tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post4724341808002029804..comments2024-03-29T09:22:57.031+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-34973641550631158602009-01-17T14:47:00.000+00:002009-01-17T14:47:00.000+00:00"Psychopaths and Tossers," sounds like it could be..."Psychopaths and Tossers," sounds like it could be a sitcom or a band...John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-58118779538345414002009-01-17T12:24:00.000+00:002009-01-17T12:24:00.000+00:00Hi guys - I got in a lot of bother in the corporat...Hi guys - I got in a lot of bother in the corporate world by telling my boss that I had an MBWA, which was a better busines qualification than his MBA. He asked me what MBWA stood for? I replied 'Management By Walking About' which is better than the "Master of Bugger-All"<BR/><BR/>Needless to say it was a bad career move as tumbled down the corporate snake.<BR/><BR/>But then again the corporate world is filled with Psychopaths and Tossers<BR/><BR/>AliAli Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640079406581573368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-32134052816866143242009-01-15T18:21:00.000+00:002009-01-15T18:21:00.000+00:00This is another example of MBAs ruining the econom...This is another example of MBAs ruining the economy. They're panicking, laying people off, and sales are no worse than flat. A lot of companies are doing this, which creates a self-fulfilling prophesy of recession, as people who are laid off don't have any money, and people who are afraid they might get laid off (because their neighbor did) are holding on to their money, and on it goes.<BR/><BR/>For those who think I'm being too harsh on MBAs, George W. Bush was the first president with an MBA. Case closed.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-23293811337905674162009-01-15T09:45:00.000+00:002009-01-15T09:45:00.000+00:00Start paying attention to me?? Oh, I see you say m...Start paying attention to me?? Oh, I see you say more attention. That's better. I was halfway to Ireland with my broom to whack you over the head...<BR/><BR/>Peter - good books??! After my moan the other day I find I'm one third into another book, better than some, but it's still lacking any real life and I'm wondering whether to leave it or persevere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-36209161485276230622009-01-15T09:26:00.000+00:002009-01-15T09:26:00.000+00:00Yeah, I know. I talk like I just got off the boat ...Yeah, I know. I talk like I just got off the boat or something. But how does Hard Case manage to do what it does?Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-59699954858475062182009-01-15T09:05:00.000+00:002009-01-15T09:05:00.000+00:00Good books? Relatively cheap?You just don't get th...Good books? Relatively cheap?<BR/><BR/>You just don't get this business AT ALL, do you Peter?<BR/><BR/>Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-7398591691415172122009-01-15T08:29:00.000+00:002009-01-15T08:29:00.000+00:00Gentlemen, behave! What I wonder about, more than ...Gentlemen, behave!<BR/><BR/> What I wonder about, more than total sales, is the distribution of those sales. Are sales more heavily concentrated on fewer bestsellers than before? And have the prices of books increased faster than the rate of inflation? Prices of hardbacks, for instance, are bloody shocking.<BR/><BR/> I wonder to what extent the Hard Case Crime model -- good books, (relatively) cheap -- is applicable elsewhere in crime-fiction publishing.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> <A HREF="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-57725167480005028332009-01-15T02:32:00.000+00:002009-01-15T02:32:00.000+00:00Hey, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime....Hey, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.<BR/><BR/>Or don't get caught.<BR/><BR/>Adult fiction went up? Well, they can't blame that on us.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.com