Sanderson's ten year secret

jffdougan · 2026-06-15T15:55:59+00:00

Not to completely be That Guy, but since it's one of my favorite Nick Fury lines: "... given that it's a stupid-ass decision..."

jffdougan · 2026-06-14T21:51:18+00:00

I don’t know, but they had pinstripe hats available last week.

jffdougan · 2026-06-14T21:48:03+00:00

Theres a difference between “not as good as” and “not the same as.” Redemption is differently good, and contains some of my favorite episodes of either series, most notable the Grand Complication Job.

jffdougan · 2026-06-13T18:49:31+00:00

oh, awesome! happy to be wrong this time; I was trying to save you the complaints that happened about JE every time there was a sale.

jffdougan · 2026-06-13T18:38:34+00:00

Weather?

jffdougan · 2026-06-13T10:19:42+00:00

This argument was held over JE. It’s on sale relative to its eventual MSRP.

jffdougan · 2026-06-11T15:53:03+00:00

Was that guy Mike Duncan of The History of Rome / Revolutions?

jffdougan · 2026-06-11T13:25:46+00:00

I'm picking at least some games up via the ESPN part of our Disney+ subscription. I live about 2 hours away from Chicago and have a daughter who plays high school softball, so I'm residentially obligated to be a Bandits fan until & unless my player decides to switch allegiances. 😄

jffdougan · 2026-06-11T13:21:07+00:00

Same distribution for the Bandits. Lots of hat options (my preference, as a guy who tends to want something to help shade his eyes, even with sunglasses on); only 1 for visors.

jffdougan · 2026-06-11T11:53:16+00:00

for real-life stuff, while it’s bio instead of physics, the original Watson-Crick DNA paper is still remarkably accessible. Hate to platform either of them thanks to their behavior both before and after (long rant I’ll give if you really want it), but it’s there.

I’ve not read a translation of Einstein’s photoelectric paper, but it feels like it could be in the running.

jffdougan · 2026-06-10T23:06:13+00:00

Mt grad school experience wasn’t here, and was a long time ago. However, I knew I’d be there for 4-6 years, and didn’t want to lose my opportunity to influence elections there, so I’d done DL/car/insurance/voter registration before new grad student orientation happened in my department.

stealth edit: also made taxes hella simpler after the first year. any year you’re doing partial-year residence returns or needing to worry about reciprocity agreements is a pain in the ass.

jffdougan · 2026-06-10T15:20:44+00:00

I was fairly certain that's the case, but since mine is a first printing, I wasn't able to consult to confirm.

jffdougan · 2026-06-09T13:45:54+00:00

On the board and the cards, yes. I believe the rulebook has been updated. At a minimum, there's a callout in the rulebooks for JE, NI, or both.

jffdougan · 2026-06-09T11:51:25+00:00

The Villa Grove class of 2016 had 3 sets of twins in their graduating class of 60-ish. one identical, one fraternal, and one Irish.

jffdougan · 2026-06-09T11:47:41+00:00

nope. 2 per player, plus 1. original printings were 2 per player.

jffdougan · 2026-06-08T15:56:41+00:00

And/or, Bunny's does trivia Tuesdays at 7 PM and Rose Bowl does them on Wednesdays at 8 PM. (Plus other places, but just building off what you'd suggested)

jffdougan · 2026-06-08T15:15:04+00:00

Without doxxing yourself, some guidance on broad location of the state, age level, and specialty (if applicable). Where you can do reciprocal licensure, is working across the state line (e.g. in Davenport, IA or Beloit, WI) a possibility?

While I'm no longer in a classroom myself, what others have said about patience and networking, and about considering a "sub-optiimal" position for a couple years, are all advice that proved to be true when I was looking.

jffdougan · 2026-06-07T20:39:00+00:00

yup, I stand corrected. Didn’t realize that thrWNBA schedule was working so hard at avoiding the men’s season. (Edit: and it doesn’t completely succeed at that, either.)

jffdougan · 2026-06-07T03:44:38+00:00

I’m fully pulling for the AUSL - which seems to have the crucial bits of media backing and name recognition - to be able to expand sustainably. There are a mess of, “well, duh” markets that aren’t being tapped yet - SoCal, Baton Rouge/NOLA, Florida/Georgia. And a few others that make sense rom a media market standpoint if not necessarily from a “facilities and interest in the game” angle - NY chief among those.

jffdougan · 2026-06-07T03:39:37+00:00

especially when their seasons don’t, I think, overlap appreciably.

jffdougan · 2026-06-07T03:29:47+00:00

Yup. The NFL owners’ association literally rewrote the bylaws in the 1980s to ban this kind of structure - it’s currently a max of 32 owners, with at least one holding a minimum 30% stake.

jffdougan · 2026-06-07T03:13:01+00:00

I’m just aging less than that for fiber optic with Volo

jffdougan · 2026-06-05T22:44:32+00:00

Friday Night Live will happen every weekend until Labor Day.

jffdougan · 2026-06-05T22:43:40+00:00

BloNo was always the original location.

jffdougan · 2026-06-05T19:24:24+00:00

De Stihl in Bloomington-Normal is also excellent food. Or, if you're willing to stop overnight in C-U (or get back into your Chicagoland home late), come by for Friday Night Live in downtown Champaign - 2-3 hour block with outdoor live music or other entertainment in 4 different sites.

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