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One of my direct reports was in Disney (Florida) the week before last, came to the office on Monday and made it clear that his intention was not to follow any kind of precautionary isolation protocol. The guy who sits immediately behind me flew to the northeast the previous week as well and also made it clear he intended to keep coming to the office. So, since my division was intending on the entire organization being on a work from home footing by the end of last week anyway, I implemented a mandatory work from home starting Tuesday until further notice for my part of the organization. Couple

Korn last night was actually really good, definitely worth the 23 bucks I paid to see them. They still sound great, no Vince Neil disease or anything. For one brief flicker of a moment I was back in 1994.

Holy crap, I actually remember seeing that ad on the air...

all power to the people? am i doing it right?

I scored RATM/RTJ tickets for KC. It will likely be blondie and I going. She got a black girl booty so I'm hoping I can get a hood pass when the race riot starts.

I believe I will be getting tickets to the 5/14 show in KC

I have made it a resolution this year to go to more concerts. Going to see Korn in a couple weeks mainly for nostalgia factor. I remember I was doing a 'roadie for a dig' gig in missouri for a megadeth show. This band no one had heard of called Korn was the opening act. They came out and played Blind and me and one of my guitarist buddies looked at each other and said "these guys are going to be ****ing huge." I enjoyed their first 3 albums so we'll see how they do. The week after that I"m going to Kiss with DLR as the opener. Again, mostly nostalgia purposes. Kiss was the first band I w

Fantomas and Mr Bungle, the two other projects I'm even remotely familiar with, are tough listens for me too. But I have really grown to love FNM over the last decade or so. I think they truly were ahead of their time. With Patton it is definitely a thin line between genius and madness musically speaking lol

I was toying with the idea of going to one of the festivals they're playing but I'm opting for the waiting game and hoping they eventually announce a full N.A. tour. I can't think of a more appropriate climate in which they should tour. I got to see them late 90s on a co-headline tour with FNM. Which is another band I'm hoping will announce a full N.A. tour since they are also playing some festivals this year.

I'll take "meetings that could've been emails" for 400, Alex.

M-T would have a lot to say about catching up on email in a meeting but given how shitty the overall climate is in your firm I don't think meetings would be particularly effective nor would I suspect that you could actually decline the meeting invites for those where you are just intended to fill a seat. Therefore I won't provide any additional feedback on that front.

Yep you just confirmed it, that's just a shitty manager/executive. I agree M-T isn't the only game in town. M-T is great because it gives a solid, actionable starting framework for those who really are swamped or new etc. The other great thing is that by giving you the reasoning behind each action they're taking you can intelligently modify for what works in your org to make the incremental changes toward being more effective. It's rare to find the combination of theory and actionable guidance in the business theory world imho.

Was the time she snapped at you during your O3 time or outside the scheduled time? If it was outside O#, was it a scheduled or impromptu attempt at the discussion?

you doing anything for the bowl? Do they have sports betting at the MO casinos? They do in Iowa now so I was thinking about making a run over the river to make some wagers.

Let me know how goat is. I'm kinda kicking myself I didn't try one of her places when I was in Chicago a few years ago. Not only is she a top chef winner, she's also an iron chef.

Well whatever the timeline used to be just got extended due to my bosses inefficacy. One of the benefits of being one spot removed from the president was increased interaction with that suite which leads to increased promotion opportunity. Realistically I could probably hit a Director role in the next 5-7 years without any extraordinary effort. To make CIO I would need: A handful of solid certs like payment card industry professional (PCI-P), disaster recovery (DCRS), DevOps Leader (DOL), ITIL Foundation and maybe a couple others Some post graduate seminar or continuing e

The last few months has been a really annoying and somewhat painful/frustrating period of me learning how to manage my boss. This guy is the peter principle come to life. He can't commit to a coherent vision or set of goals. We (his other direct reports and I) are constantly shifting task as he is like a dog looking out the window in a neighborhood full of squirrels. He's unofficially been demoted as he used to report to the president of the company but now reports to the CTO. He retained the CIO title but our org is going to suffer in budget talks within the next couple of years I think. Espe

The strong undertones of homoeroticism?

Good on ya dude! Holiday greetings and all that shit.

bad guy.

Tried to start the Get Shorty series on Netflix but just couldn't get into it. I just felt annoyed. The bad guy husband who has always been a bad guy and whose wife has always known he was a bad guy but now suddenly hates that he's a bad guy and either wants him to change or he's trying to change to win her back story line is just so tired. Carmela Soprano but a nail in the coffin of that plot for me.

I think a hunter's safety card is sometimes needed for game where a state license isn't necessary, like some fowl. For other game, like deer, a license is required I believe. It seems to be pretty similar among midwest states.

You might also need a license or hunters safety card. Heading down to KS today then driving over to blondie's mom's tomorrow. Happy gluttony everybody.

I'm guessing porn creep or death grip syndrome