There’s no bad onramp to that world. Very few of the books require you to have read the others, and there isn’t much of a strict chronology. Apparently Pratchett recommended that people start with Sourcery, but that’s not set in stone.

The lock screen on my phone says in big friendly letters “Don’t Panic”

My only hope is that his plan is to come in, make a big splash, improve his coveted test scores, and use that as leverage to get a different job. If his plan is to stick around and actually implement the big changes he’s talking about, the district is in trouble.

Toaster oven is the fucking way to go. I’ve got one with a 12x12x8 capacity and 4 cook modes. I can cook so many meals, and reheating leftovers is super easy. I didn’t have a microwave for almost a decade and I barely even noticed.

Why?

This is a good thing. Unless there’s a poison pill in the contract, of course. SEA probably doesn’t have the political capital to withstand an extended strike. Especially with the new dickhead superintendent going full bore media blitz framing this as the fault of greedy, incompetent teachers and bloated unions.

KOMO is Sinclair. Anybody who isn’t familiar with Sinclair Broadcasting needs to look it up. Basically an ultra-conservative media conglomerate that bought up an incredible number of local news affiliates, and is now using them to subtly move the needle towards fascism.

KIRO is CBS. CBS got bought by the Ellison family, strong Trump allies. Pretty much the entire leadership structure got fired or resigned, leaving it firmly in the grasp of authoritarian shitheads. They’re transitioning slowly, but you can’t trust their perspective on most anything anymore.

These news outlets, like so many across the country, have been co-opted by right-wing sycophants.

The rich school near me had the same thing. Navy medic came in to describe how amazing the navy treats you. Definitely not a recruiter, though. Made very clear up front that he wasn’t there recruiting. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

Sure did. I believe he played one quarter, had a big interception, and got cut 3 days later. Kinda odd.

Would make more sense if he were a safety. They only carried 3 safeties onto the roster and one is hurt. CBs are more plentiful, especially when you see that Trevon Diggs (waived, heading to PS) and Terrion Arnold (who the fuck knows) might be available.

Well, with any luck he’ll pull a Russell Wilson, and the end of his career will be so damn bad that people will forget how good he was.

Very much so not 100% on board with this. I’ll trust that the organization did their due diligence and everything’s fine, but man am I nervous.

There was a point where the National Socialist Party was actually socialist. But Hitler and his ilk saw a party with popular momentum, joined it, co-opted it, and betrayed the socialist ideals.

At this point, even Husky Homer me has to admit that Jake Browning isn’t a viable NFL QB. I’ll always wonder what he could’ve done if he hadn’t blown out his shoulder his senior year.

Getting caught with a 46-year-old hooker is way better than getting caught with a 14-year-old hooker. So he’s doing better than a lot of billionaires.

Yeah, the district’s proposal was bad enough to qualify as bad faith. Take money away from special ed departments and funnel it into HCC programs. Increase student-teacher ratios, especially in struggling schools. Focus more on standardized testing. Basically undo the steps that we’ve been taking to try to undo the massive inequality in our district.

Oh, and it includes a pay raise that’s less than inflation. So pay the teachers less to do more work in order to help the kids that need the least help. Way to go, SuperBen.

Ha. Similarly, I was at a big music festival a few years ago, taking to a random 20- something dude. I mentioned which bands I was there to see and he just yelled “YOU’RE OOOLD!” at me.

Sigh. Mixed feelings. I absolutely understand the need to transition the global vehicle fleet to electric vehicles powered by sustainable and renewable energy production. Between environmental impacts and the sheer ungodly amount of corruption/war/destruction associated with the oil industry, moving away from oil and gas is probably the best single thing humanity could do right now.

But goddammit I love the sound and feel of internal combustion.

A lot of people forget just how fucking good Chubb was. Before his first knee injury he was the best RB in college football.

Well yeah. You’re a creep, Deshaun.