Iuz the Evil

Left my job today after 8 Years and 6 Months of public service. 4 fires, a mass shooter incident at the VA home, global pandemic response and so many Suicide/DTS/DTO incidents I literally lost count. Some of the best humans I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside, and the privilege of leading. 
 
Crazy transition. In 10 days I start my new gig (very similar to the previous one but different County). Really looking forward to the many new things I have to learn about the communities I’ll be serving, and the local priorities. Going to use the time to get my head on straight and study the community health assessment and other state/local reporting so I’m ready to go from Day 1. Very excited. 

Congrats on your new job. I've been in between jobs myself for a couple of years. Just a few gigs once in a while.

Congratulations on the new job.  I'm at the far end; I retired effective a week ago.

Left my job today after 8 Years and 6 Months of public service. 4 fires, a mass shooter incident at the VA home, global pandemic response and so many Suicide/DTS/DTO incidents I literally lost count. Some of the best humans I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside, and the privilege of leading. 
 
Crazy transition. In 10 days I start my new gig (very similar to the previous one but different County). Really looking forward to the many new things I have to learn about the communities I’ll be serving, and the local priorities. Going to use the time to get my head on straight and study the community health assessment and other state/local reporting so I’m ready to go from Day 1. Very excited. 

Left my job today after 8 Years and 6 Months of public service. 4 fires, a mass shooter incident at the VA home, global pandemic response and so many Suicide/DTS/DTO incidents I literally lost count. Some of the best humans I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside, and the privilege of leading. 
 
Crazy transition. In 10 days I start my new gig (very similar to the previous one but different County). Really looking forward to the many new things I have to learn about the communities I’ll be serving, and the local priorities. Going to use the time to get my head on straight and study the community health assessment and other state/local reporting so I’m ready to go from Day 1. Very excited. 

Left my job today after 8 Years and 6 Months of public service. 4 fires, a mass shooter incident at the VA home, global pandemic response and so many Suicide/DTS/DTO incidents I literally lost count. Some of the best humans I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside, and the privilege of leading. 
 
Crazy transition. In 10 days I start my new gig (very similar to the previous one but different County). Really looking forward to the many new things I have to learn about the communities I’ll be serving, and the local priorities. Going to use the time to get my head on straight and study the community health assessment and other state/local reporting so I’m ready to go from Day 1. Very excited. 

Left my job today after 8 Years and 6 Months of public service. 4 fires, a mass shooter incident at the VA home, global pandemic response and so many Suicide/DTS/DTO incidents I literally lost count. Some of the best humans I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside, and the privilege of leading. 
 
Crazy transition. In 10 days I start my new gig (very similar to the previous one but different County). Really looking forward to the many new things I have to learn about the communities I’ll be serving, and the local priorities. Going to use the time to get my head on straight and study the community health assessment and other state/local reporting so I’m ready to go from Day 1. Very excited. 

Left my job today after 8 Years and 6 Months of public service. 4 fires, a mass shooter incident at the VA home, global pandemic response and so many Suicide/DTS/DTO incidents I literally lost count. Some of the best humans I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside, and the privilege of leading. 
 
Crazy transition. In 10 days I start my new gig (very similar to the previous one but different County). Really looking forward to the many new things I have to learn about the communities I’ll be serving, and the local priorities. Going to use the time to get my head on straight and study the community health assessment and other state/local reporting so I’m ready to go from Day 1. Very excited. 

Left my job today after 8 Years and 6 Months of public service. 4 fires, a mass shooter incident at the VA home, global pandemic response and so many Suicide/DTS/DTO incidents I literally lost count. Some of the best humans I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside, and the privilege of leading. 
 
Crazy transition. In 10 days I start my new gig (very similar to the previous one but different County). Really looking forward to the many new things I have to learn about the communities I’ll be serving, and the local priorities. Going to use the time to get my head on straight and study the community health assessment and other state/local reporting so I’m ready to go from Day 1. Very excited. 

Congratulations on your new job.

Darwin Awards July 4th edition…

"Son, where did you get the idea this was okay?" - United Kingdom is aghast
"YOU, okay! I learned it from YOU!" - United States runs up to its room
UK hangs head in shame

This one is for Hermit. 

One more for the day.  .  .

Yet another reason to celebrate today

Is this a fireworks injury thread? I was looking for the Independence Day thread…
 

 

If I’m in the wrong place, I’ll just see myself out…
 
To light off some fireworks!

Spotted on our afternoon walk today...*sighs in frustration*

On this day in 2012, CERN reported the first reliable evidence of the Higgs Boson from the Large Hadron Collider.
 
Blowing things up seems like an appropriate way to celebrate this great, historic day.
 
Dean Shomshak

He's smart enough to realize who signs the donation checks.
 
https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2023/06/14/florida-lawmaker-sponsored-radioactive-roads-bill-mosaic-threw-him-fundraiser/

The greatest tragedy of the DCEU will always be the squandering of Henry Cavill as Superman.

Huh, I might look Friday, I'll be at Safeway, probably.  Just cuz yours has it, doesn't mean mine will;  supermarket liquor sections tend to be stocked by the area distributors, and thus stock the brands they have.  And size matters...how much space they want to allocate.  That Safeway has either NO cognac whatsoever, or maybe 1 or 2 VSOPs in the locked case.  Almost nothing in the way of single malt scotch, again, outside the locked case.
 
I have gone through some of the "50 best bourbons you can buy" lists...rather amusing.  Almost all of em are a) FAR more than I wanna spend too, and b) many count as Unobtainium.  Demand VASTLY outstrips supply.  If you want to know what truly, ridiculously INSANE booze can run....
 
https://vinepair.com/booze-news/25-most-expensive-bourbons/
 
Scotches?  They're worse.  There's a longer tradition of aging for a VERY long time.  
https://mybartender.com/brands/most-expensive-scotch/
 
Cognac also has an upper, upper tier.  I've had Louis XIII once...not a bottle, mind.  Most expensive bottle would be Remy XO...the liquor store had reversed the prices on the Napoleon (the step up from VSOP) and the XO (a step above that).  So I got it at a really nice price.  
 
But yeah, for the most part?  They're not enough better to justify the seriously high costs, as you say.  I've largely avoided scotch and cognac for several years, because the prices on both blew through the ceiling.  When I do get it, I bite the bullet and go for the middle levels of the good lines...Remy Nadurra, Laphroaig Quarter Cask.  I mean, if it's gonna be an indulgence *anyway*...get the stuff you really like.

In regards to Russia/Wagner: things are going to be unfolding quickly, so I'd urge people to use caution in posts. This is not a site for "you read it here first" news....and in situations like this anything else may be dated and incorrect by the time it's posted.
 
Pause, breathe, and read actual news sites if you want to keep up on this.