{"id":3227,"date":"2011-11-27T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2011-11-27T22:07:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T03:07:31","slug":"dilbert-blights-500000-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/27\/dilbert-blights-500000-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Dilbert Blights 500,000 Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strips\/comic\/2011-11-22\/\" title=\"Dilbert.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/000000000\/00000000\/0000000\/100000\/40000\/3000\/400\/143489\/143489.strip.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dilbert.com\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how many project managers follow Dilbert, but the ones that do (and understand the humor) might be ready for Suicide Watch.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Adams has a perfect ear for the absurdities of contemporary American bloviating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know how many project managers follow Dilbert, but the ones that do (and understand the humor) might be ready for Suicide Watch. 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