Reminds of the quote that I can't find the source of: "In this life, you need 'fuck you money' or 'fuck you attitude.'" Will has the latter (at least)

Last big push to edit my paper before publication. I put off the hard stuff til now. Sigh. Not how I want to spend the long weekend/birthday weekend. Nor, frankly, is it all clear what publishing this will do to make my life at all different post publication. Still. I made it this far so why not?

One of my strongest beliefs re: the toxicity of social media is the degree to which a large number of people give up any ability to have different levels of criticism. "Eh it would be better if you did that" or "that's not right" vs "you are an inhuman monster" regardless of offense

You know gas prices are low when commercial airliners are making detours to fill up at service stations

Wife knew exactly what to get me for my birthday (complete Showa-era Godzilla collection in a book with lovely art)

Many of the same people who do this (jump at any news that confirms their priors, then disregards contrary info) express incredulity at people on the other side of the aisle who fall for propaganda and misinformation, and man, they may want to be a bit more humble (I am not immune here)

The good news is we got CBS News to stop doing something dumb, but the bad news it was the whiskey thing and not the complete debasement of journalistic integrity and standards

Quick question: is "Department of Defense" still the statutory name of the Department? There was no renaming in the NDAA or anything was there?

"Good for some and not others." Ok but isn't that true of the other kinds of discrimination also?

Amazing Indian food in Palau.

Like a football coach failing unconventionally being much worse than failing conventionally, which helped bottle up a lot of incentives to be more correct (go on 4th down etc) for a long time.

Ok I have a serious q on this topic. One of my subordinates is pretty new. She's doing fine: inexperienced and a lot to learn/polish, but that's to be expected. She's right where I need her to be. But, she struggles w confidence. And most especially she apologizes anytime she asks me a question.

My time has come

Ecorse Creek ("River" technically but even "creek" is flattering)

Minor beef, but you'll never guess what the OP was that this was a response to

Think it's the same logic that has people asserting that everything is more sophisticated in Europe (or wherever), unlike the US, which only has Applebee's, Nickelback, and tractor pulls.

Sad he died at this time. By next fall, schools nationwide will probably be teaching his crankery in history class, at the rate we're going.

I saw people discussing Stardew Valley and finding it very stressful and...man, look to each his/her own, but we lead very, very different lives. I guess if you go in expecting it to be completely free of time/threat constraints, sure, but still

Just got my paper back for editing before publication and there are just two teensy tiny issues: 1) it's been years since I wrote it now so uh I'm going to have to refamiliarize myself with everything 2) it's 50,000 words. Gonna be at this for a minute

Milsky, got a career/job/"meaningfulness" question for you. It's about deployments

My nephew (4) has been telling people at preschool that his papa (my dad) was eaten by a shark. One friend went further by asking his mom (my sister), "was his papa really eaten by a whale?" My dad would appreciate it. Probably how he would tell it. Nice to see the trait (embellishment) passed on

JAGmas came late, but it did come all the same. Hope my friends got what they wanted, and I hope my enemies are all bound for Minot

Started a message board post today with "speaking of misshapen penises..."

How would one abbreviate the Dayton-Columbus-Cincinnati area? Daylumnati Daycinbus Cintonbus Cinlumton Coltonnati Colcinton I concede these are all terrible

Wait, $9 coffee? Really? Also is that like a selling point for NYC? This is the 2nd stray coffee comment that's caught my attention in as many days.

This also works as a chart of my productivity at work in December

Extremely niche complaint as I impatiently await the summer jobs forecast that was, if not promised, strongly implied, to be available by Christmas. To be clear, I know where I'm going, I don't NEED the list for anything but I want to see where my friends and especially enemies are headed

Very niche, but getting a defense counsel/victims counsel job in the USAF has such a wide range of outcomes in this area. I was lucky enough to be an ADC in Guam, so I got to travel to Japan, Hawaii, and Korea. You wind up ADC at Malmstrom? Maybe you're visiting Mountain Home or Minot.

Speaking of, I put this into Google and the unasked-for AI helpfully summarized:

I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself

Dun3

Bumping for the Monday morning crowd. Don't make me do my own research

"What's a brand name we can lift from Tolkien for our security company that hasn't been used yet?" "Hmmm. Think 'Sauron' is still available." "Great! That sounds like it conveys power and dominance." "Sure does." "And people will associate it with flawless security procedures." "About that..."

The early history of attempts at human flight were plagued by dubious claims and poor decisions

We are not though. He'll be gone by this time next year and meanwhile for his many flaws, he (or the search firm the university hired) stepped into some pretty sweet hires.

Incorrect. Just ask for a lawyer then STFU.

Assume this is mostly geared towards non-specialists/professionals (docs/lawyers/etc). But had a question: what have people noticed for military to civ transition for lawyers? Esp if you do 20. It seems like most folks fall into government jobs, which is fine, but what other prospects?

LegalSky, I'm writing (or futzing around with) a paper/article on my employer's structure and design as it relates to making sure we all have enough litigation experience. Any good sources from the civilian world on general caseload or trial experience recommendations at various levels (crim)?

"That's great but how will Abundance treat my venereal disease?"

My NCOIC just texted me to wish me a Merry Christmas but also to point out my Lions were playing like shit.

Little did I know that time we took a red eye to Vegas on Christmas night to save money back in college, we were really walking in the footsteps of Frodo and Co

"And Tiny Tim--who did NOT die" And he never died. Tiny Tim yet lives. Though his flesh be rotted and putrid, and he yearns for death, he receives it not. He is cursed to walk the Earth for ever after, to serve as a reminder of the Spirit of Christmas.

Just a general comment: these situations never call for generic advice. There are a lot of situations in this world. Some family members absolutely deserve to be cut out. Some people also get way too spun up on stuff or inside their own head and act too quickly and rashly in cutting people out.

Not til 2300 though

The whole thread is mockingly asking "who did they vote for?" And I don't know how they voted, but some of these people should look up more on Jackson Hole before making assumptions

No, YOU'RE refreshing the page every 2 minutes hoping the assignment list drops. Allegedly by tomorrow but I keep hoping it'll be early

zoom out, sir, and BEHOLD THE GREATEST CIVIL ENGINEERING PRANK OF ALL TIME

At a lovely set of Christmas shorts at the local theater. One complaint: one of the sketches wrongly associated the Immaculate Conception with the virgin birth. As a non practicing Catholic, this won't stand. Seriously, though, great production, highly recommend.

We've got a TJAG nominee, folks. All I know is, that isn't me (not that I'm qualified or want the job, but I could use the pay raise)

When you wake up after a long night celebrating a wedding, and then drive 10 hours, what you really don't want as you pick up your dog from the boarding facility is that she has diarrhea, and then discover as you take her out to go the bathroom it is bloody diarrhea.