Did that when I visited New York. The conductor asked why I was staying on the train at the last stop. When I told him, he invited me to make the loop from the cab. Such a great experience.

Today I learned! Thanks. That actually made me feel better.

Is this the plan to run with Trump as VP and then resign so Trump can take over again?

Putin is what I imagine it would be like if a Bond villain won.

What about “special military operations” which is what Putin was calling his invasion of Ukraine?

His words are worthless.

I’m sorry for being so rude to you but I don’t want to be a nice person.

In no particular order:

• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• Elf
• Scrooged
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Star Wars Holiday Special (I know. Please don’t judge too harshly)
• Violent Night
• A Christmas Horror Story
• A Christmas Story
• At least one of the Rankin/Bass stop motion christmas movies
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

Plus others, but those are the ones that tend to get played every year.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

– Vernon Law

Fanta pissed me off with their ads 20+ years ago. I have not had a Fanta since.

My SO’s company asks for presentations if a candidate for certain high-level positions make it to final rounds of interviewing. It’s pitched as being a “high level overview to start a conversation, not a TED talk”. They also pay the candidates for the time to put this presentation together. I think it’s something like $200, but I am not sure.

Being asked to put together a presentation is not necessarily bad, but being asked to put in your personal time without compensation is a red flag. It speaks a lot to their culture and expectations of personal sacrifice the company likely asks of their employees.

I’ve actually been in this situation when I was working as a sys admin at a webhosting company. First I played a lot of games. Once that started to get boring I taught myself how to code which set me up to transition from sys admin to development work.

Just a reminder that additional farm subsidies were also issued during Trumps first administration because of his trade war with China and Europe. They disproportionately benefited wealthy corporate farms over smaller individual owned farms.

This is not a correction this is the plan.

It’s almost like his decision to appoint loyalists and psychophants instead of qualified personnel was a bad decision.

Just guessing here, but I would think it’s for for clarity and brevity. West and South are shorter to say and distinct enough to avoid being easily misheard causing somebody to go in the opposite direction than intended.

I hear it when it’s playing on a car radio or in an ad or on some show, and I acknowledge how music can spur an emotional response when used effectively, but I don’t regularly listen to it.

I’m assuming everyone here listens to music somewhat regularly

As somebody who does not regularly listen to music, I am curious why you would make this assumption.

sigh Another narcissist CEO who cannot grasp the idea that “life”, in this context, is just an employees working for themselves and pursuing their own interests instead of working for others to pursue corporate interests.

Is it less common than it used to be or are you just becoming more aware of it?

If I were to guess, I would say early 30s.