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Sigh. Another (fully clothed) example of Vimes' Law of Economics.
A year ago, when Teensy Valeros needed a checkup and two booster shots, we had no insurance and had to pay out of pocket. The bill was over seven hundred dollars.
Today, when Hermione needed a checkup and two booster shots, the bill was zero dollars.
Meanwhile, WW's new GP is ordering tests right and left because he's over fifty and hasn't had insurance in a dog's age: EKG, colonoscopy, opthamological exam and neurological workup just to get a baseline. Does he need any of that? Debatable.
I'm irritated.
First paver project of the year and I'm going under a spiral staircase and around boulders.
It's a lot like hitting a kid in the head with a shovel and throwing him the deep end and hoping for the best.
Fortunately, I grew up on a farm with 7 brothers so this isn't my first time getting clobbered with a shovel and thrown in a swimming pool.
Yep. And so the company saves money by not having to buy a lot of mice. I'm certainly not using the company-approved mouse, and I suspect most people don't.There's no shopping for the best price, or making selections; if you search for a mouse, you can order the *one* company-approved mouse. And so forth.One company-approved mouse is idiotic because different people have very different needs from their mouse.
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the folks replaced the company mouse with their own when working from home anyway.
Could be worse. They could demand that you use the company-issued crap that is too poorly weighed and too poorly balanced to fit your preferences.
True, but it's also an out for the IT Dept. "Oh, you aren't using company equipment? Sorry, I'm not allowed to help you."
Granted, most of the time NH's 1st level IT Support at Global Megacorp isn't going to help anyway, but this at least gives them some policy cover.
Thankfully, usb mice tend to work fine. Most of the time.
I still have no idea what I actually did to make the new mouse work after the initial hiccups...
What needs could those be? Something beyond point and click?There's no shopping for the best price, or making selections; if you search for a mouse, you can order the *one* company-approved mouse. And so forth.One company-approved mouse is idiotic because different people have very different needs from their mouse.
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the folks replaced the company mouse with their own when working from home anyway.
Handling. Different mice handle quite differently based on their size, shape, weight, and placement/construction of buttons.
For a long time I used old ball-based mice that were generally heavier than modern, laser-based and needed years to get used to lighter ones.
What needs could those be? Something beyond point and click?There's no shopping for the best price, or making selections; if you search for a mouse, you can order the *one* company-approved mouse. And so forth.One company-approved mouse is idiotic because different people have very different needs from their mouse.
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the folks replaced the company mouse with their own when working from home anyway.
Ergonomics, for starters.
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We got the keys for the new house yesterday, so went over today to give it a proper old clean, fling out some of the detritus, and work out what we needed to do big jobs-wise. We also played Insect Top Trumps, which Shanna won, and which informed us all that a zebra spider has more brains than a cricket, who knew.
Good night, John!
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So, I understand that when employees are looking to get promoted, self-evaluations are important. And should take the employee about 15-30 minutes to complete.
But I can't get promoted. I have no reason to self-evaluate. And Global Megacorporation has a multi-hour process. "Evaluate your 10 goals. Now evaluate them again here. Now evaluate your 9 competencies. Now write in overall feedback."
Once you've been asked to fill out twenty-nine stupid, "How did you do on this?" boxes, you just don't care any more.
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Kids who grow up in the Bay Area really are fundamentally "different":
- This morning Impus Major came to me and asked, "Is bullying even a thing any more? Isn't it gone?" I had to explain my conversation on this very forum about how, while in the Bay Area there is a "zero tolerance" policy for bullying and so it's well-hidden and strongly discouraged, it sure as heck isn't that way in the rest of the country.
- This morning Impus Minor informed me that he's doing another overnight at the same house. I started in on my usual drugs and alcohol lecture and he laughed and cut me off with, "It's xxx, yyy, and those guys. Do you really think any of them would have anything to do with drugs or alcohol?"
Then he asked me for earplugs. Not for loud music, but because his friends snore too loudly.
My kids. I wonder where I went right.
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Finally started watching the new Dune. I've only made it to the point where Jessica and Paul are on the sands, surveying the catastrophe.
What the heck is going on with their Thufir Hawat? He's saying the right things at the right times (kinda), but he's not selling it to me. I'm trying to synthesize a fancy-schmancy phrase that blends "non-threatening", "bean counter", and "coutourier's faux pas" . . . . Semi-official junta CPA? Calculomancer? Professor of military finance?
The visuals are good. The music is top-tier, but doesn't feel like it fits "just right". (But it's Hans Zimmer, right? How couldn't it be good??)
. . . . .
Oh, yes . . . . My biggest gripe: the dialogue. I think the cast they've assembled have the collective chops to sell grandiose discourse -- they could have been a bit more over-the-top with their phrasing and idioms, and we the audience would still have "gotten it". This version doesn't have the pervasive sense of grandeur that I get from Lynch's movie, and that I think suffuses the book.
. . . . .
TL;DR -- Grognard say: why not '84 Dune??
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So, I understand that when employees are looking to get promoted, self-evaluations are important. And should take the employee about 15-30 minutes to complete.
But I can't get promoted. I have no reason to self-evaluate. And Global Megacorporation has a multi-hour process. "Evaluate your 10 goals. Now evaluate them again here. Now evaluate your 9 competencies. Now write in overall feedback."
Once you've been asked to fill out twenty-nine stupid, "How did you do on this?" boxes, you just don't care any more.
That's it, I'm promoting you to CEO of Global Megacorporation.
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More peculiar finds in the house, namely, a full packet of Tramadol (a heavy-duty opiate based painkiller), a prescription bottle of methylated spirits (for what do you get prescribed meths?), someone's certificate of initiation into the Freemasons, and a couple of dozen '50s 78 rpm records in extremely good condition, along with a truly excessive number of Christmas LPs. Must have been Party Central there at one point.
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Yep. I will now officially endorse the government smothering me with COVID tests.
Impus Major's illness still hasn't gone down significantly. 102.6°F on Tuesday, but then 100.8°F on Wednesday, Thursday, AND Friday. Once you get a prolonged fever over 100°F, you start worrying that it's something serious. Except he has no real symptoms: A slight runny nose, a sore throat, a mild cough, and reduced energy.
Long-term illness with high fever but few other symptoms? Must be COVID!
Fortunately, we gave him a second test today and it's still not COVID.
We've named it the "Santa Cruz Crud".
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So, I understand that when employees are looking to get promoted, self-evaluations are important. And should take the employee about 15-30 minutes to complete.
But I can't get promoted. I have no reason to self-evaluate. And Global Megacorporation has a multi-hour process. "Evaluate your 10 goals. Now evaluate them again here. Now evaluate your 9 competencies. Now write in overall feedback."
Once you've been asked to fill out twenty-nine stupid, "How did you do on this?" boxes, you just don't care any more.
I get asked how I do things on a daily basis. Though they usually do it with a few exclamation points and a question mark or two.
I get asked how I do things on a daily. Though they usually do it with a few exclamation points and a question mark or two.So, I understand that when employees are looking to get promoted, self-evaluations are important. And should take the employee about 15-30 minutes to complete.
But I can't get promoted. I have no reason to self-evaluate. And Global Megacorporation has a multi-hour process. "Evaluate your 10 goals. Now evaluate them again here. Now evaluate your 9 competencies. Now write in overall feedback."
Once you've been asked to fill out twenty-nine stupid, "How did you do on this?" boxes, you just don't care any more.
I've been doing a weekly 1-on-1 with my manager since 2004. They're always 100% honest with me, and I'm 100% honest with them. So having a semiannual formal process is... burdensome.
I don't have to do self-evaluations, but I am supposed to "verify" the manager's annual evaluation of me. Which basically means click a few buttons to say I've read and understand what they've said about me. I haven't done it for this year or last, yet no one has said anything to me about it. If they don't care, I don’t see why I should.So, I understand that when employees are looking to get promoted, self-evaluations are important. And should take the employee about 15-30 minutes to complete.
But I can't get promoted. I have no reason to self-evaluate. And Global Megacorporation has a multi-hour process. "Evaluate your 10 goals. Now evaluate them again here. Now evaluate your 9 competencies. Now write in overall feedback."
Once you've been asked to fill out twenty-nine stupid, "How did you do on this?" boxes, you just don't care any more.
I send progress pictures to the boss at the end of the day every day. I don't have to but he likes it when I do so I'd be a fool not to.
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I didn't like Paul. Can't really say why, he just didn't click for me.Finally started watching the new Dune. I've only made it to the point where Jessica and Paul are on the sands, surveying the catastrophe.
** spoiler omitted **
I completely understand that. It might not make much sense, but he's the least interesting character in this movie for me. But, then, I've only just reached the point where he's about to really begin "answering the call", as it were. I'm interested to see how they proceed.
Two related tidbits:
1) I'm rereading the books. I'm currently on the third. The story has aged well.
2) I never did get to see the SciFi/SyFy miniseries. I should probably fix that.
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I didn't like Paul. Can't really say why, he just didn't click for me.Finally started watching the new Dune. I've only made it to the point where Jessica and Paul are on the sands, surveying the catastrophe.
** spoiler omitted **
I completely understand that. It might not make much sense, but he's the least interesting character in this movie for me. But, then, I've only just reached the point where he's about to really begin "answering the call", as it were. I'm interested to see how they proceed.
Two related tidbits:
1) I'm rereading the books. I'm currently on the third. The story has aged well.
2) I never did get to see the SciFi/SyFy miniseries. I should probably fix that.
I always preferred John, or George. Always thought Paul was kind of an a#*&@*@. Surprisingly, I have no opinion one way or the other about Ringo, except that he was a better drummer than people gave him credit for.
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That's right. He was a top drummer.
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And Impus Minor has graduated!!!!!
Even better, during the graduation ceremony GothBard got a robocall that he'd missed 3rd period today and she should resolve this issue.
Her response to the robot cannot be printed in family-friendly messageboard.
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And Impus Minor has graduated!!!!!
Even better, during the graduation ceremony GothBard got a robocall that he'd missed 3rd period today and she should resolve this issue.
Her response to the robot cannot be printed in family-friendly messageboard.
Good we are in the FAWTL, then...
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We have two graduations this next week, Crookshanks graduates from high school on Tuesday and Tiny T-Rex graduates to middle school on Thursday.
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CONGRADUATIONS
CONDRAGULATIONS
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I graduated from Trade School the friday before the last and am now working as an Apprentice Electrician :)
Im pretty good with a bandsaw now too.
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I graduated from Trade School the friday before the last and am now working as an Apprentice Electrician :)
Im pretty good with a bandsaw now too.
CONGRADULATIONS
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I graduated from Trade School the friday before the last and am now working as an Apprentice Electrician :)
Im pretty good with a bandsaw now too.
Nice one!!
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It's 94 degrees in Dallas today.
Where are LM and her family? Standing in an unshaded parking lot, waiting to march in the Dallas Pride parade.
It takes a d@$%ed good reason to get me out of my air conditioning.
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I'm starting to get a handle of Elden Ring. I defeated my first Greater Enemy, at Castle Morne. I also defeated another optional boss.
Plus, I found me giant rusty anchor!
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Fantasy Monster: Clockwork Miner
I might have started playing a game today that puts you in the position of a demolitionist that was supposed to be miner but ended being a rebel...
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I'm starting to get a handle of Elden Ring. I defeated my first Greater Enemy, at Castle Morne. I also defeated another optional boss.
Plus, I found me giant rusty anchor!
One hand, a lot of what I see and read about Elden Ring sounds quite tempting, on the other hand, it is a Souls-like game meaning I am likely to rage quite quickly and make the rather expensive purchase not worth the money spent...
Also, I have no idea how acceptably (both when it comes to visuals and gameplay) will it work on my computer. Star Wars: Fallen Order that I bought some time ago was a huge let down in that matter...
I'm starting to get a handle of Elden Ring. I defeated my first Greater Enemy, at Castle Morne. I also defeated another optional boss.
Plus, I found me giant rusty anchor!
One hand, a lot of what I see and read about Elden Ring sounds quite tempting, on the other hand, it is a Souls-like game meaning I am likely to rage quite quickly and make the rather expensive purchase not worth the money spent...
Also, I have no idea how acceptably (both when it comes to visuals and gameplay) will it work on my computer. Star Wars: Fallen Order that I bought some time ago was a huge let down in that matter...
I almost rage quit a few times and have actually taken breaks from the game.
There are definitely frame rate issues if you get involved with a horde of creatures.
There is a LOT of grinding through the same areas until you figure shit out and the online guides for leveling up and understanding the game are all mostly useless as I've actually found and learned more on my own then I have from any guide.
It is a very addicting game, but also INCREDIBLY frustrating at times (or all the time in the beginning).
That said, I totally understand why people give it 1 star in reviews and for the most part they aren't wrong.
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Today is our 23rd anniversary (California wedding). Our Texas anniversary isn't until Friday.
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Congratulations!
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Today is also The Adult Kid's 30th birthday.