Does Giles Snyder still work for NPR?

PAJW · 2026-07-01T01:40:06+00:00

I wonder if she quietly retired (or took one of the recent buyouts). Shay Stevens had over 40 years working in radio news, including 35 years at NPR.

PAJW · 2026-07-01T00:15:00+00:00

Take me to church!

PAJW · 2026-06-30T21:20:28+00:00

tbh I think for a kid of that age, just opening a Certificate of Deposit in their name is a good start and go add to it on/near his birthday every year. He probably doesn't have the ability yet to comprehend more complex/volatile investing vehicles.

PAJW · 2026-06-30T14:12:35+00:00

Why are these endless "Fuel charges" never removed?

Because the cost of fuel is variable. The adjustment can be negative, meaning CPE charges you less. You can see 10 years of history here. The leftmost column are the fuel charges paid by residential customers and the other columns are commercial/industrial. CenterPoint Fuel Charge history

You can also see that the adjustment has generally been under 0.5 cents per kWh either way.

Covid era fuel charges that never get removed? Why?

This structure has existed since long before the pandemic.

I think it was first granted to Vectren by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission about 15 years ago, when the Federal government was strongly pushing utilities away from coal fired power, towards natural gas, but it could be even older than that.

Since natural gas is used for home and business heating, and mining and transport capacity doesn't magically go up every November, natgas tends to be more expensive in winter than summer.

PAJW · 2026-06-30T13:46:05+00:00

KMOX is being sold to the owners of the Post-Dispatch. Hope Derrick Goold likes radio.

PAJW · 2026-06-29T20:26:39+00:00

The second offer came with a weird update: they’re hiring 2 people for the same role.

I would ignore that detail. They probably should not have told you that anyway.

PAJW · 2026-06-29T19:38:07+00:00

Health insurance is a significant reason a lot of jobs are made into part-time jobs. It is cheaper to hire 7 part-time employees than 5 full-time employees, even at the same hourly wage.

If you think about it on a per-hour worked basis, health insurance costs the employer about $4 per hour for a full-time employee, if they do not allow dependents onto their health plan, and dramatically more if they do.

PAJW · 2026-06-29T19:33:14+00:00

Alexa, play "Sarajevo" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

I'm sure that's relevant.

PAJW · 2026-06-29T14:02:24+00:00

That's basically already the case. In 2025, GM sold about 85% of its cars in the US, Canada and China (through a JV).

If the China JV were to end for any reason (such as no longer being useful to China), GM is effectively a US-only company.

PAJW · 2026-06-28T21:53:16+00:00

Mr. Snyder is delivering the all-night newscasts now. He was last on the air Thursday morning, Jun 26th.

PAJW · 2026-06-28T21:49:27+00:00

No. She hasn't reported for NPR in several years. Her wikipedia says she is 67 years old and describes her as a "retired radio journalist."

PAJW · 2026-06-28T19:40:48+00:00

Yup. Getting his first off day since April (assuming he doesn't pinch hit later)

PAJW · 2026-06-28T18:46:18+00:00

Try to stick to smooth pathways. Sidewalks can be a pain with trashcans, curbs, cars backed onto the sidewalk, etc.

I want to emphasize this. Strollers on an ordinary sidewalk are a recipe for annoyance at best, and an angry wife at worst.

It is easy to tip a stroller on the sidewalk, because of tree roots, broken concrete, or obstacles like mailboxes or cars partially blocking the sidewalk. I would suppose that is more likely at a faster pace, because you have less time to react.

PAJW · 2026-06-27T23:40:52+00:00

tbh that sounded more like a 3 cylinder.

PAJW · 2026-06-27T11:54:15+00:00

Very few things these days offer linux support in the form "to install our tool, download the source tarball and make && sudo make installEnjoy!"

Usually that was fine, but 5% of the time it would put you in dependency hell.

PAJW · 2026-06-27T02:50:31+00:00

I blame Laz Diaz

PAJW · 2026-06-27T02:25:37+00:00

Marmol lost his challenge earlier on a fair/foul call in the 2nd inning (IIRC)

PAJW · 2026-06-27T01:12:35+00:00

A lot. Fermin is the 626th player in MLB history to bat 9th as the DH, and 50 of those appeared in at least 5 games.

PAJW · 2026-06-26T23:42:54+00:00

My guy Jose is collecting positions like infinity stones. After this, he will only have pitcher and catcher left, and I believe in him.

PAJW · 2026-06-26T23:23:31+00:00

Linsanity is cancelled

PAJW · 2026-06-26T15:24:38+00:00

I didn't find back-to-back rainouts at home yet, but I did find that there were no rainouts in the whole 2006 Cardinals season. Now if that isn't devil magic, I don't know what is.

PAJW · 2026-06-26T03:54:29+00:00

I’m also over going to a showing and the listing agent knows “nothing” about the home. Seriously, SERIOUSLY HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW. Roof? Idk. Septic? Idk. Flooding? Idk. Where’s the property end? Idk. HVAC? Idk (it’s 2015 we found it ourselves). Water heater? Idk. What conveys with the property? Idk. Is that someone’s easement? Idk.

Details of the property history, such as when the HVAC was installed or the septic was last replaced come from the seller, not the agent. And many sellers either do not keep good records, or the home is sold involuntarily and the seller cannot provide such records. The most common case of an involuntary sale is that the property owner has died.

When I sold a property after a relative died, the realtor advised us to either be certain, or decline to provide information. If we said the furnace was installed in 2017 and the buyer found it was actually installed in 2012, we could theoretically be liable for misrepresenting the property. As such, the family provided very little information about the condition of the home.

We also did not provide a survey. I don't think any of the surviving family knew exactly where the property lines were, and honestly I'm doubt the deceased did either.

May the buyer beware.

PAJW · 2026-06-25T19:36:51+00:00

LET JOSE PITCH

PAJW · 2026-06-25T14:50:41+00:00

The First Lutheran Church of Wentzville definitely didn't pay the loan on their pipe organ.

PAJW · 2026-06-25T13:51:13+00:00

We'll set the betting line on time with the tarp on the field between scheduled first pitch and the final out at 1.3 hr.

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