I already bought the real Holy Grail off ebay like, almost six months ago. It even came with a certificate of authenticity -- and it's not like you can just fake that shit.
Bravo. I'll meet you in Emerson, MB in exactly three hours. You steer the ship from there.
I'll need you to score me a bag of your ketchup flavored Doritos, just so I can bring them home and prove to my friends that they really do exist. I'll bring you something equally puzzling and obscene from the states, like a monster thickburger from Hardee's.
Understand the triple constraint, and more importantly, make sure those above you understand it as well. Much like the old adage 'you can have it cheap, fast, or good. pick any two.' Cost, time, and scope. A change to any one affects the others.
- Due date got moved up? Project just got more expensive or lost a feature or two. - Scope increased? It's going to take longer or cost more. - funding decreased? Lose features or increase project duration.
Leave it to the sponsor to determine how to deal, but be certain that they understand how things affect one another.
Practical Project Management by Michael Dobson is a good intro*. It's clear and uses good examples, without digging too much into the PMBOKish stuff that can be overwhelming when starting out.
*disclaimer -- I didn't read it all (dove into the PMBOK to prep for the test), but very much liked what I read. Plan to go back to it someday.
Not to mention that if you're looking at rail out of Fargo, the Empire builder boards in Fargo at around 3:00 a.m. (that's the approx. scheduled time -- sometimes you're looking at a few hours delay as well).
I love traveling by rail, but I always do say that if you're in any sort of a hurry or have an important schedule to keep, don't do it.
Rail slower than car? What is it that Amtrak does wrong?
It's due to the number of stops they make. For example, between St. Paul (MN) and Chicago there are ten stops where people get on and off. Most are quick stops where just a few passengers hop on (i.e. nobody gets off to smoke), while others take 15-20 minutes or so. Even though they are relatively short stops either way, you've still got that big train slowing down and speeding back up as well. If it were a dedicated route it would be more comparable to driving, though there still are times when they have to stop and wait for another train to pass, etc.
It is a great way to travel if you're not in a hurry and looking for a unique experience (and lord knows, unique people).
Exercise bulimia could be an example. Granted, it's a bigger, more complex problem than just 'really liking exercise', but thought I'd throw that out there for the sake of argument.
I thought the same thing as well. I have celiac disease, as do my mother and sister. It takes an average of 11 years of being misdiagnosed before they hit upon celiac as the cause of health problems (can't cite -- sorry), however this is hopefully changing as awareness grows.
Some people do have 'refractory sprue', where the the damage done to the intestine from ingesting gluten doesn't heal. This is rare, but can be a huge problem. If this was his case, I can see it necessitating time off. (Joe C from Kid Rock's band had these types of complications if I'm not mistaken. I do know his cause of death is listed as complications from celiac disease, so I'd guess that's the case).
However if he has run of the mill celiac, it would be a pretty minor deal -- at least for someone with the cash for a personal chef, someone to shop for him, etc.
'perpetual20', as in this is currently seen as being 20 years in the future, twenty years ago it was seen as being 20 years in the future, and in twenty years it will be seen as being 20 years in the future. No matter your point in time, the fruition date is perpetually 20 years away.
Someone else suggested 'flying cars', which is of course the perfect example of 'perpetual20'.
It's even worse when thinking about how many hours of coaching they inevitably put her through in preparation, yet it still turned out like this. She was that caught off guard by the 'alaska from my house' question? Didn't expect the foreign policy thing to be brought up?
Doing the exact same thing here. Watched season 1 of heroes. Now I'm up to season 2.5 of BSG. I have a problem sitting down and watching TV without doing something else (feel like I'm wasting time), so watching when I'm on the treadmill is the one time I can focus on what I'm watching. I actually look forward to it.
Not substandard because I play with them. Substandard because the legos are not pieced together and arranged in a diaorama behind bullet proof glass, with the books vacum sealed in uv-proof plastic.
Still have the galaxy explorer, and a bunch of other space and castle sets from when I was a kid. It's just that all of the sets are in a box. One box. Mixed together. Still have the instructions though, so in theory I still have the 'sets' (sorta).
Introduced my kids (6 & 9) to lego last year, and we play with my old ones all the time. I know, that makes me a substandard nerd, but what the hell. Lots of fun.
So my question (to you or any others with experience): did they pay employees in cash at the end of each shift, or is that an urban legend? Always heard casinos did that, but never had it first hand verified.
I used to work full time as a musician, and I do know that for most casino shows we did we were paid in cash. And they paid us about halfway through whatever time we were contracted to play so we could spend our breaks donating back our earnings. Wondering if they really to take the same approach with their own staff.
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Of course yours was a cheap fake, you moron.
I already bought the real Holy Grail off ebay like, almost six months ago. It even came with a certificate of authenticity -- and it's not like you can just fake that shit.
Sucker.
Bravo. I'll meet you in Emerson, MB in exactly three hours. You steer the ship from there.
I'll need you to score me a bag of your ketchup flavored Doritos, just so I can bring them home and prove to my friends that they really do exist. I'll bring you something equally puzzling and obscene from the states, like a monster thickburger from Hardee's.
Understand the triple constraint, and more importantly, make sure those above you understand it as well. Much like the old adage 'you can have it cheap, fast, or good. pick any two.' Cost, time, and scope. A change to any one affects the others.
- Due date got moved up? Project just got more expensive or lost a feature or two.
- Scope increased? It's going to take longer or cost more.
- funding decreased? Lose features or increase project duration.
Leave it to the sponsor to determine how to deal, but be certain that they understand how things affect one another.
Practical Project Management by Michael Dobson is a good intro*. It's clear and uses good examples, without digging too much into the PMBOKish stuff that can be overwhelming when starting out.
*disclaimer -- I didn't read it all (dove into the PMBOK to prep for the test), but very much liked what I read. Plan to go back to it someday.
Not to mention that if you're looking at rail out of Fargo, the Empire builder boards in Fargo at around 3:00 a.m. (that's the approx. scheduled time -- sometimes you're looking at a few hours delay as well).
I love traveling by rail, but I always do say that if you're in any sort of a hurry or have an important schedule to keep, don't do it.
Rail slower than car? What is it that Amtrak does wrong?
It's due to the number of stops they make. For example, between St. Paul (MN) and Chicago there are ten stops where people get on and off. Most are quick stops where just a few passengers hop on (i.e. nobody gets off to smoke), while others take 15-20 minutes or so. Even though they are relatively short stops either way, you've still got that big train slowing down and speeding back up as well. If it were a dedicated route it would be more comparable to driving, though there still are times when they have to stop and wait for another train to pass, etc.
It is a great way to travel if you're not in a hurry and looking for a unique experience (and lord knows, unique people).
How common is sports addiction anyway?
Exercise bulimia could be an example. Granted, it's a bigger, more complex problem than just 'really liking exercise', but thought I'd throw that out there for the sake of argument.
Alcohol - The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
As I write this, I'm wearing my Homer baseball cap with that exact slogan on it. Creepy, man.
That slogan is one of my favorites, and is proof that only the truth is funny.
I thought the same thing as well. I have celiac disease, as do my mother and sister. It takes an average of 11 years of being misdiagnosed before they hit upon celiac as the cause of health problems (can't cite -- sorry), however this is hopefully changing as awareness grows.
Some people do have 'refractory sprue', where the the damage done to the intestine from ingesting gluten doesn't heal. This is rare, but can be a huge problem. If this was his case, I can see it necessitating time off. (Joe C from Kid Rock's band had these types of complications if I'm not mistaken. I do know his cause of death is listed as complications from celiac disease, so I'd guess that's the case).
However if he has run of the mill celiac, it would be a pretty minor deal -- at least for someone with the cash for a personal chef, someone to shop for him, etc.
'perpetual20', as in this is currently seen as being 20 years in the future, twenty years ago it was seen as being 20 years in the future, and in twenty years it will be seen as being 20 years in the future. No matter your point in time, the fruition date is perpetually 20 years away.
Someone else suggested 'flying cars', which is of course the perfect example of 'perpetual20'.
I'd settle for a '-1 Troll Feeder' mod.
Wow, that was painful. Squirm, baby squirm.
It's even worse when thinking about how many hours of coaching they inevitably put her through in preparation, yet it still turned out like this. She was that caught off guard by the 'alaska from my house' question? Didn't expect the foreign policy thing to be brought up?
The republican VP candidate is usually smarter than this year. Not necessarily 'better', mind you, but usually at least allowed to speak in public.
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WOOSH!
There it went.
Doing the exact same thing here. Watched season 1 of heroes. Now I'm up to season 2.5 of BSG. I have a problem sitting down and watching TV without doing something else (feel like I'm wasting time), so watching when I'm on the treadmill is the one time I can focus on what I'm watching. I actually look forward to it.
Bartender says: what are you doing with that jackass?
Republican says: It's not a jackass, it's a monkey.
Bartender says: I wasn't talking to you.
Damn this struck me funny for some reason. Well done, sir.
Pretty reckless with your precious fluilds, there, buddy.
I only drink grain alcohol and rain water.
Not substandard because I play with them. Substandard because the legos are not pieced together and arranged in a diaorama behind bullet proof glass, with the books vacum sealed in uv-proof plastic.
Still have the galaxy explorer, and a bunch of other space and castle sets from when I was a kid. It's just that all of the sets are in a box. One box. Mixed together. Still have the instructions though, so in theory I still have the 'sets' (sorta).
Introduced my kids (6 & 9) to lego last year, and we play with my old ones all the time. I know, that makes me a substandard nerd, but what the hell. Lots of fun.
And Leon's getting larger.
Hey, what's that foul stench?
So my question (to you or any others with experience): did they pay employees in cash at the end of each shift, or is that an urban legend? Always heard casinos did that, but never had it first hand verified.
I used to work full time as a musician, and I do know that for most casino shows we did we were paid in cash. And they paid us about halfway through whatever time we were contracted to play so we could spend our breaks donating back our earnings. Wondering if they really to take the same approach with their own staff.
No biggie. At least I learned how to do that chip trick with my other hand now.
I had a ton of the space set stuff, though no abundance of red bricks. Mostly gray and blue.
I still have them all, and now my 5 year old plays with them -- along with his new-school star wars legos as well.
Four breasts. Oh wait, did you say chicken?