Pariah

I always think it's funny when young people get all enamored over the 70s. I'm like, "Trust me, I was there, and it kind of sucked."
 
Now I have photographic proof to back up my argument.

I always think it's funny when young people get all enamored over the 70s. I'm like, "Trust me, I was there, and it kind of sucked."
 
Now I have photographic proof to back up my argument.

Now that ABBA is back together, there are reports that they will be touring with Elvis Costello. And I have to wonder, at an ABBA and Costello concert, who's on first?

"The boy is trouble, Master Merlin! Rumor has it , he is a Kinslayer!"
"Never the less, magic is in his blood and bone, and rumor also has it his kin was... quite the monster"
"With his disregard for rules and thinking he knows better , I've no doubt this one will be a monster himself"
"It wouldn't be the first monster in my garden, sir. I'll take young Harold."
"He insists on being called Harry. Impudent youth!"
 
Troublemaker: Harry Dresden

I still like the idea of keeping Redskins but changing their logo to a potato. 
 

It isn't that football doesn't pay for itself;  it's that it costs far more than any other sport.  So it's not so much that they lose money, it's how much.  
 
Plus, I'm principally arguing against this:
 
 
If they can't hack it?  Let them fold.  I'll grant the NCAA is incompetent, but this isn't in their mandate.  
 
Switched over to the Iowa-Iowa State game just now.  Those Iowa State jerseys are pretty bad.  The jerseys are just sterile to me.  The helmets...really, the best you can do is that?  

Now that ABBA is back together, there are reports that they will be touring with Elvis Costello. And I have to wonder, at an ABBA and Costello concert, who's on first?

Okay, I know that it's supposedly helps with recruiting or whatever, but what's the big deal with black uniforms? Especially for schools who don't have black as one of their school colors? I know that most schools have a BFBS (Black for Black's Sake) alternate. 
 
Sometimes they're okay. I mean, BYU's is not entirely horrible, for example. But the game I'm looking at right at this moment features Iowa and Iowa State. It's at Iowa state, who's school colors are maroon and gold. So what is Iowa State wearing? White helmets, white pants, and black jerseys. Is no one at Iowa State aware that black is one of Iowa's school colors? Why wear a jersey that looks like it belongs to the team you're playing against? It's nonsense.
 
Okay, I'm done.

Now that ABBA is back together, there are reports that they will be touring with Elvis Costello. And I have to wonder, at an ABBA and Costello concert, who's on first?

Now that ABBA is back together, there are reports that they will be touring with Elvis Costello. And I have to wonder, at an ABBA and Costello concert, who's on first?

Oddly enough, this is the only cupcake Wisconsin will get this year.  In addition to only playing 3 non-conference games this year, they've been working on improving the strength of their schedule.  So their other two ncg's this year are Notre Dame and Army.
 
Admittedly, the game against Illinois is also a freebie, but it's not a cupcake.  They're a real Big 10 team!
 
Though, to be fair, these cupcake games do have a purpose beyond free wins.  Each one represents a sizable payday for the athletics department of the smaller schools.  For example, Eastern Michigan is getting $1.4 million for this game, against a budget of about $16 million for their entire athletics department of 17 sports.  I understand that their are similar, if smaller numbers, involved when Division II schools play FCS teams.
 
Which is just another example of the awful governance of the NCAA.  We shouldn't need such ridiculous workarounds to support the smaller schools.

Changed my mind. Troublemaker for San Dimas is none other than Harleen Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn!
 

Teacher's Pet: Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, as portrayed by Lon Chaney in the 1925 film.

I miss the palindromedary

I got a text today saying that the little girl is coming home. I'm relieved, to be sure, but also sad and a little frustrated, that it had to have happened at all. 
 
I'll confess that I'm also afraid that certain of the more reactionary elements in my wife's family will look at this as proof that COVID-19 is no big deal and that they don't need to get vaccinated. 

The Free Spirit of San Dimas High is none other than Doreen Green, aka Squirrel Girl!
 

I've been binge watching Loki tonight. Pure distilled crazy.

I can tell you how the certifications play out a my hospital, at least. An EMT certification will let you be an ED Tech while a CNA will not. ED (Emergency Department) Techs make considerably more than CNAs and have more opportunities to get additional qualifications (drawing blood, running EKGs, etc.) to further boost their pay. An experienced tech can make more than a newbie nurse. However, ambulance medics (another opportunity for the EMT basic) don't get paid very well at all. Probably somewhere between the CNA and the tech. These are among the lowest barrier to entry direct patient care positions available. Most of our ED Techs are bright young folk who are accumulating clinical hours to help get into nursing school or PA school. Most our CNAs . . . not so much.
 
 
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I'm just going to focus on this part. I'm glad she's doing well.

Yeah, regardless of how various people will react, that baby being home from the hospital and presumably over the worst is the most important thing. May she have no lingering ill effects!