I've had a 900 and currently drive a bright red 2000 9-3 hatchback. The article mentions that GM bought 50% of Saab in the late 90s, but it wasn't until 2005 or so that they took over the design. That year, I saw their Saab 9-3 and thought it was a Buick. I was heartbroken. I hope they find a way to save themselves.

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1. Unless you have days of work planned in advance, take your computer home.
2. Do not come into the office without prearranged, etched in concrete promises of actual work.
3. Conference calls do not count as actual work worth going in the office for.
4. Have a 72-hour schedule for your life. If the office can't work with that, then too bad for

IT ISN'T TOO LATE

This is really good news.
 

Reading Lenore Thomson's Personality Type: An Owner's Manual produced an insight that now seems so flipping obviousIn Jungian types, the final designation (either P or J) doesn't really have attributes, but it has implications that kind of look like attributes. The common assumption is that J types are more scheduled and organized, while P types ( Read more... )

Tried searching in Google just now, both from my Firefox widget and from google.com. Also tried from Safari. Every result came up with "This site may harm your computer" in the listing, and if I click a link, there is "This site may harm your computer" interstitial.

Tried searching from yahoo.com and it works fine.

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RE: leadership

What encourages me in a leader is less the plans and direction he or she articulates than the mere acknowledgement that a condition exists and the ability to describe the condition clearly. That is more than most people are willing or able to do, and allows me to trust that wherever he takes us will be an improvement.

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I guess this has already made the rounds. And if you agree that Proposition 8 is a farce of democracy, then you probably don't need to watch. But if you supported Proposition 8, if you honestly believe that love between any two consenting adults can affect your marriage, if you honestly believe that our democracy or your religion gives you the ( Read more... )

The night after the election, I had two dreams ( Read more... )

I finally joined Facebook.

What a bizarre place.

I am so proud.

I read a report from Iraq on CNN. Apparently, many Iraqis figured the American elections were rigged and there was no way Obama would ever win. What a statement we made for democracy.

A republic, friends, if you can keep it. Maybe we have.

Voting yesterday was a surreal experience, one I'll never forget.

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