I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

If video of speaking down to staffers is a big deal, I invite all journalists to revisit Amy Klobuchar.

Give her hell.

Incredible.

5000 word essay on the prompt, “Do Balrogs Have Wings?”

If anyone has tips for rapid sign up for SPPS discovery club on the registration day, I’d be grateful!

Haha we cannot have this child coming home at 2pm everyday when he starts kindergarten in the fall.

I just set up a feed in skyfeed to show all the posts tagged with #MSPFeed.

Neurosurgeon: you may go home same day, likely next day.

Home after … 101 hours at regions.

Convalescence at home is not as fun.

Necromancy in the Neuro Ward.

good morning

Nothing more dangerous than online book shopping while high on pain killers and muscle relaxers. Hehehe.

Modern medicine is pretty incredible.

Back surgery in the morning. Man this better work!

Here’s a question to consider: if you go on extended leave from work, is your manager setting it up so they can access your work email inbox while you’re out?

If not, then your manager is forcing you to monitor your email while you’re on leave. Not good!

Everyone’s always soooooooo excited for spring until they remember they have to walk the dog in the rain.

Haha whoooops. Field a document with some …. blatant typos at critical points. 🤷‍♂️

(FYI— any young lawyers out there: it really doesn’t matter. Worst thing that happens is you win but some 28 year old federal law clerk rolls their eyes when reading your memo. Takes a while to learn not to fret it)

HR: in addition to your paid leave you can use your short term disability to make more than your usual salary.

Me: that sounds … not right. But I’ll look into it!

Insurer: uuuuuuhhhhh that is INcorrect.

Shadow of the past indeed.

….its snowing.

Life’s a journey!

Thanks! that’s good to know it’s a cluster (not surprising).

I have …. an absurd amount of sick time banked.

So like taking the amount of salary covered by state program, and then make up the remainder of your salary with your existing PTO?

In essence allowing you to use up less PTO than you would using regular old FMLA?

Has anyone applied for paid leave under the new state level program?

The program’s reduced payouts seems not to be worth it if, like me, you’re fortunate enough to be able to qualify for full pay with your existing benefits + FMLA.

Anyone have a sense of that’s right?

Anxiety over thing one has concluded, which means anxiety over thing 2 has begun.

If you haven’t hit your deductible, the cost for a strep test at Healthpartners is $250 per family member.

Jesus Christ.

The husky does not understand when I say “hold on, girl. I need to rest my back for five minutes before we go out.”

Just resting her head on my knee with sad eyes.

(After 12 years with her, I actually suspect she understands every word I say but usually doesn’t really care).

Ah. Still awful!

Any sheriff who does it at this point has already been put on notice by Ellison that it is illegal. ACLU has already sued at least one county over this.

It is bad actually that American politics are so singularly dictated by the price of gasoline. Very, very bad.

National weather service forecast table, depicting small chance of thunder during tonight’s blizzard, between 1 am and 7 am.

NWS forecasting small chance of snow thunder!!

Take your trash out now!

Is the plural of conundrum, conundra?

As in, those polar bears sure do face a lot tundra conundra.