A blog doesn’t lend itself to reading like a book — from beginning to end. So the writer has to “connect” the chapters for his readers, by putting foward and back links on the post itself.
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<— Last Chapter: Snidely ties Pearl to track
Pearl hears train.
Next Chapter: Dudley arrives on scene —>
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You get the idea. Now I have to do the work.
:-)
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FROM LUDDITE
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What does a Project Manager DO?
Project Managers are a fortunate lot, for, as everyone knows, a project manager has nothing to do; that is, except…
To decide what is to be done;
to tell somebody to do it;
to listen to reasons why it should not be done,
why it should be done by somebody else,
or why it should be done in a different way;
and to prepare arguments in rebuttal that shall be convincing and conclusive.
And then:
To follow up to see if the thing has been done;
to discover that it has not been done;
to enquire why it has not been done;
to listen to excuses from the person who did not do it;
and to think up arguments to overcome the excuses.
And then:
To follow up a second time to see if the thing has been done;
to discover that is has been done incorrectly;
to point out how it shall be done;
to conclude that as long as it has been done it might as well be left as it is;
to wonder if it is not time to get rid of the person who cannot do a thing correctly;
to reflect that in all probability any successor would be just as bad, or worse.
And finally:
To consider how much more simply and better the thing would have been done had he done it himself in the first place;
to reflect satisfactorily that if he had done it himself he would have been able to do it right in 20 minutes and that as things turned out, he himself spent two days trying to find out why it is that it has taken somebody else three weeks to do it wrong.
To realise that such an idea would have a very demoralising effect on the project team, because it would strike at the very foundation of the belief of all employees that a project manager has nothing to do.
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Obviously he’s not working as hard as I am.
:-)
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UPDATE: Frau’s got it! I can see her signature on the FedEx website. (way kool!) If I didn’t have a problem solving call this afternoon, I’d call it a week, and go home. It’s like my birthday!
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The McBa is in New Jersey. I’m so excited. I can feel myself becoming more productive already!
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Apr 4, 2008 8:31 AM
On FedEx vehicle for delivery
EDISON, NJ
7:26 AM
At local FedEx facility
EDISON, NJ
2:16 AM
Arrived at FedEx location
NEWARK, NJ
Apr 3, 2008 4:59 PM
Departed FedEx location
ANCHORAGE, AK
9:06 PM
Int’l shipment release
ANCHORAGE, AK
11:48 AM
Arrived at FedEx location
ANCHORAGE, AK
2:27 PM
In transit
SHANGHAI CN
Apr 2, 2008 10:37 AM
Picked up
SHANGHAI CN
Package received after FedEx cutoff
10:37 AM
Left origin
SHANGHAI CN
8:39 AM
Package data transmitted to FedEx
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Posted by reinkefj
It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Fourteen – A second day of fun
It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com
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It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Thirteen – Laid low by a secret room
It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com
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My one order is coming in three pieces … err, I mean shipments. Hope that’s not prophetic. From China! Don’t know why but I thought Apple as a US based company. Guess it was stupid to think we make anything but mcdonalds in the USA.
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It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Twelve – Chatting with new friends
It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com
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All the productivity gurus urge doing “first things first”. But, not one of them can stuff more hours in the day. If one learns anything from my time trying to keep all the plates spinning, the key lesson is “no!”. Firmly, gently, honestly applied. “No, I have no more … not bananas, but time today”. On the first of each month, I’m going to ruthlessly prune all the task that I have taken on with an eye to eliminating them.
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It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Eleven – The First Full Shelter Morning
It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/31/cnfed131.xml
Fed eyes Nordic-style nationalisation of US banks
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor
Last Updated: 2:58pm BST 31/03/2008
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“Shareholders have been able to lobby for a higher share price only because the Fed took over the credit risk on $30bn of the investment bank’s dubious paper. The whole affair also amounts to a colossal subsidy for JP Morgan,” he said.
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And guess who pays for it … … the taxpayers (i.e., any one who holds a dollar bill pay the “tax” of inflation).
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