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Is there a book that's considered the Project Management bible? -- nm - Dano Jan 17, 17:48 8
- wife says Project Management Book of Knowledge. - Reagen Jan 17, 17:56 5
  - is it Body? of Knowledge? -- nm - Dano Jan 17, 18:08
  - Is this it? -- (link) - mara Jan 17, 18:05 2
    - an older version, apparently -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 18:08 1
      - Okay, but I don't think the title has changed. -- (link) - mara Jan 17, 18:10
  - mine too, actually. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 18:04
- "Getting Stuff Done" is apparently a very popular book for individual productivity. Probably not what you're looking for. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 17:55
- I don't have personal knowledge on this, but I find this one recommended. -- (link) - mara Jan 17, 17:54
anyone else been watching The Mick? Its pretty freakin hilarious. -- nm - Jovian Jan 17, 17:44
"Vogon Poetry To Dominate Trump Inauguration." -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 17:30
what's that word that means like "instating" or "installing" that has a z in it? you know. the word with the z. -- nm - windows jones Jan 17, 17:24 10
- like "starting to use," more. -- nm - windows jones Jan 17, 17:25 9
  - institutionalizationizing - Max Jan 17, 17:33
  - initializing -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 17:29 4
    - Insteading of initiating?? REALLY, PFM??? -- nm - mara Jan 17, 17:32 2
      - dammit, mara -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 17:33 1
        
        , dumbass -- nm - Max Jan 17, 17:35
    - kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss -- nm - windows jones Jan 17, 17:30
  - utilizing? -- nm - mara Jan 17, 17:27 1
    - thank you and b both for trying. was driving me crazy. I kiss you too! both!! -- nm - windows jones Jan 17, 17:31
  - utilizing? -- nm - b. Jan 17, 17:27
Jose Bautista has signed a one-year, $18 million deal with the Blue Jays -- (link) - Beaker Jan 17, 17:05 1
- Has he finished filming his scenes in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 yet? -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 17:21
With ice storms imminent, Portland is facing more closures, and stores and other businesses are starting to suffering. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 17:02 4
- Here's a video of a kid in Portland pulling his chickens on a sled. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 17:03 3
  - What a dummy. If he lived in Canada the chickens would be pulling him on the sled. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 17:52
  - *yawn* another one? -- nm - b. Jan 17, 17:05 1
    - really, it's no goat eating sour skittles while standing inside a convenience store to stay warm. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 17, 17:07
It's my understanding that Trump is promising recording attendance for the inauguration. He's going to count the protesters, isn't he? -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 16:34 17
- There were plenty of Obama inauguration visitors that didn't get into the areas they expected they would. full = record complaints -- nm - Max Jan 17, 17:35 2
  - Are you concerned about the protests? I mean, might as well stay away from D.C. for the rest of January, right? -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 17:36 1
    - I'm close enough that I have to show ID to get in to my office building Thursday, but I'm out of town this weekend anyway. - Max Jan 17, 17:47
- He apparently sent a mass invite/ad to everyone on Facebook over 27 in New York. -- (link) - mara Jan 17, 16:58 9
  - First sign you're a loser, you have a tribute band instead of the big names you promised. Worse, the tribute band cancels. Worse, you send "personal" - . Jan 17, 17:07 5
    - The B Street Band had played the gala for President Obama's two previous inaugurations, and had been booked to play in 2017 since 2013. -- nm - mara Jan 17, 17:08 4
      - Yes, I know. -- (link) - . Jan 17, 17:10 [Backboard] 3
        
        Oh, okay, sorry. -- nm - mara Jan 17, 17:12 2
        
        dammit, mara -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 17:16 1
        
        The rewritten attempt at the joke...Sign you're a loser, instead of big names you have a tribute band, signed by someone else 4 years ago. Worse, the - . Jan 17, 17:46
  - This reminds me that I've organized a party for Friday night (non-inauguration related) and the RSVP's are pouring in. SUCK IT, DON! -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 17:06
  - Did he not see his numbers in NY? -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 17:03 1
    - He pretended that Bernie Sanders' numbers were Hiilary's instead. -- nm* - . Jan 17, 17:08
- It might be a record, just not the one he means. -- nm - . Jan 17, 16:50
- Huge attendance. More people than Obama and Bush put together. Great people from all over, love all the places in America. It's going to be huge. -- nm - Donald Trump s.i. Jan 17, 16:45 2
  - You mean "yuge." -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 17, 16:46 1
    - That's what I said. Huge. No spelling errors. I'm always perfect. I'll correct all the spelling errors in government. -- nm - Donald Trump s.i. Jan 17, 16:51
B2: Is it well known or obscure that the OH! in Unbelievable is a sample from an Andrew Dice Clay standup recording. -- nm - rollo Jan 17, 16:27 10
- They call me Ford Fairlane: rock & roll detective. I have the power to get into the hottest clubs, the hottest dressing rooms, and the hottest chicks. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 18:02
- I knew it, but I'm also a big EMF fan. (As is the "unbelieveable" sample I think.) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 17, 16:52
- I knew it, but it still is a relatively obscure bit of music trivia. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 17, 16:46
- It's good trivia: not too easy, not too out there. On J! it'd be $800 or $1000. -- nm* - Baron Zero C Jan 17, 16:46
- I've never put that together, but now that you mention it, I can totally hear it in my head -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 16:38 3
  - also, I've heard that in my head approximately once every 13.8 seconds since you posted it, so thanks a bazillion -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 16:44 2
    - OH! you're welcome -- nm - JD Jan 17, 16:50
    - Both of these. -- nm - spamlet Jan 17, 16:48
- I did not know this. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 16:35
- First I've heard that. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 16:33
Makes sense since I've also never understood how people could choose Jäger. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Jan 17, 16:19
If Kevin O'Leary is going to run for Conservative leadership, then so am I. I too am a Montreal anglophone with a poor grasp of French. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 16:17
I feel like too many of my posts are spent sharing twitter goodness. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 17, 15:54 1
- Ha! Pretty good--FWIW also, I think Twitter and ST have a lot of similarities -- nm - Flavorize Jan 17, 16:09
For those looking for healthy snack, may I recommend pistachios in the shell? That whole work for your food thing is absolutely correct - JD Jan 17, 15:50 6
- Eat yourself hungry. ..try oysters -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 17, 21:02
- Unless you have cracks on you fingertips, then use a table knife and/or a pliers. -- nm - . Jan 17, 15:59
- Save time, just eat them with the shell on -- nm - decline Jan 17, 15:54
- *hands you an artichoke* -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 17, 15:52 1
  - Luckily there's no recommendation for those to fulfill any of the macro categories -- nm - JD Jan 17, 16:24
- "gifted" several bags of unsalted pistachios... - Spawn Jan 17, 15:52
Bernie is tearing into Betsy DeVos -- (link) - decline Jan 17, 15:37 14
- She's a horrendous choice that I'm very worried will destroy public schooling. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 15:52 12
  - She's a terrific choice that I hope will destroy public schooling. *strokes his goatee* -- nm - Mirror Universe Krusty Jan 17, 15:54
  - It scares me that so far it seems like *Rex Tillerson* is the best pick they have made. - Spawn Jan 17, 15:53 10
    - You misspelled General Mad Dog Mattis. -- nm - IrishStephen Jan 17, 16:19 3
      - although it's weird that he's at odds, policy-wise, with his SecDef. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 17:03
      - I'm ok with him (from what I know of him so far) and Elaine Chao. Most of his picks seem designed to basically tank their agency. - pmb Jan 17, 16:32
      - Though if the best pick is someone nicknamed Mad Dog, it's still scary. -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 16:23
    - Yikes! I can't think of one person that I'm even slightly okay with. They're all scary for different reasons. -- nm* - Krusty Jan 17, 16:01 5
      - Elaine Chao is fine. -- nm - pmb Jan 17, 16:29 1
        
        I forgot about her. Yeah, she's fine. Not at all scary. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 17:00
      - I guess I should say that he is the only one I think can actually *do* their job? -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 16:02 2
        
        You might be right about that. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 16:27
        
        But can he do his job in a way that doesn't harm America? Because that would be a nice bar not to throw under. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 16:04
- I wonder if any GOP other than Trump reads the twitters? -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 15:49
That dude who's been outed as pretending to be a millennial is performing stand up at the inauguration - Reagen Jan 17, 15:32 7
- Creepy. -- nm - diva Jan 17, 18:14
- Maybe Martin Shkreli can play his Wu-Tang Clan album. -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 16:33
- Of course he is. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 16:28
- oof. -- nm - b. Jan 17, 15:39
- Who? Haven't heard about this. -- nm - . Jan 17, 15:35 2
  - Here's the story the Daily Beast ran--Reagan shared it a couple weeks back -- (link) - Flavorize Jan 17, 16:09 [Backboard] 1
    - Thanks, completely missed it. -- nm - . Jan 17, 16:28
LMM: What's Next? -- (link) - decline Jan 17, 15:32
possibly slightly irrational level of irritation - a local restaurant is adding a 3% "employer mandates" charge - for a city that doesn't have that. - b. Jan 17, 15:27 12
- call the manager tell him to remove the 3% or your people will not eat there. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 17, 15:31 11
  - Yup. I'd take my business elsewhere and let them know why. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 15:37 1
    - yup -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 18:09
  - I might if it was a larger group. really, I know it's not that big a thing - see, also, "slightly irrational." ;) - - b. Jan 17, 15:37 8
    - google tells me this kind of thing is increasingly common at foodie-type places around the country. some people have nicknamed it "cheap employer - b. Jan 17, 15:44 7
      - I'd be down if I thought that 3% was going toward the workers--it's just another way for them to pad their profits -- nm - Flavorize Jan 17, 16:11
      - Hipster tax? I support it! -- nm - Baron Zero C Jan 17, 16:02
      - I figured. And it strikes me as a more of a political statement than anything because of that. - pmb Jan 17, 15:49 4
        
        for the city I'm talking about had a modest raise recentishly but more are ahead in the next few years. I wonder how far the restaurant will go with - b. Jan 17, 16:16 3
        
        It would make me go elsewhere. The other part of it is that it's almost fraudulent in the sense that it implies that they are required to collect - pmb Jan 17, 16:35 1
        
        I feel similarly, obviously. I passed along my feelings to the person I helped, and there wasn't concern. my part is done... -- (edited) - b. Jan 17, 17:01
        
        make sure the city knows they are charging the 3%. the owners may not be declaring it correctly if at all on thier taxes -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 17, 16:28
‘Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee’ moving to Netflix -- (link) - GregW Jan 17, 15:13 1
- Netflix is big on signing comedians for stand-up specials. It's really not something we're seeing other streaming services do. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 16:30
I assume we're having an ST meetup at this game. See you there. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 17, 14:52 1
- Looks like Trump with sunglasses. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 14:54
Abby's learning to play How Far I'll Go from Moana on the guitar. Goodgoddamn, that's an earwormy song -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 14:49 1
- My girls love that song. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 14:50
My office just published it's "2017 Tax Policy Outlook re: tax reform (summary of recent plans- inc Trump) and other big legislative decisions - MDH Jan 17, 14:31 7
- "With illustrations by Gustave Dore" -- nm - Max Jan 17, 14:40 5
  - Had to look that up. Very nicely done. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 15:01 4
    - good front cover choice -- (link) - mud Jan 17, 15:12 3
      - Oh snap. I need to get me some goat skin pants! -- nm -- Beryllium (aka grayman) Jan 6 '17, 18:57 -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 15:46
      - Where did he get that drawing of my bachelor party? -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 15:14 1
        
        "Please welcome this evening's dancer: the virgin Connie Swail!" -- nm - Max Jan 17, 17:37
- danke -- nm - spamlet Jan 17, 14:39
Popular meme on right-wing websites today is the Clinton Global Initiative is shutting down due to drop in foreign donations since Hillary lost. They - GregW Jan 17, 14:23 5
- As someone who works on Foundations/Charities for a living, the right wing is incredibly stupid/wrong about the CGI, but they won the press game. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 14:32
- CGI must still have assets. Where do those go? -- nm - Max Jan 17, 14:28 3
  - Loser pays for the winner's campaign. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 14:47
  - They don't have much in funds since it was never a fund-raising or granting organization. They just connected those with good ideas with the people - GregW Jan 17, 14:34
  - Into the clinton's pockets -- nm - Argleblargle Jan 17, 14:33
David you may want to watch Smackdown tonight. -- nm - Remlik Jan 17, 14:20 3
- Why? -- nm - David Jan 17, 14:25 2
  - Star Wars themed episode. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 14:32
  - rumored return. spoils -- (edited) - Remlik Jan 17, 14:25
"Il y a un pamplemousse dans ma pantalons!" -- nm - Kevin O'Leary Jan 17, 14:14 4
- Sorry Kevin, but it's "mes pantalons". You just lost the francophone vote. -- nm - Roger More Jan 17, 14:24
- Osti de tabarnak de calice! -- nm - mud Jan 17, 14:21 2
  - The man makes some good points. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 14:48 1
    - He really is one of us! Boutte crisse! -- nm - Guigue Jan 17, 15:17
Philip Rivers just completed the amazing feat of asking for a trade then denying it in the same day. -- nm - David Jan 17, 14:12 6
- I keep seeing this name pop up on ST. Is he a 1950's pop singer? -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 14:53 1
  - No, that was Rivers Philip. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 14:59
- impressive, team off to a good start. -- nm - budice Jan 17, 14:35
- The Sports Trump. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 17, 14:19 1
  - Nah, he works for the Sports Trump. - Will Hunting, King of Astronauts Jan 17, 14:56
- "he's just upset that there aren't enough seats at Stubhub center for his wife and kids" - ML Jan 17, 14:19
is the movie Why Him too raunchy for a pretty conservative step dad? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 17, 14:11 3
- do not let him see it. as I mentioned a few weeks ago it has a Franco (spoilers) joke within 5mins - Mel Profit Jan 17, 14:21 1
  - keeping up with the Joneses it is then thank you very much -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 17, 14:34
- My wife saw it last night and while not getting any vapours herself, she said it was far raunchier than expected. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jan 17, 14:13
[an error occurred while processing this Manning directive] -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 14:11 1
- Because we spelling it "manning" and not "Manning". -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 14:17
Can you drink while riding in a self-driving car? -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 14:09 4
- I don't know. You might spill some. -- nm - pmb Jan 17, 14:34
- Not yet. If the laws are changed and don't require a human be available to take over, then maybe. - TWuG Jan 17, 14:14 1
  - What I really want is to be able to sleep in one. - Spawn Jan 17, 14:16
- You can drink in every car - decline Jan 17, 14:13

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