Via our friend Don Surber we find this interesting test from NPR. Who does the test indicate is the best fit for you?
My scores were:
McCain 30
Romney 26
Huckabee 23
Paul 20
Gavel 9
Obama 4
Clinton 1
I was a Thompson supporter. As he is no longer in the running, I have to make another choice on ÜberTuesday. It won’t be Mr. McCain however. I have issues with McCain. I will be marking my ballot for Mitt Romney on Tuesday.
We’re having a snow day here in the Chicago area. No school (except for me, I go to grad school online and work from home as a matter of course). Little Guy is home today and playing with his Transformers.
My neighbor has a Camaro and he got stuck in front of our driveway, then again a couple houses up, and one more time another house up. He turned around and came back. He was going to have to call in, but it’s difficult when you work retail. Luckily his boss lives nearby, has an SUV, and was on a four day weekend so he was available to drive my neighbor to work.
We have a Yukon XL. This kind of weather is one of the reasons why. The two mile trip to the train station was not too bad, but smaller cars with rear wheel drive and those with front wheel drive were having difficulty on even slight hills with the amount of snow on the ground.
Last night when driving to the train station to pick Hubby up, as opposed to dropping him off this morning, there was a car driving with only parking lights on. Please, why do dash lights come on with only the parking lights instead of with only the headlights. I have seen so many cars driving at night with parking lights because the driver isn’t aware that the headlights aren’t on because the driver can see his or her dash. With last night’s snow, the driver may have thought that his or her headlights were covered in snow or dirty and that’s why visibility was diminished…
Nikita the Siberian, however, is in his element!
what I know now, I wouldn’t have voted to authorize the use of force…
So said Clinton at last night’s debate.
But she didn’t know then what she knows now, nobody knew then what they know now.
All she’s doing is giving excuses for voting according to the accepted knowledge and wisdom at the time.
She should have said that. She should have accepted responsibility for voting according to the best available information. Hindsight is 20/20. It’s far easier to explain away a past decision based on present knowledge rather than accept that you made the best decision you could based on the knowledge available then.
How come so many contestants on Idol choose to sing a song by Whitney or Mariah? If I had one piece of advice for potential American Idols it would be DON’T SING A SONG BY WHITNEY OR MARIAH!
About those stimulus tax rebates… It seems that the government won’t be able to send out checks right away. It won’t be until late spring or even summer before checks could be in the mail. So why doesn’t the government include the rebates with 2007 taxes instead? Give me a $300, $600, $1200, whatever amount credit on my taxes now. If I get a refund, it will be larger by that amount. If I wouldn’t ordinarily get a refund, I might this time. This way the actual stimulus could happen now instead of this summer.
So, Duncan decided to use Raven’s rump as a pillow and Raven didn’t have a problem with it. I just thought this was hilarious. She’s next to the Little Guy’s Rainbow Blanket and wearing her latest knit sweater. It’s warmer today (we got above freezing!) but it’s been single digits and below zero for a while.
Via Ted Frank at Overlawyered we find the 13 page pdf of the new employee handbook at the Chicago Tribune (read Ted’s post regarding the controversy over its common sense simplicity).
Sample portions:
Part 1
POLICY MANUAL
Rule #1: Use your best judgment.
Rule #2: See Rule 1.
That’s it. That is the one hard and fast rule. Unless a serious mistake was made when you were hired, you have pretty good judgment.You know what it takes to succeed.
You know that honesty, reliability, commitment, teamwork, and personal responsibility are essential to superior performance.
Nice, one main rule.
7.
DRUG POLICY
7.1.
If you use or abuse alcohol or drugs and fail to perform the duties required by your job acceptably, you are likely to be terminated. See Rule 1. Coming to work drunk is bad judgment.
7.2.
If you do not use or abuse alcohol or drugs and fail to perform the duties required by your job acceptably, you are likely to be terminated.
7.3.
If government rules and regulations say that drug testing is a condition of holding your job, Tribune is obliged to follow the law and your manager/supervisor will provide you with details.
I like 7.2 – even if you’re not abusing drugs or alcohol, you don’t do your job, you can be fired.
Part of the internet policy – works for just about any situation I’d say:
18.1.4.
It’s good judgment not to put in writing what you don’t want printed on the front page of a newspaper. Or posted on a web site. Or heard on the news.
The best one is the following – section 15.5 most especially
15.
MILITARY LEAVE
15.1.
Tribune recognizes and supports the right of any employee to serve in the US Armed Services, the organized reserve unit of any branch of the US Armed services, or the National Guard of any state, and complies with applicable federal or state laws.
15.2.
Please give as much notice to the company as possible if you are called to serve.
15.3.
Tribune will continue your current pay for 90 days. After that, if the military pay is less than your current Tribune paycheck, Tribune will pay the difference.
15.4.
When you come back from service, your employment will be restored in accordance with all state and federal laws.
15.5.
Please do everything you can to stay safe while you are away.
Lately, it seems that some of what I’ve been watching on TV has to do with private investigators. Watching a Science channel special on the science of Star Trek, the show featured the HoloDeck of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Captain Jean Luc Picard enjoyed using the HoloDeck in his off hours to immerse himself in the world of Dixon Hill, Private Detective, and this use of the HoloDeck was featured in the special more than any other use of the HoloDeck in the series.
In the series Without A Trace one of the main characters is Samantha (Sam) Spade. There’s a reference to private investigators in every episode. I was watching an episode from the week before last called 4-D. 4-D was the apartment number of the missing person – a private investigator. The private investigator was hired by a defense lawyer to check on the plaintiff. You see, the plaintiff had stepped in front of a delivery van for a chain of stores and suffered minor injuries. But he was trying to win the litigation lottery claiming nerve damage and inability to work.
Turns out that the plaintiff didn’t have anything to do with the missing private investigator, but the private investigator had found out that the plaintiff and the driver of the company delivery van had met. The private investigator had not had time to impart this important information to the defense attorney before he went missing. The FBI team from Without A Trace did find the photos on the missing private investigator’s laptop and the FBI questioned the van driver. They found out that the plaintiff and the van driver were in cohoots to defraud the company and share in the proceeds. This is what the private detective had uncovered, but these two didn’t have anything to do with his disappearance.
Two of my favorite shows, Psych and Monk have started up again too. They both feature private detectives working with the police. The last episode of Psych I saw also had another private investigation looking for Gus as his e-wife was looking for him.
Then I get a spam email that says:
Summer is here, and love is in the air!
and I look out the window at the falling snow and look at the temperature as recorded by my remote thermometer 14°F and almost, kind of, wish that I had enough disposable income to launch a private investigation to find these spammers and find a way to put them out of business…
There were seven in the bed and the little one said “roll over, roll over” so they all rolled over and one fell out…
That’s what this picture reminds me of.
h/t: Cats
I went to county clerk’s website and downloaded my specimen ballot for the February 5 ÜberTuesday primary election. The following were on the ballot for the nomination for President. Who would you vote for?
Even though this is an Illinois ballot, we will be accepting only one vote per person. Thank you.
1James Creighton Mitchell, Jr.
Linked by Marathon Pundit. Thanks.
