Prophet Zacharia

The new “safety meeting smell” is different these days, anyway.

You worked for Nerf for 20 years? A lot safer than the Jart job, I suppose.

Olli Määttä is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round, 22nd overall, in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Määttä has also played for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Jobs? I’ve worked for the same company since leaving school, 25 years ago. Obviously my role and responsibilities have changed over the years, but a lot of the same daily things. About 5 years ago I moved out of the main office to a peripheral one (politics related to how they wanted my branch to develop). About two years ago I added another facet to my daily responsibilities (while maintaining the old aspects) that’s been fairly energizing for me. Different skill sets at play. It’s been rewarding. Together with the move of offices, it’s like a new job, with a new boss (but way less administration overall) and a lot less of the old headaches. I’m glad I made the changes. For those who have made significant career changes, how long does the new job “smell” last? I still want to win the lottery and retire tomorrow, but I’m hoping this will be less than soul-crushing for another 5-10 years.

Give? I think most hockey players are self-equipped. Only thing I was ever given by a team was the jersey. We bought our own socks.

I think it’s better than flying without any.

Yeah, she did. Have schools started recruiting her? Offering summer camp positions, or anything? Or too soon? My nephew is a HS sophomore playing baseball and starting to get the recruitment emails.

I’m glad I stopped playing hockey before the influx of composite sticks based on cost. But it would have been cool to see how my shot might have improved.

No. Just no.

Thanks, @Parr8hed. I also liked her pitching against the college freshman the other day. I never watched girls/women’s softball before your videos, but now I really enjoy them.

Whichever it is, the bonuses are paid exclusively in coins.

I’ve found both to be good, although I’ve been disappointed with the caloric and fat content. I feel it should be lower than it is?

That looks similar to my staircase going from my back patio to my driveway yesterday with Ida waters pouring down.

After the power is out is a good time to problem solve your generator’s maintenance. Any sooner and you’d lose your Procrastinator status.

But isn’t that what a junior wife is for? Sandwich making, that is.

Just a little south of @TrentonMakes, IIRC.

Is it paid? How many young families can afford to have no income for either parent for a month or more?

I’d probably pay it off. I like the peace of mind of not needing to work with the same intensity once that is paid off. I still want to get to 55 years of age with the same company that I started with, as that will give me the ability to access my retirement accounts without penalty. So it wouldn’t be totally liberating. But it could let me ease up on what I take on, as a lot of my pay is ala carte.

I’m paying off my mortgage at a rate that I will done in 5 years, about 4 years early on a 15 year loan. This will allow me flexibility, if I wish to work I can, but if I wish to retire/partially retire that’s the year I can access all of my 401/403/457 monies without penalty. I’ll loading them all to my pretax maximum, and then some.

Apparently it went into effect 1993. It wasn’t something I knew of at the time.

It wasn’t a thing that I knew of in the early 2000’s. Any time I took was vacation time that I didn’t take at another point in the year. If FMLA existed then, I sure didn’t know of it.

Pouring rain here now. Flash flood warning between now and Thursday.

Not that I saw in the USA Today and local area newspapers. Which is why the doctors who commented in the article said they should just ignore the order. Easier for a hospital to say “We can’t make our doctors order this” than “Dr. Smith” having to personally defy the judge’s order.

Here’s where I have a major issue with the judges’ order. There is no treating doctor who’s advocating for this care. The judge is ordering a doctor and hospital provide treatment that they oppose. They find it if no benefit and potentially harmful. It would be totally different if Wagshul were on staff, wanted to provide the treatment, and the hospital opposed it. The hospital could then say “fine, it’s out of our hands”. But instead the judge wants to force the treatment mandate (all the while having ZERO responsibility for the outcome).