No arseholes rule

Guy Kawasaki reviews a book called "The No Asshole Rule":

The first step is to recognize who is an asshole. Sutton’s blog cites one method. It’s called the Starbucks Test It goes like this: If you hear someone at Starbucks order a “decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n’-Low and one NutraSweet,” you’re in the presence of an asshole. It’s unlikely that this petty combination is necessary—the person ordering is trying to flex her power because she’s an asshole.

The book is a more serious look at the conflict and stress that arseholes can cause, particularly in the workforce, and how individuals can learn how to deal with arseholes -- and perhaps even stop being arseholes themselves.

Hanging Saddam

The Rude Pundit has a few things to say about the late Saddam Hussein:

Saddam Hussein. Now that's a fuckin' tyrant, an old school motherfucker, bereft of nation, of sons, of rights, defiant and tough, ready to be hanged in the savage wasteland that was once his savage golden empire, even leaving a message of peace to the people of the country he ruled with madness and murder. The world has precious few vicious dictators left with the stones to have such a final act.

How typical of the current American government: they actually make a thug like Saddam Hussein seem more admirable than any of the cowardly, lying chicken-hawks who orchestrated his killing.