I was working there once on a temporary assignment. Got a message from the office in DC and was told we'd run out of travel money and I should fly home ASAP. Only problem was there was a super typhoon in the area and all flights were cancelled. I think I finally got out about a week later. The storm itself wasn't bad to ride out because it came basically from the behind the condo I was staying in so I could sit out on the balcony and watch it pass over. It wasn't so benign for all the locals living in metal homes.
Man detained after found trespassing on Northern Virginia preschool. He claimed he was on his way to the CIA, which sent up a major redflag. They got a warranted for his car - searched and found an AK-47 with a ton of rounds.
No comparison to having a kid of course, but when I was on the pill ~20 years ago it was about $35/month, which didn't matter much to me but certainly would to some.
My car in HS and college was a ‘79 Saab 900 EMS hand-me-down from Pa Chitwood….the odometer actually broke at 196K miles and change, and I had that car another 6 years..,.what a beast...
Went to the Fox last night to see Mr Bungle with the Melvins opening. Great show, Melvins played ‘Blood Witch,’ which I haven’t seen them play live since 2010ish. Also saw zoonews while walking up
Canzano: Larry Scott continues to screw over the Pac-12 with his past decisions. The building that they rented in SF had to be renovated back to normal office layout after Scott had it completely customized a decade ago. Cost: $10m per school.
Cal baseball fumbles away game 1 of the P12 Tournament to Oregon, effectively eliminating them from postseason consideration. This continues the program’s 30 year trend of hopelessly predictable mediocrity, with only 2011’s improbable CWS visit to Omaha as the outlier.
Legendary singer Tina Turner, known for her sultry voice and a string of platinum hits, has died at age 83.
The news was confirmed on Turner's official Facebook page.
"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner," the statement said on Facebook. "With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music. All our heartfelt compassion goes out to her family. Tina, we will miss you dearly."
Are any of you thinking of getting your retirement accounts temporarily out of stocks until this whole thing settles? I'm not moving anything in my taxable accounts because I don't think the swing would be worth the cap gains hit, but I could dump all the stock in my IRA with no tax implications, and hold it in cash for a few weeks. I'm trying to figure out if there's any real risk in that.
what kind of "cash" would you put it in? once upon a time before the credit crisis i moved everything to cash, but specifically treasuries, because i was worried about bank defaults. but in this case it is not clear what is safe?
My brother is a research attorney. Left private practice after leaving the Firm where he realized he didn’t want to churn out memos and billable hours just to make Partner. (And he didn’t play golf!)
I interned for a law and motion judge in SF Superior Court while in law school. I loved the work and exposure to a variety of litigation, but could not stand the isolation of cranking out bench memos all day long.
Currently 11/19, but historical range from 2 (manager was a terror) to 18 (product management). The day to day is not terrible but nothing to write home about (strategic planning and execution), I like my team well enough, pay and bennies are good. Enthusiasm for the org and c-suite are waning, so it’s time to step away.
Teach English as a foreign language at an international language school, Students come from all over the world. Been doing this for 12 years after teaching middle school history in a public school for 22 years. This job is a consistent 18/19 teaching middle school ranged from 2/19 to 17/19 depending on the day, the class and if certain students had shown up that day and how much administrators were hassling me.
My job is like 14/19. It's fine, there's nothing especially wrong with it, but nothing delightful or exciting either other than the pay. I'll stay here until I retire.
Hmmmm... It's my job,has been for decades, has been 19/19 sometimes, but dealing with fucking City of Oakland right now makes it 5/19 - so many people quit, so little response to needed work something that should take a few weeks may take a fucking god damn year.
The travel part of going to testing events that aren't in Bellevue: 19/19. I excluded Bellevue/Kirkland only because I've been to at least 5 events there. This year the non-Bellevue events are Budapest in Sept, Sydney in Dec, and possibly Paris end of July/August.
just started this job at the quantum computing co about 6 months ago. it is pretty good in every way except that i am remote. would love to be in the building to have a deeper connection to the people and the hardware.
also, i find myself in more of a managerial role than i would have guessed. i have this impression that i am better individual contributor than a manager while companies and mgmt usually seem to think otherwise.
You need Louis Winthorp and Billy Ray Valentine to get out on the floor and start wheeling and dealing…they did put Randolph and Mortimer Duke out of business….
Guam going to get smashed by a pretty strong typhoon
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/guam-braces-super-typhoon-mawar-potentially-devastating-triple-threat-rcna85831
I was working there once on a temporary assignment. Got a message from the office in DC and was told we'd run out of travel money and I should fly home ASAP. Only problem was there was a super typhoon in the area and all flights were cancelled. I think I finally got out about a week later. The storm itself wasn't bad to ride out because it came basically from the behind the condo I was staying in so I could sit out on the balcony and watch it pass over. It wasn't so benign for all the locals living in metal homes.
Gwyneth Paltrow wants your wife to buy you a bumhole sex toy for Father's Day [NSFW]
https://goop.com/style/gift-guides/the-fathers-day-gift-guide/
If you spent $250 on four horseshoes and two metal spikes, I'd be pissed.
A standup joke on the topic (also NSFW): https://twitter.com/sammorril/status/1339331261530312706
There's the Hugo thing but scroll down farther for the arc wave thing.
I don’t know, are the reviews any good?
But it’s hands free
Well Gwyneth certainly isn’t putting her hands anywhere near there
Huuugggghhh-Geaux…
JFC.
PRO
Celtics beat Heat 116-99 to avoid elimination.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37718463/celtics-show-poise-facing-elimination-extend-series-vs-heat
that was good to watch. Boston played well down the stretch. not clear what was stopping them before ..
Playing bad down the stretch?
Q.Ron Rodgers already in mid-season form.
https://twitter.com/diannaESPN/status/1661036522290782209
Fighter regrets the timing of his flying knee.
https://twitter.com/sztukiwalkiTV/status/1660676998102933507
Stars fall behind early on a match penalty from this cross-check by Jamie Benn.
https://twitter.com/ConnorHrabchak1/status/1661227013468717056
Stars lose 4-0 and now face elimination. It also got ugly at the end of the 2nd period.
https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1661188180303835138
Jays slay Rays 20-1
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37717303/blue-jays-demolish-rays-20-1-vladimir-guerrero-jr-6-rbis
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
DeSantis to announce his candidacy tonight in an event hosted by fucking Elon Musk.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-presidential-bid-campaign-elon-musk-rcna85288
And it was an unmitigated disaster! Go Bears!
Fucking Elon Musk is certainly an interesting first campaign act or am I misreading that
worst porno ever
I don’t want scat films so I’ll escape it
except for the "Helmut the Scheisse Monkey" series. Those are amazing
Seems like a weird way to make the announcement. Audio only so no cheering crowds and American flags waving.
Target caves to terrorists
https://apnews.com/article/target-lgbtq-pride-month-bathing-suits-21393e91a8eb6110b46623d17a3bf507
Infuriating
GOP investigation of Texas AG Paxton concludes that he probably committed impeachable offenses.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-ken-paxton-investigation-40ba70a33235eda9a31fc2628cbd7d61
Man detained after found trespassing on Northern Virginia preschool. He claimed he was on his way to the CIA, which sent up a major redflag. They got a warranted for his car - searched and found an AK-47 with a ton of rounds.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4018595-man-arrested-at-virginia-preschool-said-he-was-making-his-way-to-the-cia-police-say/
The solution to losing rating because of a disastrous townhall hosting a pathological liar is to host another one.
https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2023/05/24/cnn-to-host-republican-presidential-town-hall-with-former-south-carolina-governor-nikki-haley/
Jimmy Carter is in his 3rd month of hospice
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/jimmy-carter-hospice-ice-cream-00098480
Well, now he's just milking it.
He's waiting for Trump to go first.
3 more months and he’ll graduate back to full code
Wh... what kind of legal letter is this? What a joke.
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1661177276589912072
So we agree that family planning is important. Also, she's full of shit because pills are not expensive.
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1661052815366668313
No comparison to having a kid of course, but when I was on the pill ~20 years ago it was about $35/month, which didn't matter much to me but certainly would to some.
DBD AV CLUB
The Dude is making progress against cancer
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/entertainment/jeff-bridges-tumor/index.html
The Beatles bass player has died. Again.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/23/chas-newby-one-time-beatles-bassist-dies
TIL: There's Medieval-style covers of Nine Inch Nails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4UZRYShjYU
Silo.
Apple TV.
Sci Fi.
Interesting.
Plus it stars Rebecca Ferguson, who beat out both Saab and Volvo to nab the “Greatest Thing to Ever Come Out Of Sweden” award.
not Ikea??!!
i personally love my Volvo and wish i had a Saab when they were still around.
We had an ‘02 9-5 wagon as our first family ride, I really liked it.
I loved driving a Saab - sigh.
I’m not an Ikea fan!
My car in HS and college was a ‘79 Saab 900 EMS hand-me-down from Pa Chitwood….the odometer actually broke at 196K miles and change, and I had that car another 6 years..,.what a beast...
Supposedly Netflix has started sending out letters for password sharing to US subs. Everyone check their Netflix email accounts.
I'm going to cancel if either they charge or make it tough to validate. I'm OK with validating like once a month.
Went to the Fox last night to see Mr Bungle with the Melvins opening. Great show, Melvins played ‘Blood Witch,’ which I haven’t seen them play live since 2010ish. Also saw zoonews while walking up
I like the Melvins, but I don't think I've ever seen them.
But do you like zoonews?
I do! But I haven't seen him around in a long while.
High energy show, and Dale Crover does not get the recognition he deserves as a drummer.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Canzano: Larry Scott continues to screw over the Pac-12 with his past decisions. The building that they rented in SF had to be renovated back to normal office layout after Scott had it completely customized a decade ago. Cost: $10m per school.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Cal baseball fumbles away game 1 of the P12 Tournament to Oregon, effectively eliminating them from postseason consideration. This continues the program’s 30 year trend of hopelessly predictable mediocrity, with only 2011’s improbable CWS visit to Omaha as the outlier.
Tina Turner passes away at 83
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Culture/legendary-singer-tina-turner-dies-83/story?id=16521099
Legendary singer Tina Turner, known for her sultry voice and a string of platinum hits, has died at age 83.
The news was confirmed on Turner's official Facebook page.
"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner," the statement said on Facebook. "With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music. All our heartfelt compassion goes out to her family. Tina, we will miss you dearly."
Debt Ceiling
Are any of you thinking of getting your retirement accounts temporarily out of stocks until this whole thing settles? I'm not moving anything in my taxable accounts because I don't think the swing would be worth the cap gains hit, but I could dump all the stock in my IRA with no tax implications, and hold it in cash for a few weeks. I'm trying to figure out if there's any real risk in that.
what kind of "cash" would you put it in? once upon a time before the credit crisis i moved everything to cash, but specifically treasuries, because i was worried about bank defaults. but in this case it is not clear what is safe?
Cash cash. Invested in nothing, just sitting in my account. It's at a Too Big to Fail.
Bank de HAG?
current job
Court research attorney: 18/19. All the fun of being a practicing attorney without the clients or need to maintain a business.
My brother is a research attorney. Left private practice after leaving the Firm where he realized he didn’t want to churn out memos and billable hours just to make Partner. (And he didn’t play golf!)
I interned for a law and motion judge in SF Superior Court while in law school. I loved the work and exposure to a variety of litigation, but could not stand the isolation of cranking out bench memos all day long.
Currently 11/19, but historical range from 2 (manager was a terror) to 18 (product management). The day to day is not terrible but nothing to write home about (strategic planning and execution), I like my team well enough, pay and bennies are good. Enthusiasm for the org and c-suite are waning, so it’s time to step away.
Teach English as a foreign language at an international language school, Students come from all over the world. Been doing this for 12 years after teaching middle school history in a public school for 22 years. This job is a consistent 18/19 teaching middle school ranged from 2/19 to 17/19 depending on the day, the class and if certain students had shown up that day and how much administrators were hassling me.
My job is like 14/19. It's fine, there's nothing especially wrong with it, but nothing delightful or exciting either other than the pay. I'll stay here until I retire.
Hmmmm... It's my job,has been for decades, has been 19/19 sometimes, but dealing with fucking City of Oakland right now makes it 5/19 - so many people quit, so little response to needed work something that should take a few weeks may take a fucking god damn year.
The travel part of going to testing events that aren't in Bellevue: 19/19. I excluded Bellevue/Kirkland only because I've been to at least 5 events there. This year the non-Bellevue events are Budapest in Sept, Sydney in Dec, and possibly Paris end of July/August.
The rest of the work: 4/19.
15/19
just started this job at the quantum computing co about 6 months ago. it is pretty good in every way except that i am remote. would love to be in the building to have a deeper connection to the people and the hardware.
also, i find myself in more of a managerial role than i would have guessed. i have this impression that i am better individual contributor than a manager while companies and mgmt usually seem to think otherwise.
stock (IONQ) has doubled since i got there. so that is good.
on the other hand a $5-10 stock is incredibly volatile and w/ 4 yrs of vesting, there is not much point in getting too excited about it (yet).
You need Louis Winthorp and Billy Ray Valentine to get out on the floor and start wheeling and dealing…they did put Randolph and Mortimer Duke out of business….
lets wait till some of my stocks vest, because right now i couldnt sell even if i wanted to.