We don’t have a book club, but if we did, this month’s selection would be Cubicle Warfare: 101 Office Traps and Pranks. The book’s author, John Austin, once worked as a toy designer for Hasbro. We’re skeptical, if a tad curious, about this one. We’ll give it a read and post a review next month. [...]
Archive for July 15th, 2008
As if the American workplace weren’t hostile enough
Posted in Good Times, tagged Cubicle Warfare, John Austin on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Obama and The New Yorker: If nothing else, it got our attention
Posted in Water Cooler Chatter, tagged Google, Muslim, Obama, The New Yorker on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The talk around the water cooler this morning was all about The New Yorker’s controversial cover depicting Barack Obama as a muslim and his wife, Michelle, as a terrorist. A few found the illustration to be good satirical fun, but most viewed it as a sensationalistic — and not particularly humorous or insightful — attempt [...]