Dilbert

"Mad Men" Watch: If it works for advertising guys, why shouldn't it work for engineers?

DILBERT by Scott Adams Dilbert (gasp!) makes his move!by KenAs some of you may recall, at the time this post posts I'll be at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, with as many other Mad Men fans as they can pack into the joint for a celebration culminating in watching tonight's series finale on the big screen.

Long-Run Planning Watch: Finally somebody asks, "What is this 'long run' people keep harping about?"

From Dilbert's CEO, the eternal question (more or less)by KenProbably the first thing you want to know is the context for the above frame. How did the subject of the "long run" come up? Where exactly does a CEO hear tell of such things?The immediate answer lies in this past Monday's Dilbert strip. Note that you can click on any of today's strips to enlarge -- and they should look real nice!

In the wake of Rudy Giuliani's psychotic blitherings, a Dilbertian snapshot of "leadership"

by KenI had it in mind to amplify Howie's post earlier today on that dangerous crackpot Rudy Giuliani ("Giuliani, A Serial Draft Dodger Who Was Raised By A Career Criminal, Claims Obama Isn't Like Him"), and I may yet do that, not just because Rudy himself has been such a damaging figure to our social well-being but also because so many right-wing politicos -- even as they

We revisit the maxim of Dilbert's PHB, "It isn't a problem if you can give it to someone else"

DILBERT     by Scott Adams[Click to enlarge]by KenSometimes readers leave comment that are too interesting to simply let pass into history. So it is with one I only recently noted, added to the post I wrote last Saturday, "When is a problem not a problem? Words to live by from Dilbert's Pointy-Headed Boss," taking off from that day's above-repeated Dilbert strip.

When is a problem not a problem? Words to live by from Dilbert's Pointy-Headed Boss

DILBERT     by Scott Adams[Click to enlarge]by KenAs wonderful as today's Dilbert strip is -- I expect to get ample rest-of-lifetime use out of those words-to-live-by of Dilbert's PHB -- it's even wonderfuller when you think about it a little, because there are at least two issues going on here. (Possibly three, maybe more.)Issue No. 1I suppose Issue No. 1 has to be that sublime utterance of the PHB: "It isn't a problem if you can give it to someone else."Issue No.

"A good day"? If it happened to Dilbert, it could happen to you! (But maybe not to me, I think?)

Plus Cartoon Alert: Duck Amuck this weekend!DILBERT by Scott Adams -- August 13Click to enlarge. And wait, there's more!by KenYesterday morning, I think it was, yes I'm pretty sure it was yesterday, or almost sure (it seems somehow longer ago), I had the strange but unmistakable sensation of having a good day.

Amidst the abiding craziness, we channel some cheerily crazed communications beeped by the Zeitgeist

Tom Toles, Washington Post [click to enlarge]by KenThe political craziness level has, at least for the time being, flipped me out, and I refuse to let it crowd out some swell times I've been having on to such nifty places as The Players, the theatrical club founded by the great actor Edwin Booth on Gramercy Park South (a Municipal Art Society Tour with Matt Postal), Coney Island (a Municipal Art Soci