Title: “The Catcher in the Rye”

Author: J.D. Salinger

Rank: 35

Blurb: “Holden’s voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep.”

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Title: “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge”

Author: Project Management Institute

Rank: 88

Review: “As a project management instructor and course developer at a state university, a project management keynote speaker, and someone who has been training project managers for nearly two decades, I highly recommend this book.”

Alternate Review: “The text is packed with sections like ‘Project teams may hold planning meetings to develop the cost management plan. Attendees at these meetings may include the project manager, the project sponsor, selected team members, selected stake holders, anyone with responsibility for project costs, and others as needed.'”

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Footnote: Kill us now.

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7:50 am Broadway in the 60s:

Just blown away … and this was not a museum piece. Scratches on the side, sounded like it needed a tuneup. This car gets driven, which is nice.

More Weiner: “Quotes from the unnamed woman in The Dirty’s posts described the exchanges as having occurred after Weiner’s initial scandal in 2011, however the timestamps appear to have been edited out of the images of the chats published on the site. ‘This was a bad situation for me because I really admired him. Even post scandal, I thought he was misunderstood. Until I got to know him. I thought I loved him. Pretty pathetic,’ the anonymous woman is quoted as saying.” [TPM]

Title: “Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals”

Author: Thomas C. Corley

Rank: 18

Blurb: “The ‘Rich Habits’ are ten principles created through years of researching the daily success habits of his wealthiest clients. These ten simple principles miraculously transform every individual who comes into contact with them. By applying these principles, you are literally walking in the footsteps of the wealthy.”

Review: “He included small things like calling people on their birthdays, even pencils that into his schedule, check out page 41. Maybe it is the small things that help those who seem to have it all.”

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Footnote: Or you could save yourself the hassle and just be born into it.

Rich Habits [Amazon]

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George C. Scott and Stanley Kubrick playing chess on the set of the best. movie. ever.

After that initial misfire:

And bonus Apollo 16 dashcam footage!

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