wadE has previously described his role of project manager being akin to a professional babysitter, and– given that i work with PMs daily– i can’t disagree. and while he equates my usual business analyst role to living in hell, i would much rather work as a BA for free than be paid to be a PM. i’m not patient enough for it.
i am always an advocate of not wanting to paint with too wide of a brush, because stereotypes can be really damaging.
that said, this research goes further in proving my theory that 95% of jackass moves on the roads are done by idiots in pickups.
(p.s. my dad, the safest driver i’ve known, and his pickup are excluded.) 
just finished watching an installment of “NFL’s Greatest Games” on ESPN– tonight, they focused on the cleveland browns / new york jets division championship game from 1/3/87. per usual, a job well done: present day interviews with marty schottenheimer, joe walton, kevin mack, bernie kosar, ozzie newsome, don criqui, charlie steiner (Jets radio announcer at the time) and others made it a very interesting and insightful recap. a few observations:
+ kosar is a really funny guy. a bit of a (bleep)hole, but a funny guy. among his comments tonight were that he obviously had some talents in managing a game in that he “ran a 6.0+ 40 yard dash.” and that he wanted schottenheimer to stop wearing a dress and call more pass plays. oh, and that defensive backs were defensive backs for a reason: they couldn’t catch the ball.
+ bill cowher was cleveland’s special teams coach at that time. i wonder if chelle would find him as captivating when seeing him in a members’ only jacket.
+ mark moseley was the browns’ kicker at the end of ’86; it’s completely bizarre to see a straight-on placekicker. he starts directly behind the ball from about two yards back, takes one step, and then kicks. weird. it should be noted that he missed two chip-in field goals during this game– maybe there’s a reason straight-on placekickers went the way of DIVX discs…
wadE forward one of those “put down your answer and forward to your friends” e-mails today about Christmas. instead of forwarding back to a bunch of people, i thought i’d just post answers here. hey, easy way to get something fresh on the site! woo!
provided we get a good return, i’ve been an advocate for a santana trade for the past few weeks. (and, no, any package involving coco crisp is *not* a good return.) however, given today’s news, i think it’s imperative that we deal both johan and nathan– we’re not going to contend for the AL Central for the next 3-5 years, so it’s time to go young and deal for prospects.
check this lineup (and career OPS):
