COL Mustard
COL Mustard's JournalMy friend's wife passed away today.
I'm sad for him. She had had MS for a very long time. They welcomed their first grandchild on New Year's Day. Life sucks sometimes. As Warren Zevon said, enjoy every sandwich.
What's a good Canadian news outlet for online?
I cancelled my subscription to The Washington Post and would like to replace it with something from Canada. I still get the New York Times and the Times of London but looking for something else in North America.
Thanks in advance!
OPM operating status for Washington, DC for tomorrow
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/current-status/I've never seen a "suggested" 2-hour delay, but since they now say we're all doing critical work across the government, I guess I'll go in. Probably on time, so I don't get added to the list of deferred resigners. Sigh......
RIP Federal Executive Institute
I attended Leadership for a Democratic Society under the Federal Executive Institute. It was the best leadership development course I've ever had, and now Voldemort is killing it.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/eliminating-the-federal-executive-institute/
I am having a sad, tonight.
For My Federal Employee Friends Considering Deferred Resignation
Washington Post finance columnist Michelle Singletary wrote about the pros and cons of this program (gift article):
https://wapo.st/4aFrVyc
Please don't make any decision in haste on something this momentous!
Federal employees:
How do you plan to survive the next four years? What do you see as the biggest challenge your agency will face?
One good thing about tonight
We won’t have to hear anymore bullshit about the election having been stolen.
Game Over, America
The Washington Post just projected Pennsylvania for Trump. He’s pretty much won, and with the Republicans taking control of the Senate, we’re pretty much done. It was a nice country while we had it, but it’s going to be fundamentally transformed by 2029.
I see Auburn lost again.
Clearly their coaching staff is not up to par. I think the only decent solution is for Tommy Tuberville to make the sacrifice and go back to coaching the Tigers.
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