Sh*t Project Managers Say

For all the consultants out there...

(Thanks, Sean!)

Electronic tracking: new constraint for Saudi women

Really?

Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements.  

Since last week, Saudi women's male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones informing them when women under their custody leave the country, even if they are travelling together.  

Manal al-Sherif, who became the symbol of a campaign launched last year urging Saudi women to defy a driving ban, began spreading the information on Twitter, after she was alerted by a couple. 

The husband, who was travelling with his wife, received a text message from the immigration authorities informing him that his wife had left the international airport in Riyadh.

Read more in France 24. (Thanks, Tom)

HBR Daily Stat: Why You Feel Broke When You're Raising a Child

The total cost of raising a child to full independence in the Northeast U.S., including food, clothing, health care, housing, transportation, entertainment, half of a typical college tuition, and Mom's lost wages, comes to $1.8 million, calculates journalist Nadia Taha. Concern that she might not be able to guarantee financial security for her family is a major factor in her decision not to have children, Ms. Taha writes in The New York Times.

Girl Football Player, 9, Dominates Boys Program (interview with dad)

(Thanks, Tom!)

9-Year-Old Girl Sam Gordon Beasting At Her Youth Football League! (Destroys the boys)

The least helpful Yahoo! Answers responses ever.

Yahoo! Answers provides Internet users with a place to go to solve life's problems. It's also a great example of how the Internet can be both the best and worst thing in the world. When users join forces to solve a problem, Yahoo! Answers is a great tool. When users gang up on a stupid, crazy or just plain confused questioner, then all hell breaks loose. Here's a collection of the least-helpful Yahoo! Answers interactions ever.

Incredible. (Thanks, North)

Special team

If you can spare it, take a few minutes to read this article about Chy Johnson (yes it's from ESPN, but no, it's not really about sports).

You will be bawling like it's the first 5 minutes of "Up" but it will be worth it. (Thanks, David)