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I missed about half of the 3rd period and of OT because I had to clean up puke in the bathroom. My son apparently came down with that bug that's going around.
I caught the winner though :D
The wife & I went to bed at the second intermission...I turned the bedroom TV on, watched a bit of the 10:00 news, completely forgot about flipping back to the game, then fell asleep.
I will happily take full credit for this win.
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Goose Island Winter Ale
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Now THAT was a hell of a game.
RJ on point, going into Montreal on a Saturday and taking the win.
This x 1,000,000
Signature win. I never expected that, but Lehner was stellar.
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You are right. My bad.
This clip is what threw me off. They show Lehner after being pulled, then show him waving at the gal in the dreaded flashback.
If he was really ticked off at Bylsma for pulling him, then I say sit him for a week. Nilsson has been the better goalie, anyway.
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I've had a cold for almost 3 days now...the worst part is that I wake up feeling like $#!@& and only slowly feel better throughout the day. I've taken Nyquil, but keep waking up every hour & a half to cough or blow my nose or something.
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Especially if - and i'm playing devil's advocate here - the goal is just to get Wing's company up to 100% donation level. Should those folks that donated $1 to get the company off their back really be counted as part of the 100% goal? The ones that are only donating a dollar aren't really doing much to contribute a meaningful amount to help said charity, and are probably only doing it to avoid being shamed as a non-participant.
/soapbox. Sorry but "forced charity" is one of my big hot button topics. Let everyone decide what cause is important to them and donate (or don't) accordingly.
Right - the company has been preaching 100% participation for as long as I've been there. I think the "coercion" comes in where every other department achieves 100%, so we get pushed to do the same.
I'm not trying to say we're doing "forced donations" (though I admit it's pretty close to that), but if 849 of the 850 people in the company donate, why not bug the guy to throw in a buck?
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It's not too much to expect him to participate and the goal is nice, I'm not sure the tracking is necessary and as a result pressure to donate is applied. For him personally it's probably a spite thing.
Well, he's just been vocal about it - he's made it clear that he won't donate...unless he's given an advance. Plus, our community dept can tell who has and who hasn't donated. I guess that's the tracking, but it's also so mgmt can
bullypersuade people into donating.I had a complaint many years back about how my old company would have your direct manager come around during the lunch break (where the staff were all sitting together in the conference room) and peer pressure you into making donations for Ride for Roswell/MS Walk/Polar Plunge etc. I'm all for charitable donations and do so myself on my own time, but guilt tripping your employees is not the way to do it IMO.
Agreed. I don't think our company is consciously trying to guilt-trip everyone, but I can see how it comes off that way. I just think that because it's in the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate (he even claimed once that he was one of those, yet we can't disprove that), he can give up a measly dollar.
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Exactly. Lawsuits have made it so even the most obvious risks need to be disclosed ahead of time to cover the company's ass. There's a warning on my miter saw not to put your hand in direct contact with the blade - ya think?! :doh:
Didn't this all start with the old lady who spilled coffee on herself, then sued McDonald's for not saying it was hot?
My complaint - my company runs a holiday donation program every year (where the money is donated to local charities) and we are all encouraged - though not required - to contribute. Our goal is to have exactly 100% participation, meaning every person in every department company-wide contributes *something*, even if it's $1. My cheap, knucklehead, I-don't-care-about-anyone co-worker hasn't contributed once in his 4 years. Not a penny. Management knows this and a have actually given him $5 a couple of times so he can donate in his name so that we achieve the 100% goal. This year, we're one of the few departments (if not the only one) to not have 100% participation yet and we all know who hasn't donated. I know he's technically not required to contribute, but his lack of participation just adds to everyone's frustration with him (his work habits are another long complaint that I've discussed in the past). He has an income, so we all think he can afford $1. Am I expecting too much?
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That moment you realize you hate your job. Sure, I will take on that thing that somebody else has been doing but doesn't feel like doing anymore, not like I am the most underpaid ###### in this department. Is it June? Let me know when it is June.
Amen. In theory, I like the stuff I'm supposed to be doing.
I don't like how some managers micro-manage me and stick their noses in areas that aren't theirs and really don't affect the overall operation of things.
I don't like how the guy who is supposed to work with me on the same things is acting like a government employee who just watches the clock, eats from the free salad bar, doesn't volunteer to do any tasks, and hates it when you assign him something to do off-hours (yes, we're IT...off-hours work is part of the job).
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Well, that was way harder than I expected. To think a 4 lb little nothin' could turn a 200+ grown assed man into a blubbering idiot just shows you what a big personality she had.
Rest in peace, we will miss you.
A little late, but my condolences, Swamp. I had to put down my little 13-year-old, 15-pound shih tzu about 7 years ago and it still brings a tear to my eye. (btw, how do I simply insert a jpg image into this???)
I'm getting the overwhelmed feeling at work - all sorts of projects at the same time that one manager gives me more work than the guy I actually report to. I declined a meeting from the first boss because I had a conflict and I think they took a serious issue with that (as in, "how dare you decline my meeting, since my stuff is more important than everything else").
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Anne Hathaway is hot. :wub:
In this picture, at least.
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ProHockeyRumors sums up all the chatter from "alleged" sources.
Those with an inside source within the Vesey meetings and mullings have not been shy about reporting their thoughts. Sportsnet’s Howard Berger says not to be surprised if Vesey signs with the Maple Leafs, but also warns that Buffalo is very much still in the mix. Mike Grinnel of ESPN New Hampshire confirms the theory of colleague Jimmy Murphy that the New Jersey Devils are leading the chase. DJ Bean of Boston’s WEEI hears that the Bruins excelled in their meeting with Vesey and are still considered major contenders, counter to cross-town rival Joe Haggerty of CSN New England who said that Boston is all but out. Many have become skeptical of the Penguins ability to sign Vesey, having just re-signed Matt Cullen and reportedly having reached an agreement with another college free agent, Notre Dame’s Thomas DiPauli. All is quiet on the NYC front as well, with both the Islanders and Rangers considered strong contenders, but little chatter to support either’s position. Perhaps the most accurate “insider information” out there is the Chicago Tribune’s Chris Kruc’s take on Vesey and the Blackhawks, that they are just waiting for a decision from the Harvard star and that no known pecking order is in place.
My take is everyone is just throwing darts in hopes they are right.
Tomorrow is when we should start hearing what team he is leaning towards.
In other words, every city's reporter says their team is the leading candidate. :blink:
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What Darryl says is correct, Buffalo cuz:
Jack
Young team
Fish is agents to vesey And eichel
Sabres hands off no pressure approach was perfect
Top 6 minutes and pp minutes most likely with buffalo
Sabres drafted Fitzgerald, his best friend
Sabres salary cap situation translates well to 2nd contract
Buffalo 50 min flight from boston
Buffalo leaves it's stars alone - lower pressure
All 8 places have their good points. Vesey is a smart guy, no other place can match all these Buffalo positives
When Union College recruited the players that started making their program better, they were sold on playing time. They weren't necessarily the best players being sought after, but they were team players with enough talent to be 2nd or 3rd liners on the good junior teams. This translated to wins.
I really hope this point is what sells Jimmy.
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Can't shake this exhausted feeling every afternoon...maybe it's work because I seem to fight with and/or correct everyone in the office.
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Is it time to look for a new job when you dread coming in every day to the point of mini-migraines? I really can't stand the open-cubicle environment we have now - very distracting and difficult to work in. Plus the room is hot. And before you tell me, putting my earbuds in and cranking the music doesn't help. Let's not forget the one manager who loves to micro-manage everything I do and I technically don't even report to this person.
And Vesey still isn't signed.
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Picked up a bourbon from these guys about a month ago and I'm sold...big time
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Best Family Guy scene. Ever.
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As long as it's not 7 x 7. Keep the money under 7mil please so that it's at least a tradeable contract.
5 years at $25M seems reasonable :unsure:
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I've been so physically and mentally exhausted since Tuesday morning that it's just a hope that today was Friday.
The wife is out of town this week for the first time in a month. I started to get used to not being in a rush to get things done that maybe it took its toll on me throughout Monday. That and I kept getting nagged by my hypochondriac mother because she thinks I have some speech problem because I happened to slur a word or two while talking to her (I was quite tired and just wasn't focusing).
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I watched him walk all over the ECAC for the last two years.
For the love of God, Tim...sign him now.
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repeat after me: "Your emergency is not necessarily my priority."
"Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part" is more accurate.
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And I'm very upset with my friend for bringing this crap up over drinks. Don't. Drink. With. Your. Bosses. A little is fine. Like, 3x a year, Xmas, a party, and like, one other shindig. But becoming drinking buddies? Good job, you are now Part of the Problem. You can't use good judgement then.
Exactly...when you go out drinking with them, you essentially become one of them. Had that happen at a job years ago and that person eventually became a manager and we saw that person turn from a good, smart employee to toeing the company line every time he spoke.
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Context- my best friend at work is leaving for a better job. Apparently she got drunk with the bosses last week and told them people were disgruntled in the company. Another person there told me she did not say names.
I received a drunken text from my boss that night, asking me to meet with them the next day. My boss one by one pulled aside the people she's friends with, myself included. And it was the most unprofessional, terrible, witch hunting interrogation. He sat me down and tried to spin it as a catching up meeting, but then just kept asking "What's wrong". I was taken aback. So, I listed three major things that are affecting the designers at this company, things that no company worth its salt should allow to happen (all professional things, nothing social or about the toxic culture). He became increasingly defensive, and shot down every idea or comment.
Not a "thanks for you feedback, we'll take that into consideration" but a "well, you're wrong. So what else is wrong". I asked if there was a problem, and he responded "no, no you're doing great, just, what's wrong". "I haven't really posted any complaints". "Well... so what's wrong." It made me feel so terrible, you ask for feedback, I give it to you, and you tell me it's stupid. You make me feel like a student caught vandalizing something. He said he feels I'm kind of the "pulse" of everyone there. Well... it would be horribly unprofessional of me to tell you the real problems, and you'd dismiss me as whiny if I did.
He was clearly panicking. I found out later that the third in command is looking at leaving too. So that makes... 16 people if they actually go.
Ten minutes after this, they had a shot making competition and all was sunny and light.
Throw in my project manager cracking constant ma$turbation and porn jokes, being a sexist douche, and being one of the worst PMs I've ever worked with, and the clients being terrible and... well, at least they're not making me feel bad about leaving.
I am honestly terrified to have the talk with them. I am afraid they will sabotage me some way.
Sounds like a multitude of things went wrong with that whole scenario. Perhaps your friend was trying to help the disgruntled employees, but providing feedback at the bar probably wasn't the best forum to do so.
I just ran into the same scenario a little over a year ago - our executive held 1-on-1 meetings with the 5 of us who are the most senior within the department. When asked what was wrong, we were all honest and indicated one particular boss was too nitpicky, was micromanaging everyone in the department, and generally holding us back. We were told the exact same thing "You're wrong, so have some thick skin and buck up."
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When you're the only network guy in IT and 6 people want your time...three of which who assume you'll drop everything and work on their problem.
GDT: Buffalo at Nashville 8p ET 1/24/17
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This. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
And for the love of God, I hate Boston sports fans. Once the Patriots and Red Sox started winning titles, they all came out of the woodwork feeling entitled.