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I'm thinking Counsell as well, and a relative rush job at that (compared to the signed mini bat we have from him at home).
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Restaurant to be Named Later Finally Gets a Name
hawing replied to Brewcrew82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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Wisconsin makes sure that state employees are evaluated annually. I vaguely recall seeing a directive a few years back indicating that "exceeds expectations" should be used sparingly. In 2020 I got that ranking. After all the extra work I took on that year, I remember thinking that if it didn't happen that year, it would probably never happen. Then I got the same ranking in 2021, which was almost as tumultuous as 2020. The 2022 evaluation won't happen until January, but I remarked to my supervisor this summer (after an especially trying period of hiring students) that when my 2022 evaluation comes around and we discover that I accomplished virtually nothing new...and she didn't even let me finish that sentence because she said "oh, I know." I think she is just grateful I'm still here. Of course, state employees here either get a 2% increase or no increase, depending on the legislative climate - so whether I meet or exceed expectations is largely a pride thing.
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On December 13 (today as I write this), Dick Van Dyke is now 97 years old.
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It's December 12 as I write this, and Bob Barker is now 99 years old.
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I got those for the SO last Christmas! They are nice (slate), though the pace of follow-up email from the company that makes them has been excessive.
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I'm not a fan of gifting with gift cards either, but when you barely know the recipient, sometimes it feel like a better use of resources than choosing an actual item that goes unused or otherwise to waste.
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Maybe a gift card to a coffee company so they can get a favorite or try something new? Or there must be a coffee of the month subscription service. Not being part of the coffee generation (just one of the MANY ways in which I'm an outlier), I have no idea what any of that would cost. Between my extended family and the SO's, we're getting gifts for youngsters ranging in age from going-on-3 to going-on-23. I have a semi decent handle on the four on my side of the family, but the SO's fam is bigger and we see those kids like twice a year. We'll probably give up and settle for gift cards, and for the teens that'll probably be good enough.
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I'm on a mailing list for a group that sends out oversized postcards endorsing particular candidates. The thing that bugs me is, anyone motivated to be in this particular group is extremely likely to be motivated to support those candidates already. Sending me these large postcards is a waste of their resources (which I know to be finite). On a lighter note, when we lived in a different neighborhood in Madison, we got a recorded phone call one election night from the Reverend Jesse Jackson, reminding us that it was election day. The call arrived at 7:55 PM. I always imagined shouting "OMG I'd forgotten! Thanks, Reverend!" as I threw down the phone and ran out of the house to get in line. Our polling place was about two blocks away; I could probably have made it to the line before the 8:00 cutoff. ?
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Apologies in advance for invading people's consciousness with this, but a Wrigley Field candle exists and someone's getting moderate coin for it. Lord help us. (Not that I have any illusion that every smell noted in AFF is pleasant, but who outside the chc fanbase hears the phrase "Wrigley Field candle" and doesn't think of urinals? I'm not even a urinal user and that's my first thought.)
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I'd like to know how sales of the Brewers' City Connect merchandise compares to the City Connect sales of other teams. From the time that product line was made available, it felt like I saw *tons* of people wearing the merch at the ballpark - sometimes whole families wearing the jersey. (And in this economy!) I don't even know who in the org to ask about that. Someone has to be keeping track.
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The baseball universe feels better already. Like a disturbance in the force has been reduced. Weird.
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
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I'm trying to remind myself that games aren't played on paper and attending tonight's game doesn't necessarily doom us to having to watch the team I hate the most celebrate on our field. ?
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It's such a gray area. There are many types of invisible disabilities, and probably also many people misusing disability aids such as a parking pass. That's frustrating.
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I am pretty sure the JS still sends guys, or at least one of Rosiak or Curt Hogg, to Arizona. This year it might have been just Rosiak, as Curt was barely on board. I mostly follow them, McCalvy et al on Twitter, and spring training is the only time I can get live video at the library (rather than just live audio), so that's my time to shine with mlb dot tv. If you're planning a big brewerfanatic splash for the ST opener, which in 2023 is also my birthday...that's so sweet of you! but not necessary. ?
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Brewers nearing 100,000,000 in all time attendance
hawing replied to patrickgpe's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I wonder if they were counting on more attendance this year, and when it fell short they were like "Hey! If we include the 1969 Pilots' attendance, we should hit 100M at the end of August!" In general, what they're doing isn't a gift and in my mind, it falls short of "significant." (Though was that McCalvy's wording or the team's?) I'm happy for the fans who can utilize it, but it does zero for season seat holders. -
A STL fan I know told me around that time that "He's earned the right." Entirely irony free. Perhaps it's needless to say, but I can't root for Albert. (Plus to be nearly on the scrap heap AND THEN FLOURISH as soon as he returned to STL. Does anyone think that's coincidence? Can anyone outside stl nation even see how that might look a little weird?)
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When I think of autumn, I think mainly of (1) extreme busyness at the library as a new school year gets underway and (2) baseball season is on its way out - even in years that are going better than 2022. So I can't say it's my favorite. I'll acknowledge that spring is messy, but it's also when baseball starts, and it's usually a relatively calm time at the library in terms of student staff knowing what they're doing. Somehow I can find a silver lining in just about every time of year (except the first half of September, womp womp), but April to mid-May just might be the hawing sweet spot.
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Haha, I don't know of an arcade in Monroe, Wisconsin in Pac-Man's heyday. We did have Pong. This was back when my dad was still on the scene and had income and stuff. But I didn't stick with it, and after he left there wasn't money for much. At that time, we lived next door to a city park, so we actually did stuff outside. I know, gasp! ? I'm now mildly interested to check with my mom to see if that Pong is still around. Going to guess not.
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? I'm really not much into any games. I think I needed to either be born a bit later or be XY instead of XX to really get into video games. Too many childhood memories of being stuck in a smoke filled basement while my dad's family smoked and drank and played cards and kept smoking...honestly kind of put me off card games.
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It's the time of year when I advertise to hire (college) student employees for my library. One applicant listed Gaming Experience first on his resume. One bullet point for games with which he has significant experience and a second bullet point for Fortnite stats. I'm not going to ditch the resume or anything. I'm just surprised he listed the gaming experience first. Makes me wonder what else he's applying for.
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We've had a Prius since 2007 and have a Prius Prime on order. The length of our ballpark trips (78 miles each way from home to the Molitor Lot!) was why we weren't sure about range - plus we're a one-vehicle household. I rarely look forward to the MLB offseason, but if the car arrives by then, we should go quite a while between gas station visits.
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We have lived in the same house since 2005. In the first 15 years, people moved in and out of the neighborhood (as you'd expect). Since August 2020, no fewer than three houses either on our block or within a block of us have been either completely demolished or stripped to the studs to be built anew. A fourth demo/rebuild proposal is being discussed by the city tonight. That one is two doors down from us. It's not good or bad; it's just strange. Also noisy at times.
