The ‘Short Rental of a Pitcher Obtained Through Trading Prospects’ school of roster management is heartily endorsed by BOTH Larry Anderen AND Doyle Alexander!!

BAL on the no trade list? Well fuck, Yu.

That is awesome!

WAIT! NO! NOT FOR MUSHROOMS!

The universal edibility test is great for plants, fruits, berries and many other things. But it is notoriously unreliable for mushrooms! Many mycotoxins are slow-acting, and few have the bitter alkaloid taste of plant toxins. The universal edibility test is great for identifying toxic…

April is one bad month (a really bad month) of the Royals season. However they are 15gms over .500 since may 1. That is nearing 3 months of pretty good ball. I’m not saying they can’t “nosedive” this is baseball. All i know is their core has continued to defy traditional stats and metrics time and time again. They…

One of my “favorite” (because it is so stupid) things around aviation is that back in the days shortly after 9/11 Continental had a number of “flights” out of Newark that were actually buses. But they left out of the usual concourse gates, just like planes. But because they were “flights” they were still subject to…

I think this story could be worked into a Jalopnik cross-post somehow.

oh god the tears!  That’s some funny shit right there. There goes my makeup, but I needed that laugh.

The comments on that link.... ::facepalm

THAT is one of the best airline stories I’ve ever heard. I’m chuckling in my seat. Thank you, good sir.

Yeah. Our laws are fucked here. Can confirm: Louisiana resident.

The reality of being human is that some people just don’t see eye-to-eye and will NEVER get along. All I’m suggesting is that employees TRY to get along with their bosses, not just have an attitude of doing whatever they want. It takes a little bit of self-awareness to realize personality differences and what it takes…

[not legal advice, see a lawyer] I would also say, do the math and see if hiring an attorney is worth it to avoid paying some of the debts. At least in Florida, any creditor of a decedent is entitled to notice of the decedent’s death, after which they have to file a claim in a probate proceeding (if you open one). If…

Along the lines of selfishness....your company is not your friend. It doesn’t owe you shit, and will act accordingly. You really don’t owe your company shit either, aside from, you know, not being a dick and doing your job as well as you can. So don’t pass on an opportunity because you think you owe it to your current…

Yup, yup, yup. Something that is universally true of any job is that you are either set up for success or you are set up for failure, and a lot of that depends on what your boss is like.

This was a long time ago for me (1994), but the first two years after college were definitely a learning experience. Here are some general and specific things:

“Your boss’s opinion of you determines how good of an experience you have with that company.” - VERY TRUE

We live in different worlds.

They’ll like you for the work you do, not because you have a great smile and bring donuts on mondays.

You assume this boss is a rational hardass who puts company first and can be interacted with on a reasonable level. Some bosses are terrible managers.

My wife’s former boss was an addict. No amount of “rapport” would have changed that. And this was a nurse supervisor overseeing an entire floor of a public hospital.…