In every company, an insider set of managers influences decision making. In some cases, that’s healthy, in others (witness Enron), it’s a nightmare.

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] Benjamin Curtis, better known as "Steven," the Dell
] Computer pitchman, was arrested Sunday night for
] marijuana possession, a misdemeanor, according to New
] York City police.

HAHAHAHA

Dell Dude Busted for Pot

The players are making too much money to sustain the league. But there are other rather frightening fundamentals in this article.

NHL at the Brink

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Computer training has become the living hell of the American workplace, a loathsome ritual that highlights the mounting battle between the computer cognoscenti and us mere mortals.

Wow. The Washington Post is on it this week.

This is a meme that I've hinted at in previous posts, but this article really seizes what I've been talking about from the user's perspective. Technology sucks. We're at a stage where it should be elegantly simple, like a telephone. Yet everything seems to be engineered to require 5 techs and a slaughtered goat in order to make it function appropriately. When is it going to get fixed?

Now this article starts meandering about the personality types of 'techies' versus non-techs. And yes, that's definitely a problem (as anyone who's been on a mailing list in the last few years can tell you). But the real issue here is the products themselves.

Royal Standard Has Given Way To a Royal Pain (washingtonpost.com)

So if God tells you to bum rush the Prez, it's okay.

** you may get asked for demographic info in order to see the link. I am now a 15 year old girl from Seattle to the Washington Post. **

Gate-Crasher Hands Bush 'Message From God' (washingtonpost.com)

...we look back at Homer and Co.'s most hilarious, inspired moments

As ''The Simpsons''' 300th episode approaches...

What I want to do when I have money.

How To Spend $60K on Home Astronomy

Concerned that your children might not be getting the guidance that they need in their quest to grow up to be healthy and productive citizens of the Homeland? Worry no more!

FASCIST WEB SITES FOR CHILDREN!

Elaine,

I thought this was particularly relevant given our conversation today.

"I screened job applicants over the phone for a company I didn't work for. My favorite part: Arrogant middle managers who suddenly began to grovel when they realized I wasn't the receptionist."

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