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To be fair, I work for the government (since I work at a state funded school), so my salary (as well as my supervisors and subordinates) is all a matter of public record. But, the opposite can also be true - if the guy earning 7.5k is the boss' friend and never does near the amount of work as the other employees with the same job title, not allowing them to discuss it seems to be a way to hide the fact that the boss' friend is being unfairly compensated. That's why I find mandating a lack of transparency to be a worrying sign - because it is open to abuse.

"Bonus"? What is this "Bonus" that you speak of...? 😛😛😛

I'd be very concerned about what any company that forbade conversations about salaries between non-managerial employees might be wanting to hide. Its one thing to forbid a manager from telling their direct reports what each of them make and another to forbid colleagues from discussing their own salaries with each other.

I'm not sure whether to give that the 'laugh' or 'gasp' icon...

Well, she explodes, but it's an un-gory explosion. I may have glossed over a bit of story as they search the treasure room, but it has an abrupt end. Yeah, that's probably fair. I think in the context of the story, they're all women he's stolen.

I'd go crazy if I had to do manual entry on stuff. EDIT: Actually I do manual entry on stuff, but that's errors which I have to correct by hand. The vast majority of things I work with don't encounter errors.

TNG: Lower Decks. A good episode. Sito Jaxa we hardly knew ye. I remember the episode pretty well from first run, but had forgotten the character types (mostly remembering snips of scenes and the overall thrust of the plot) so it ws interesting to see how closely the characters here mirror the characters in Lower Decks the animated series, though, which was something I didn't remember. Discovery, Season 2 Episodes 1, 2, 3 So far not awful by my standards (which would mostly be to become boring, but I do keep waiting for the other shoe to drop). I don't find this Pike to be particularly like any Pike that has gone before, but he makes an effective leader character which I guess is good enough for the needs of the story. Characters are suffering from what I like to call "LOST-itis". You know, where things could easily be solved if they actually talked to one another like normal people, but instead they keep secrets for no real reason other than to prolong the plot (the worst of the bunch is Tilly who keeps her secret for...like half an episode and for no real reason). Sadly Stamets is missed a lot in the early episodes; nice to see him come back at the end of Episode 3 as the slightly jerky character we all like. Saru gets a few good lines. Jett Reno was a fun character in the one sequence she was in. Tilly has been wildly all over the place. Some of the other bridge crew get a bit more face time (and names said on screen). Liked the gag about Lorka's ready room. Speaking of Tilly... The Klingon stuff...I kinda don't care. Its nice to see some follow-up on the storyline, but the Klingon based story arcs were the weakest aspect of the first season, and nothing here has changed my mind. Now to the big elephant in the room...

Space Cobra Episode XIV - "Dai Ma Ō Garutan" aka "The Great Magician, Galtan" aka Cobra is bored in space, and wishes he had a tower of treasure and a bevy of babes. And then, just like magic... "Whoa, the sun's gotten really close!" A bit of a nutty episode, very much a fantasy story with very little of the science fantasy of other episode. Edit: Also noticing a trend in this episode -

They forgot to carry the 2.

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Since its Pittsburgh, I'm guessing the name is from the Whiskey Rebellion? Yeah Dodger Stadium still looks like a 60s stadium which wasn't a great era for park design. I gotta confess, though, I like it existing since I think its cool to have a park with history rather than making a new one every few years (even if some of the modern throwback designs look nicer). But then again, if Atlanta had been forced to use its existing park when the Braves came to town, there'd be a magnolia tree in center field (Babe Ruth hit a home run into it in exhibition play, IIRC). 😆

I think this was his post from when she was on a short list -

Federal League had some fun team names. Chicago Whales? Newark Peppers? St. Louis Terriers? I'd include the Pittsburg Stogies, but they were named after the Union Association team in the 1884. I never thought about it before, but as Wrigley Field was originally a Federal League stadium, then that makes Dodger Stadium (of 1962) the oldest stadium built specifically for use in the National League that is also still in use. 😱

Sally Kellerman

IIRC, Honus passed away the next year (about a year and a half after this letter was wrote).

She's an Armaroid - essentially a nigh-indestructable robot.

Yes it is, apparently its the third film they've bought to stream.

I have the 3DS remake of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers and only played it for a very, very little bit. Nothing to do with quality, but my "gaming life" is really out-of-whack with "work life" and "quality of life life"

"Life is the leading cause of death, scientists say"

Atlus has announced SOUL HACKERS 2, a sequel to an earlier SMT spin-off. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-21-shin-megami-tensei-spin-off-soul-hackers-2-announced

Space Cobra Episode XIII: "Shi no Rūretto" aka "The Roulette of Death" 6 months later, and Dominique has left to return to the Galactic Patrol. Lady brings a listless Cobra news a hijacking of gold, and he realizes that it has to have been hijacked by the head of Space Las Vegas, Hammerbolt Joe. It was an okay adventure, sort of a back-to-basics story after the grand adventure. But...

I thought Afterlife was fun, but wasted Ivor Shandor. Then again, I think the original is venerated far outside its actual merits. Its a fun film, but that's about it.

I used to see most major genre releases (and a lot of minor ones) in the theater. But I also have a high tolerance for bad filmmaking if it hits the right tone (I watched Plan 9 from Outer Space without need of hosts spoofing it). I actually liked Alien: Ressurrection but admittedly that partially may be because MK:A made it look good. I probably like 4 more than 3 too, but I don't think I've ever really forgiven its failure to be a true sequel to Aliens.