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  • Politicians and morals

    Thor Pedersen, the danish minister of finance, is accused of owning a farm without living on it, even though danish law requires him to. He is being attacked relentlessly by both the opposition and the media. He’s admitted to breaking the law, and promised not to do it anymore.

    Thor Pedersens guilt or innocence aside, there’s one question you have to ask yourself.
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  • Online comic strip: Staggering heights

    I’m an avid fan of online comics, from Dilbert to Doonesbury. But one of my favourites is a relatively unknown strip called “Staggering Heights“. It chronicles the lives and trials of a sleazy barfly named Jake, and a highly irregular cast of costars (my favourite is Murray – your average 300-pound truck driver turned woman).

    The humour in the strip has both depth and variety, and the artwork is among the very best I’ve seen in any strip – online or offline.

  • Book review: The Zen of Groups

    This “Handbook on meeting people with a purpose” by Dale Hunter, Anne Bailey and Bill Taylor weighs in at a little under 200 pages, but it is packed with useful information. I bought it on amazon mainly because the title made me curious, and it was a quick and interesting read.
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  • Robinson and ads

    You know guilty pleasures, right? How about guilty suffering? It’s not that you really like it, you just can’t resist it..?

    That’s how I feel about the Robinson TV-show (“Survivor” in the US). But the shows undeniable entertainment value aside, one question keeps popping up.
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  • Book review: The fifth discipline

    The fifth discipline by Peter M. Senge is one of those books that truly make a difference. It is referred to in many different contexts, and it played an important role in shaping the concepts of the learning organization.

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  • First entry

    So it’s here. I wonder what it’ll be. Expect less – experience more.

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