Tourists can now buy an ounce a day as well. That changed last summer. Also, it’s really only an ounce a day from a single shop, as you could hop store to store and grab an ounce at each. People tend to do that then drive or send it out of state at a 4-5x markup.

Hughes is one of those guys where I often wonder, “How does someone so big and athletic have so little impact on the match?”

That’s exactly what I was saying when I watched the match. This tactic won’t be the “death of rugby union” because it’s pretty easily exploited in the end. I think what this match really showed is the lack of dynamism in England’s pack (when the Vunipola brothers aren’t playing). If Italy tried this against Ireland,…

Haha that’s a good one. I think it would be more like, “Here’s $8 an hour and you only get 35 hours / week, so no bennies for you!”

The CEO I just described tried to give me Peter Thiel’s book to read. This was even before all the lawsuit funding and trump cheerleading happened but I still threw it in the trash (never did that to a book before, but I felt ok about it, and feel even better about it now).

Thanks for that perspective, I will look it up. Yes I agree that unions can be bad actors as well, but I still think it’s important to have a check on corporate power. I’ve unfortunately worked in businesses that treat their employees like crap and I’ve had to walk away from a few positions in my life, as has my…

I just realized yesterday that I’ve been clenching my jaw almost constantly to the point that it now pops when I open my mouth. I also feel exhausted and yet wired from stress simultaneously. It’s... not the best.

Oh man, that sounds nuts. Yeah Trump “running” the country is reminding me of my first experience with a start-up. The eccentric (and that’s being kind) “CEO” (I put it in quotes because he wasn’t really running a real company by most normal standards) sold me on it by showing me a couple contracts he landed and I got…

It’s already started...

I also like how Musk claimed to be “union neutral,” then in subsequent comments basically used the old “unions drive up costs” line of attack to accuse the UAW of making auto manufacturing unviable in CA. Seems like he has a position on them to me...

You’re right, she’s actually Taffy, from down the warehouse.

No worries I didn’t get the impression you were disparaging - just wanted to bring it up as the “soft skills” developed in an LA education often get lost in the shuffle.

Some updates on that front:

I don’t disagree, but would just like to stress the importance of skills developed by a quality liberal arts education: critical thinking, ability to research effectively, problem solving, communication and language skills generally, and so on. I have a graduate degree in art history and have been able to adapt and be…

If only things like this were actually funny anymore. I taught at a small four-year university some years back. I had several students that I would describe as “functionally illiterate” because, while they could technically read and write, they could not do so correctly (some couldn’t even write a single sentence…

I’ve been calling my Dem reps to tell them that I won’t accept anything less than all-out opposition to Trump. Also, don’t be too nervous because it’s likely you’ll just be leaving a voicemail. I haven’t yet talked to an actual person and I’ve been cycling through both senators and my rep in the house.

I noticed in the interview above that they’re trying to layer on extra spackle lately to hide the cracks.

This is a corny joke right here.

Cut them some slack, they’re just screening out all the paid protestors:

I think it would be kind of cool if everyone boycotted watching the game - it is on Fox, after all, which is one of the big reasons why we’re in this terrible mess. But of course that will never happen.