Ha! Use of semicolons to separate phrases with commas! I thought I was the only one!
«Mr. Ryan; Joy Robins, The Post’s chief revenue officer; and Ms. Buzbee, who joined in 2021, are overseeing a new initiative called “5 by 25,” an effort to reach five million total digital subscribers by 2025.»
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/business/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-revenue.html
Everybody hears about inflation; nobody hears about the recovery.
Ooh, this is good:
«Teams that are passionate about something tend to become more passionate over time. But almost with certainty, the broader organization they’re in doesn’t share the same passion.
As teams get more and more passionate, it isolates them from the broader team. Within the sub-team, the feeling grows and multiplies that the broader team “just doesn’t get it”. And within the broader team, the feeling grows and multiplies that the sub-team is “in their little corner”, focused on the wrong things, and hard to work with (because they insist on seeing everything through the lens of their passion). This effect compounds as distrust builds, and can lead to a point where the team is reorged to “fix it”, which can be catastrophic for passionate teams.»
https://thecompendium.cards/c/passionate-teams-isolate-themselves
Seems like things might be settling down:
This and the thread to which it is a reply are both worth a read:
Ok, now, THIS is teh bomb.
So…. Perhaps I am insane or tasteless, but I have always enjoyed (on occasion) a shot of Rumplemintz and a glass of beer. Sip of schnapps, followed by a gulp of beer… nice. Mint burn with malt overlay.
El cheapo Weber grill + half a bag of charcoal (NOT THE STUFF SOAKED WITH LIGHTER FLUID) + half a bag of hickory chips + el expensivo Bluetooth thermometer + one day of reading pulp westerns and drinking beer = truly awesome pulled pork, NC style. Seriously, that stuff just fell right apart. 5-lb pork butt.
What’s with the dang metric, Meater?
Better.
