in airports, good ones and bad ones. Airports are interesting, dynamic places. A good one allows for a comfortable and exciting traveling experience while a bad one can make a trip (at least that portion of it) seem difficult or even excruciating at times.In the interest of not upsetting anyone I will

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Yes, it really happened.

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I am one of the 10 percent of the population that is left-handed. According to this WSJ article there are several risks to having your left hand be your dominant one. The article also talks about the condition of mixed-handedness, of which I also have some attributes. One interesting note that the article posits is that "one reason that not more is known about lefties is that many studies of how

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. We have all been subjected to someone's sardonic wit at some point in our lives. The problem becomes when you cannot escape it since this person is your manager.

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This manager makes snide comments about anything and everything to do with the company he/she works for. Nothing is safe from this manager’s acerbic wit, including the company’s services, products, investments, vendors, social programs, etc. Even the manager’s direct staff is fodder for his/her caustic repartee, more often than not leaving them demeaned and demoralized. Sarcastic Manager’s

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Crossing the autumn moor-I keep hearingsomeone behind me!Buson (1716 - 1783)

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Evanescence performs Bring me to life live in Las Vegas. This tune rocks and Amy Lee is phenomenal. Enjoy and happy Friday. Oh, and for a double dose of enjoyment, here is the acoustic version.

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This morning on the way to dropping my kids off at school my 7 year old asked me, "Daddy, which animals are on the endangered species list?"After I had mentioned a few that I knew of I explained to him that there were many more, and that perhaps if he wanted to we could look them up tonight. As I was reading through some news yesterday I came across this opinion piece which made me think of one

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It's not disc golf, but it includes a flying disc, a bridge, a speedboat and an awesome catch. Take a peek.

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Wow, according to these findings it's not because of the sunny dispositions of our residents. In fact, according to the study, we are downright sad.

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In an interesting development, a judge has rejected Citi's proposed settlement with the SEC for $285 million dollars, saying he does not have enough facts to approve it. Many financial institutions have a history of settling with the SEC over alleged wrongdoing without admission or denial of liability. It is akin to paying a substantial sum of money to sweep the finding under the rug as if it

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Yesterday in our random draw doubles league my partner and I shot 17 under par and won. It was a team effort with both of us contributing to the final score. There were 5 extra holes added, including an interesting and challenging hanging basket. We started the round by reeling off seven straight birdies before we carded our first par. In all we had 5 pars and 17 birdies. It is rare that such a

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. This next manager wants to have his/her cake and eat it too. The problem is that according to him/her, there is never enough cake available.

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By his/her very title one wonders what this type of manager is doing working at any capitalist concern, but he/she is there, arranging gatherings where everyone is invited to comment on the inequalities and injustices of the company they work for. Most of the time Socialist Manager foments unrest and disquiet at these meetings by demanding that all staff be rewarded equally, regardless of their

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The end of spring-the poet is broodingabout editors.Buson (1716 - 1783)

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A recording of Archer Prewitt's Sister Ice from his album Three. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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To all U.S. based readers, happy turkey day to you and yours. Enjoy the day.

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And we all know what that means.Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Has your company ever hired a manager that made you wonder what they were thinking when they hired him/her? This next manager is an example of that.

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This manager is so dramatically unlike the company profile and culture that one wonders how he/she was hired to begin with. Most of the things Fish Out of Water Manager says or does are painful to watch and his/her tenure is marked by an awkward waiting game where the staff usually has a pool going on about how long he/she will last.

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Harvest moon-called at his house,he was digging potatoes.Buson (1716 - 1783)

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Bjork telling the OWS protesters what to do with themselves in her tune Army of Me. Well, not really. Her song predates the OWS movement by quite a bit, but it actually is a response. If you liked the tune, here is my review of her album Post where this track is from. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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Today is National Unfriend Day or NUD as it is known for short. Enjoy this tune by Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker and then head on over to Facebook and do some unfriending of your own.

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Since the political picture is starting to heat up, here is an offering of a manager who can sometimes be considered a political appointee.

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Just like in the political arena, Figurehead Manager is usually a non-entity who has no real business being in the position he/she is in. Holding no real power, ambivalent in decision making and having nothing important to do or say, Figurehead Manager shuffles about aimlessly and incoherently until the staff can no longer stand it. They then recur to Figurehead Manager’s Chief of Staff, who

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A cicada shell;it sang itselfutterly away.Basho (1644 - 1694)

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This song seemed entirely appropriate for the times. A recording of Todd Rundgren's Honest Work from his album A Cappella. I love this tune. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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If this were real I would buy it, because "Classical music is tight yo."

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I recently read Andre Agassi's autobiography Open and it was a highly interesting and entertaining read. From his demanding father, to his marriage and divorce from Brooke Shields, his tennis accomplishments and his ultimate marriage to Steffi Graf, what I found most admirable about him is the very brief mention at the end of his founding of Agassi Prep.Through his efforts there is a K-12 school

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These people from the Occupy movement in California are in need of some professional help. If this is the way the 99% behaves then please do not include me. Maybe we can take away another percent and say they are the 98%. That way there could be another 1% who aren't the elite 1% they are railing against, but who also don't storm into businesses and demand they be shut down on a whim simply

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Ah, the mystery of why corporations, or rather the senior management of said corporations, do certain things. This next manager is an example of that eternal question.

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An odd species, Token Manager has been placed in the position to fill an empty corner office and never really understands why. No one ever pays any attention to him/her and work continues until one day Token Manager mysteriously disappears.

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Spring rainleaking through the roof,dripping from the wasps' nest.Basho (1644 - 1694)

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The Wallflowers perform One Headlight. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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A while back I posted about a runner in high school who came to the aid of an opponent in a cross-country race. I stated that the boy had been raised right, giving up his chance to win to come to the aid of another racer who was injured.It has happened again, this time in a rowing race. Two high school rowers gave up their promising start and stopped to help capsized opponents who were in

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Miami Heat owner Micky Arison was fined $500,000.00 by the NBA for a seven word tweet when he responded to a poster on Twitter about the lockout. Arison's response to the poster who claimed the owners/players are greedy and are ruining the game due to the lockout."You are barking at the wrong owner."It's official. The NBA has lost it. Other strikes have proven that fans have short memories, but

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First a giant Lego man washes ashore in Siesta Key. Now officials have found a 16 foot python that had consumed a deer in the Florida Everglades. That was one very large, very hungry snake. This state never ceases to amaze me.

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. As you can see by the description it's too bad if you end up working for this next manager at the tail end of his/her career. Happy Halloween.

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At some point in his/her career Brain Dead Manager had something going on. Unfortunately, by the time he/she reaches your office this is no longer the case. Brain Dead Manager’s tenure is characterized by a lot of confusion, frustration and angst among his/her subordinates. Typical symptoms of Brain Dead Manager disease include sitting completely still for long periods of time, blank stares,

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A bath when you're born,a bath when you die,how stupid.Issa (1763 - 1827)

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Adele performs Set Fire to the Rain live. What a set of pipes! She is awesome. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano puts his house up for sale, ostensibly because he is an "empty nester" now. The coach is asking 1.49 million for the house. The real question is which will happen first, a Dolphins win or the house selling. With the Dolphins at 0-6 and the housing market being what it is right now in South Florida, neither event is looking very probable in the short term.

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Only in Florida, Siesta Key to be exact. He is about eight feet tall. Is this a scout sent before the invasion? And what about the cryptic message on his chest..."No real than you are." Obviously the Lego race speaks another language (Legoese perhaps) and are just getting the hang of English. But what does it mean? We may never know unless more Lego men appear to clear the mystery up.

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Since it is football season once again, I thought we would revisit this next manager. As they say, hindsight is 20/20.

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Never one to prepare or coach his/her staff before important meetings, Monday Morning Quarterback Manager has an infinite array of revisionist feedback whenever the meetings are done and does not hesitate to let anyone within a fifty mile radius know about it. Monday Morning Quarterback Manager will tell you what you should have said, done and thought differently even if the outcomes of the

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Taking a nap,feet plantedagainst a cool wall.Basho (1644 - 1694)

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Evanescence performs Going Under live on The Jimmy Kimmel show. Enjoy and happy Friday.

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. This next manager never learned that there is two way dialogue flowing in any effective communication.

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Thinks that by holding routine staff meetings and engaging in long-winded monologues recounting what he/she has been thinking about since the last meeting he/she has done the job of being an informative boss.

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Singing, flying, singing,the cuckookeeps busy.Basho (1644 - 1694)

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A recording of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' El Satanico Dr Cadillac. Enjoy and happy Friday. The bass rocks.

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Harkening back to an old Art Linkletter routine, (for those of you too young to get the reference google Kids say the darndest things) Jimmy Kimmel talks politics with some schoolchildren. It's nice to know where our youth stand on the issues.

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It is now available for pre-order from Amazon. See my brief review here.

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And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Five minutes after reading about this next manager you will probably not remember a thing about him/her.

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Just like the character in Woody Allen’s Zelig, Non-Descript Manager blends into whatever scenery and situation effortlessly, leaving no trace of ever having been part of any decision or action within the business unit. Although worthless, Non-Descript Manager survives because no one in Senior Management ever recalls his/her name or anything associated with it. He/she is thus rendered virtually

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