The Yellow Kid

Minor rant. At my previous job, I developed an online information manual, which my bosses liked so much they decided it should be run by its own department. They dedicated a manager to this, asked me to teach her how it all worked... and then hired a bunch of people from outside the company for it.

Which never got done. New boss has decided to greenlight the same idea- and assigned it to someone else to work on.

Minor rant. At my previous job, I developed an online information manual, which my bosses liked so much they decided it should be run by its own department. They dedicated a manager to this, asked me to teach her how it all worked... and then hired a bunch of people from outside the company for it.

Move forward to the current job. They hired someone to build a document database. It did not work out. Our IT department was tasked with it- they were understaffed and made it a low priority. So I built a wiki- another demonstration. Corporate leadership saw it, the number two executive love it.

Minor rant. At my previous job, I developed an online information manual, which my bosses liked so much they decided it should be run by its own department. They dedicated a manager to this, asked me to teach her how it all worked... and then hired a bunch of people from outside the company for it.

Not me. Good evaluations, good reviews, built the damned thing in the first place- but no. Not enough experience.

This comes up quite often. After someone- the public, the press- finds something nasty in a bill that congress just passed, a bunch of legislators say that they never saw it, or did not read that section. Just voted for it because leadership said to.

At it's closest to Earth it takes about 4 minutes for a signal to reach Mars from Earth. A conversation would be something like... ME: I see Paris, I see France... 4 minutes pass while my signal gets there. 4 more pass until the respone reaches me. MARS: Shut up.

My favourite ever bar was owned and run by a recovering alcoholic. On rare occasions, he would have about a half shot of a new Scotch- so he could write it up for the liquor menu. Never touched anything else. Whiskey, wine, beer- nothing. When I asked about that level of discipline?

He would talk about his kids. How he wasn't going to be a drunk father. Regardless of anything else.

In the trailer, when Lois suggests she interview Clark as Superman, I noticed how their attitudes changed, once they started. Clark straightens up in his chair and sort of expands his shoulders, Lois shifts into a more aggressive pose.

Some of the best Superman stories deal with this. Should something have been left to the police or fire? Should something have been left to politicians and generals- to the people ostensibly responsible?

In the trailer, when Lois suggests she interview Clark as Superman, I noticed how their attitudes changed, once they started. Clark straightens up in his chair and sort of expands his shoulders, Lois shifts into a more aggressive pose.

What sells it for me is how utterly incensed and baffled Superman seems- angry, even- at being questioned as to why he acted. "PEOPLE WERE GOING TO DIE!"

In the trailer, when Lois suggests she interview Clark as Superman, I noticed how their attitudes changed, once they started. Clark straightens up in his chair and sort of expands his shoulders, Lois shifts into a more aggressive pose.

#Biden For the sake of argument, let's agree- just for the moment- that President Biden's decline was worse than the public knew, during his last months in office. That, rather than being a generally healthy older man with the odd lapse?

Had President Biden not turned up for his debate ln apparent poor condition? And- again assuming this is all true- he'd likely be president now. With the public dealing with a too visible to conceal decline. If the government is not ready- neither is the public.

#Biden For the sake of argument, let's agree- just for the moment- that President Biden's decline was worse than the public knew, during his last months in office. That, rather than being a generally healthy older man with the odd lapse?

Well. What does his staff do? His family? Particularly if the president insists he or she is still able? There are things to be done, to remove a president, but there are no clear steps as to when you _have_ to start on that path.

#Biden For the sake of argument, let's agree- just for the moment- that President Biden's decline was worse than the public knew, during his last months in office. That, rather than being a generally healthy older man with the odd lapse?