Yeeeeaaaah, there isn’t really a great book for fathers that I’m aware of. Too many of them pander to the cliched, cartoonish masculinity of a stereotypical sitcom dad (“Think of holding your baby like holding a football! But don’t throw it!”) and are unhelpful at best and condescending at worst. The Expectant Father…

It’s not limited to the holidays. Amazon has been deliberately lying about delivery times for orders for a couple of years now. I was an early Prime adopter and literally only buy from Amazon if the item is listed as Prime eligible. Items don’t show up and Amazon tries to tell me the item wasn’t Prime eligible. I…

There is something terribly self-important/centered about these newsletters. It only works if you have immediate family far away who don’t like to pick up the phone.

My one rich friend writes a not-so-subtle braggy Christmas newsletter each year, describing their multiple vacations and large purchases in detail. Then she sends it to all of her (poor) friends. Every year when her card shows up in the mail I have to take a keep breath before I open it. After I read it, I have to…

Also the wisk, measuring cup, bowl for mixing eggs and spatula 

“Besides a sheet pan, the only thing you’ll need is a wire rack for the bacon, a dish for melting butter, and a pastry brush or spoon, so we’re looking at a mere four items you’ll need to wash”

As a mathematician and especially as a professor, he most definitely would have been deemed to valuable to the war effort to actually send to the war. Colleges still ran the same schedule during the war, so he’d still have summers off, and while luxuries were scaled back due to the war effort, I can still see people…

If we’re putting good guys in who had long careers and were among the best at their position in the 80s, how about Dale Murphy? 7-time all-star, back-to-back MVP, and a higher career WAR (46.5) than Baines (38.7) in 18 seasons. Plus, their OPS is almost identical (.815 for DM; .820 for HB), and their OPS+ IS identical…

I *did* grow up watching him play.

Harold Baines a HOF but not Kenny Lofton.

Sure, sure. 

He mentioned something about being an activist during the first closed door meeting at Bell Labs, so maybe they found out more about him?

When describing her dad to Susie right after the Catskills show, Midge said he was a 60 year old man. I think at this point in the show it’s 1959. That would make Abe about 42 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. It also makes him 18 when the Russian revolution happened.

“I’d rather people get hurt than get rich” is an early leader for next year’s Worst Take of the Year award. 

I now understand, but I have literally never heard this terminology before. Consider me educated? 

I don’t want to highlight truth, but...he very obviously jumps in both those clips? Do I not know what the word “standing” means?

There are a ton of comps.

I make turkey year-round as well...half turkey breasts are amazing in the slow cooker.

Thankfully, a personal finance blog writes articles that cater to many different segments of the population. According to Vanguard, approximately 13% of 401k plan participants maxed out their 401k. While that might not matter to you that is still a hefty number of people it matters to. Hopefully one day you will be in…

Learning how to succinctly get your point across is part of the assignment. For contracts, we regularly have to provide 2 page resumes of people who have 40+ years of experience and are top in their field. It’s doable. Over time, you cut things out that aren’t relevant. No one cares about the details of the job you…

Recruiter here. Nobody reads the long resumes. You need to highlight your last 5-10 years and then briefly go over the other stuff. You will get more interviews where you have a chance to discuss your experience and how it is valuable.