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Steve Carell is full of poop.

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Steve, I love you, man. You are hilarious. Michael Scott is, in my opinion, one of the greatest television characters of all time. You’re a good soldier and no doubt a great guy to work with…. but stop. Come on, now. Don’t even try to make us believe this.I bet you even believe it. [ ... ] ...

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Scrantonicity ~ “Secretary’s Day”

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Published April 27, 2010 at 12:24 p.m.

For Secretary’s Day, Michael Scott takes Erin to a fancy restaurant in Scranton called Hayworth’s. Well, there is no Hayworth’s in Scranton, which by now is not surprising. If they had used a real Scranton restaurant, that would have made writing this “Scrantonicity” easy. The column practically would have written itself. But that’s OK; [ ... ] ...

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Workers Under Threat: Blamefest Stunts Innovation [Ed. Note: Who Wrote This Headline?]

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Published Nov. 20, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.

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... If the chart above is giving you flashbacks to your last roundtable, chances are you've been blamed for something before. Was it your fault? Doesn't matter. Others in the room are likely to start feeling angry and defensive. Arguing is likely to break out. Then finger-pointing. Then middle finger-pointing. Did he just call you a "skank" below his day-old coffee breath?! Oh, no he didn't! ... Where were we? ... Ah, yes. Arguing amongst each other stunts innovation, according to a new study

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Scrantonicity… “Koi Pond”

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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 12:40 p.m.

While Michael Scott was falling into a koi pond, Pam and Andy were busy making cold sales calls at the “Wilkes-Barre Industrial Park.” Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are “twin cities” in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Their relationship is similar to other famous “twin cities,” like Minneapolis-St. Paul, San Francisco-Oakland, and Hooterville-Crabwell Corners. We who are from Scranton [ ... ] ...

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Scrantonicity… “The Lover”

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Published Oct. 26, 2009 at 11:26 a.m.

Not much “Scrantonicity” goin’ on in “The Lover.” In fact, the only local reference that I could find was a bogus one! Michael Scott had dinner reservations at “Botticelli’s,” which caused Pam to remark “Wow, that sounds like a special occasion!” So we can conclude that Botticelli’s is a fine dining establishment. But does [ ... ] ...

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“The Lover” 6:07… Bob’s recap

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Published Oct. 23, 2009 at 12:34 p.m.

The Lover opens up with Pam and Jim’s return from their honeymoon. They are greeted by Michael, who is “workshopping” his new comedy/improv character. “Blind Guy McSqueezy” is vintage Michael Scott, appalling offensive and unfunny, with only Dwight appearing to enjoy the cringe-worthy routine. Along with this breathtaking re-introduction, Pam and Jim are then [ ... ] ...

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The Office in Syndication

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Published Sept. 22, 2009 at 1:10 p.m.

As of yesterday, the Fox network here in NY has brushed aside those tired old episodes of Seinfeld that they’ve aired at the 7:30 pm and 11:00 pm timeslots for years (I’m as big a fan of Jerry and the gang as anyone; but enough is enough already) to make way for Michael Scott and [ ... ] ...

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1,246 Days of JAM

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Published Sept. 2, 2009 at 7:40 p.m.

Hi! My name is Kevin and I will be contributing some news and my “Office” thoughts to the LITO site. Also, along with Donna, Bob and HDF, I will be doing episode recaps. We will be, as Michael Scott so poetically put it in “The Fight”, “Gang banging this thing”. I can’t top that [ ... ] ...

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Best of Behance's 99% Conference: 13 Tried and True Practices For Making Ideas Happen

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Published April 20, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.

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The Behance "99%" conference wound up on a high note with Pentagram designer Michael Bierut offering five sane and simple principles for maximum productivity. Given his track record--hundreds of design awards, work at MOMA, a faculty appointment at Yale, a hugely popular blog, and a book or two, (I'm exhausted just listing all his accomplishments!)--his was advice with instant cred ... In typical modest fashion, however, he denied having any particular genius: "I'm not creative. I don't have

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And the transit debate goes round and round ...

Published June 26, 2008 at 4:53 p.m.

If you ever wondered why southeastern Wisconsin hasn't moved forward with development of a functional mass transit system, the answers were clearly apparent at the annual Community Development Summit held Wednesday at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee.