My wife is a really good lawyer who switched from a law firm to a state attorney general's office early in our marriage. She wanted to do something that was more fulfilling than defending guilty clients or making rich guys richer. She also wanted to be able to control her time and spend fewer hours working, as we were planning on having kids. She wanted to be around for their important life events.
For the next 32 years, she primarily focused on state medical board work, usually by taking away licenses from terrible medical practitioners. You wouldn't believe some of the stories she would tell me! She found it quite fulfilling to know that she stopped many of them from abusing patients.
She earned about 1/3 of what she could have earned in private practice. Because of that, I got quite puckered up when both of our kids were attending expensive colleges at the same time. OTOH, she now has a pension that pays most of her salary until both of us are horizontal (she's now retired). And because she did good work for them, the attorney general has asked her to take on interesting projects of her choosing.
My point is that lawyering isn't all Suits, Boston Legal, or Law & Order. Lawyering takes on many forms, from hired guns to do-gooders, and many things in between. And the work you do should fit with the life you want to live.
Last year, we were driving from the Champagne region of France to Paris via back roads - it was our final day in France before heading home. In the middle of nowhere, we drove by the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, turned around, and spent about an hour there, talking to the retired Marine who manages the cemetery. There were no other visitors.
This is a WWI American cemetery containing the remains of about 6,000 soldiers and Marines who fought a German breakthrough that was headed toward Paris in the summer of 1918. What stuck me is how the site was so impeccably maintained and how knowledgeable the caretaker was about the history of that fight. It was an unexpected but truly memorable and moving day.
BTW - The American Battle Monument Commission administers, operates, and maintains 26 American military cemeteries and 32 federal memorials, monuments, and markers around the world.
Process of elimination. As a tyke, I attended the 1972 Rose Bowl, where Michigan lost to Stanford 13-12. Until that time, I didn’t know that my dad attended, but didn’t graduate from, Michigan. He was a closet Wolverine.
When it was my time for college, I knew I wanted to leave SoCal, so I applied to Michigan Engineering. The only two colleges outside of California to accept me were Michigan and Penn. I visited Penn but hated it – too many pot smokers at Penn (little did I know!) and Philly was grimy and rough. I then visited Ann Arbor, which felt just right to me as a small-town kid.
I pretty much immediately fell in love with all things Michigan. Ufer, Bo/Woody, Rose Bowls, central campus, fraternity life, the engineering grind. Truly the best years of my non-parenting life. To date, I’ve indoctrinated three neighborhood kids about Michigan and they are now all proud Michigan grads. I should get a commission. Unfortunately, my own children aren’t among them even though they were both accepted.
I grew up in Victorville, a stone's throw from Apple Valley. Could not wait to GTFO of there. Drove my car to Ann Arbor, never looking once in the rear view mirror.
My 27 year old son - a classic liberal who graduated from a top 5 college - came to this same conclusion. He's smart and very outgoing with tons of friends. He concluded that he can keep up with them in the absence of FB or Instagram. Bravo!
We’ve been on a pinot noir kick lately. Busting out a Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot and a Sea Smoke Ten Pinot. Our friends (part of our pod!) will bring something equally tasty.
A lot of really good wine is just a click away these days, with no shipping cost. It’s my kryptonite.
It’s still sparsely populated. Most of the land in the Owens Valley was bought by the City of LA in the early 1900s for its water rights. The San Fernando Valley, just north of LA, is watered by runoff from the Eastern Sierra running down through the Owens Valley. The movie Chinatown is about the land wars.
And yes, once you’ve been in that area a few times, you really appreciate its unique beauty.
Heading from the SF Bay Area to Bishop, CA tomorrow morning. First work break since this pandemic bullshit began. Suppose I shouldn’t bitch about it but dang, we need a break. My kids are converging there too.
I have a case of various fine wine packed for the trip. I have no idea what my brother-in-law has in store, but he’s great cook. Eat, drink, watch great sunrises and sunsets, maybe tube the Owens River.
Looking forward to seeing the Neowise comet. Bishop is at 4200 feet with no light pollution. Should be pretty clear. Going to try taking photos.
Celebrated Fathers Day early with my young adult kids. Bought a whole Prime beef tenderloin at Costco, sliced it up, cooked filets using a Wall Street Journal recipe for steak frites. Washed it down with a great bottle of Paradigm Cabernet. Chocolate chip cookies and ice cream for dessert. All quite decadent.
My kids give me a little faith in this very screwed up world. They’re beginning to carry the torch to a better place.
Wino here in CA. Enjoyed a bottle of 2014 Palazzo Proprietary Red Right Bank Reserve Napa Valley. Merlot-based Bordeaux style red. Bought on a a whim. Surprisingly good.
Listened to the Tedeschi Trucks band while consuming. Susan Tedeschi has a terrific voice. Really bummed though, because I bought tix for the fam to see them in Denver in late July but it’s been postponed for a year.
I’m in suburban Bay Area CA and most people who can are staying home. People are walking their dogs (my dog is delighted by this turn of events), going to the grocery store, and picking up take out. Basically being rational, which is quite the change in behavior for CA. I haven’t seen a single police officer this week.
West coaster here. Just cooked dinner at home with our two young adult children. They are both incredibly great kids. It makes us really happy to see them thrive.
We have a very kid-friendly street - one long block, no through traffic, good sidewalks, so we get a ton of kids (>300).
Even though our kids are all growed up and living on their own, I still decorate, including carved pumpkins. And we still hand out candy (2 giant Costco bags).
I just love the look of the tiny ones when they come to the door. I'm going to be a really mushy grandpa when that time comes.
There were two suicides at MGoDaughter’s high school while she was there. In part, that motivated her to study psychology in college, focusing on mental health.
As a natural-born problem-solver, she then went to work at a clever startup (ginger) whose mission is to address mental health challenges at the time of need. I think they, and several others like them, are really on to something that will help people with depression and anxiety. Much better, IMO, than traditional EAPs.
My then 8 year old son and I flew from San Francisco to NYC for an extended weekend with friends in June of 1991. Among the many things we did was to go to the top of the World Trade Center.
Needless to say, my son was really rattled by the attack just 3 months later. He thought Osama bin Laden was going to come to his elementary school in the SF Bay Area and get him. It look quite awhile for him to work through those fears. His teachers really helped.
9/11 is certainly the most catastrophic thing that has happened in my life.
It is unfortunate that I can’t unread your comment about your POS ex brother in law’s shitty experience at Cedar Point.
As noted, UC is chronic. Someone with that condition simply can’t predict when a flare-up will occur. Consequently, “under control” is somewhat inaccurate.
I wrote a letter to each of them that they could only open after we left campus (neither attended Michigan). I wrote them over the course of a week, giving me time to think about what I wanted to say. Many, many tears while authoring those things. I'm pretty sure they each have their letter today, several years after graduation.
To minimize the tears on those move-in days, I focused on the logistics of moving in and setting them up in their dorm rooms. Then, we made the goodbyes as quick as possible. It still generated tears for MGoWife and me, but not enough to embarrass them.
I also tried to focus on their exciting journeys and kept thinking back on my first day in Ann Arbor. I too lived in South Quad (West Quad sucks) and I remember move-in day vividly. The dudes down the hall had a case of beer and an open door, so it was good. Also, one of they guys across the hall became my best friend - we roomed together our entire time in Ann Arbor and I always stay with him when I come to town.
We're now on our third Bernese Mountain Dog. The first was named Bo, obviously. Unbelievably loving and great with kids. Their basic thing is "I just want to be wherever you are." We took/take them everywhere.
They break your heart though because a 10 year old Berner is very old. Our last one did not make it to her 8th.
I was at a Boy Scout National Jamboree in Idaho. Each troop had a telephone pole with a single electric plug. Someone plugged a TV in and we stood around it, watching the landing.
RE: 13 year old daughter... Godspeed. We made it through to the other side but it was dicey at times. Now she's a lovely early 20s professional who is off the payroll and actually likes her parents!
RE: allergies... I experience allergy-induced asthma but also have a great arsenal. The magic drug is Advair/Discus (a generic just came out). It's all I need except eye drops and Loratadine during high pollen season.
Buy hardwired Roku to ensure high speed delivery of video and audio bits.
Hook it into AV receiver with surround sound.
Buy YouTube TV.
Profit.
Theoretically, you can get several Gbps with 802.11ac, but that probably doesn't happen very often in the real world. Hardwired connections deliver at the switch and router's rated speed.
It's all been great for me. YouTube has the most streaming experience so they know how to adjust to line degradation better than the others (although I very, very seldom experience line degradation in my home). YouTube TV benefits from that learning curve.
The other thing that sold me on YouTube TV is that they deliver audio in whatever form the source provides it. If it comes to them in 5.1, that's what comes to me. I spent a bunch of damn money on surround sound so want to enjoy it.
The only real downside that I see is that Big Brother Google is watching every click.
Fortunately, nothing close to that happened when my son was a Little Leaguer.
However, his LL experience was definitely not Norman Rockwellish. He was a really good player who loved the game. Once he got to the LL Majors, he started seeing how his coaches were either favoring their own kids, tearing down some of the other kids on the team, or messing with the other teams' kids during games. My boy just wanted to play ball.
It left such a distaste with him that he decided not to play in Babe Ruth, a travelling team, or even in high school. It's a shame that so many dads choose to live vicariously through their own kids.
I was there too! Flew in from California with my then 6 year old. It was his first experience in the Big House and visiting campus. It left quite an impression on him.
MGoWife and I are heading to Napa today. It’s raining here, but that drives away the tourists, so not so bad. Will drink too much good wine.
Yesterday, Stanford beat UCLA 49-42. Obviously a shootout, but a couple of things jumped out at me:
1. Wilton Speight threw for 466 yards (29/47 with 1 INT). Whether it was scheme or ineptitude while at Michigan, Speight has shown at UCLA (not just in the Stanford game) that he can throw the ball.
2. Stanford’s coach David Shaw (a Jim Harbaugh disciple who called 4 runs up the middle for 9 yards at the end of the 2014 Rose Bowl against Staee when Staee had a great run defense) had this to say after the UCLA game:
“I learned a lot this year. One thing is apparently my comfort level doesn’t matter. I haven’t been comfortable all year. We’ve been an enigma, but the one thing that’s been constant is big plays in the passing game.”
Despite the 39 points we scored, I think our coaches need to re-think their offensive philosophy. With their insistence on running first, it sure seems that a lot of Michigan talent went to waste yesterday against a pretty shitty Buckeye secondary.
And don’t get me started on the defensive “game plan,” whatever that may have been.
I was out picking up the nervous bird (I assume turkey is nervous) for tomorrow and listening to KNBR, the local sports talk station. Ted Robinson, the long-time 49ers play-by-play announcer, was talking with the radio guys and said this:
“I want Jim Harbaugh to "Pete Carroll" Urban Meyer in the worst way. Beat them by 50 and then go for 2.”
Sounds good to me. And good use of Pete Carroll as a verb!
From a security POV, a reputable cloud service vendor is the best choice, as they hire some of the very best security talent in the world. But, as Willie Sutton famously said when asked why he robbed banks, "Because that's where the money is." Cloud service providers are constantly bombarded with attacks, looking for weakness anywhere it can be found. So if they screw up, or you screw up by exposing the keys to your cloud-based data, you're SOL.
That can be mitigated somewhat by encrypting all the data in flight (meaning to and from the data center) and at rest. 256-bit encryption is pretty good.
On a different plane, GDPR privacy is a whole added kettle of fish. If your customer data includes that of EU individuals, their data is subject to GDPR, which includes a labyrinth of rules and regulations.
A photo my father took as a youngster at the Ohio State game in 1927, the very first to take place in Michigan Stadium.
A photo taken of my son and one of his best friends at Under the Lights #1. It's from the 360 degree camera that they put at the 50 yard line before the game.
My Michigan degree.
Edit: One more - I have set of coasters made from the astroturf that was taken out, I think, in the early 80s.
YouTube has more streaming experience than any of the other streamers.
If the program broadcasts in HD, they will stream it in HD, if at all possible (they can't do anything about your crappy ISP service).
Further, they will stream full surround sound audio. I paid a lot of money for that damn surround sound and I want the streaming service to take advantage of it!
Been on YTTV for about 6 months - quite happy with it.
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My wife is a really good lawyer who switched from a law firm to a state attorney general's office early in our marriage. She wanted to do something that was more fulfilling than defending guilty clients or making rich guys richer. She also wanted to be able to control her time and spend fewer hours working, as we were planning on having kids. She wanted to be around for their important life events.
For the next 32 years, she primarily focused on state medical board work, usually by taking away licenses from terrible medical practitioners. You wouldn't believe some of the stories she would tell me! She found it quite fulfilling to know that she stopped many of them from abusing patients.
She earned about 1/3 of what she could have earned in private practice. Because of that, I got quite puckered up when both of our kids were attending expensive colleges at the same time. OTOH, she now has a pension that pays most of her salary until both of us are horizontal (she's now retired). And because she did good work for them, the attorney general has asked her to take on interesting projects of her choosing.
My point is that lawyering isn't all Suits, Boston Legal, or Law & Order. Lawyering takes on many forms, from hired guns to do-gooders, and many things in between. And the work you do should fit with the life you want to live.
No, but here's a photo of him when the game clock struck 0:00 in Happy Valley.
Last year, we were driving from the Champagne region of France to Paris via back roads - it was our final day in France before heading home. In the middle of nowhere, we drove by the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, turned around, and spent about an hour there, talking to the retired Marine who manages the cemetery. There were no other visitors.
This is a WWI American cemetery containing the remains of about 6,000 soldiers and Marines who fought a German breakthrough that was headed toward Paris in the summer of 1918. What stuck me is how the site was so impeccably maintained and how knowledgeable the caretaker was about the history of that fight. It was an unexpected but truly memorable and moving day.
BTW - The American Battle Monument Commission administers, operates, and maintains 26 American military cemeteries and 32 federal memorials, monuments, and markers around the world.
"although fragels are sold from a shop on Washtenaw"
No way! Where?
I must have gained 10 pounds eating those things.
Ditto mp2, but on iPads. Takes forever to load the initial page.
Feeling very mortal because three good friends have serious medical issues. So, drinking the good shit!
2017Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon Estate. Also, 2018 Turley Zinfandel Ueberroth Vineyard. Both fabulous.
Easy. The GOAT. Tom Brady.
Process of elimination. As a tyke, I attended the 1972 Rose Bowl, where Michigan lost to Stanford 13-12. Until that time, I didn’t know that my dad attended, but didn’t graduate from, Michigan. He was a closet Wolverine.
When it was my time for college, I knew I wanted to leave SoCal, so I applied to Michigan Engineering. The only two colleges outside of California to accept me were Michigan and Penn. I visited Penn but hated it – too many pot smokers at Penn (little did I know!) and Philly was grimy and rough. I then visited Ann Arbor, which felt just right to me as a small-town kid.
I pretty much immediately fell in love with all things Michigan. Ufer, Bo/Woody, Rose Bowls, central campus, fraternity life, the engineering grind. Truly the best years of my non-parenting life. To date, I’ve indoctrinated three neighborhood kids about Michigan and they are now all proud Michigan grads. I should get a commission. Unfortunately, my own children aren’t among them even though they were both accepted.
Been to Knights several times (not my choice!) and I think it's pretty mediocre.
A maize and blue version of this would be awesome. MGoGraphicDesigners, start your engines!
Purpleface to LSU. Makes sense.
Rest easy, Internet Raj.
Same dynamic here for 31 years and counting. Push on through, as eventually she’ll see it as amusing insanity.
The pitcher ballooned a curveball to an earlier batter in the 9th. Should not have tried that again.
The real tragedy is that Stanford left the bases loaded twice earlier in the game.
I grew up in Victorville, a stone's throw from Apple Valley. Could not wait to GTFO of there. Drove my car to Ann Arbor, never looking once in the rear view mirror.
My 27 year old son - a classic liberal who graduated from a top 5 college - came to this same conclusion. He's smart and very outgoing with tons of friends. He concluded that he can keep up with them in the absence of FB or Instagram. Bravo!
Comrade - We do pork tenderloin with Dijon mustard cream sauce and pair it with a nice Pinot Noir. Very tasty.
We’ve been on a pinot noir kick lately. Busting out a Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot and a Sea Smoke Ten Pinot. Our friends (part of our pod!) will bring something equally tasty.
A lot of really good wine is just a click away these days, with no shipping cost. It’s my kryptonite.
It’s still sparsely populated. Most of the land in the Owens Valley was bought by the City of LA in the early 1900s for its water rights. The San Fernando Valley, just north of LA, is watered by runoff from the Eastern Sierra running down through the Owens Valley. The movie Chinatown is about the land wars.
And yes, once you’ve been in that area a few times, you really appreciate its unique beauty.
Heading from the SF Bay Area to Bishop, CA tomorrow morning. First work break since this pandemic bullshit began. Suppose I shouldn’t bitch about it but dang, we need a break. My kids are converging there too.
I have a case of various fine wine packed for the trip. I have no idea what my brother-in-law has in store, but he’s great cook. Eat, drink, watch great sunrises and sunsets, maybe tube the Owens River.
Looking forward to seeing the Neowise comet. Bishop is at 4200 feet with no light pollution. Should be pretty clear. Going to try taking photos.
Celebrated Fathers Day early with my young adult kids. Bought a whole Prime beef tenderloin at Costco, sliced it up, cooked filets using a Wall Street Journal recipe for steak frites. Washed it down with a great bottle of Paradigm Cabernet. Chocolate chip cookies and ice cream for dessert. All quite decadent.
My kids give me a little faith in this very screwed up world. They’re beginning to carry the torch to a better place.
Wino here in CA. Enjoyed a bottle of 2014 Palazzo Proprietary Red Right Bank Reserve Napa Valley. Merlot-based Bordeaux style red. Bought on a a whim. Surprisingly good.
Listened to the Tedeschi Trucks band while consuming. Susan Tedeschi has a terrific voice. Really bummed though, because I bought tix for the fam to see them in Denver in late July but it’s been postponed for a year.
I’m in suburban Bay Area CA and most people who can are staying home. People are walking their dogs (my dog is delighted by this turn of events), going to the grocery store, and picking up take out. Basically being rational, which is quite the change in behavior for CA. I haven’t seen a single police officer this week.
I predict a lot of Netflix and chill.
West coaster here. Just cooked dinner at home with our two young adult children. They are both incredibly great kids. It makes us really happy to see them thrive.
I probably gained 5 pounds eating fragels. Damn they were good. I should sue those bastards.
We have a very kid-friendly street - one long block, no through traffic, good sidewalks, so we get a ton of kids (>300).
Even though our kids are all growed up and living on their own, I still decorate, including carved pumpkins. And we still hand out candy (2 giant Costco bags).
I just love the look of the tiny ones when they come to the door. I'm going to be a really mushy grandpa when that time comes.
YouTube TV + Roku hardwired (i.e. ethernet-connected) if you can. Also, prioritize Roku in your router.
There were two suicides at MGoDaughter’s high school while she was there. In part, that motivated her to study psychology in college, focusing on mental health.
As a natural-born problem-solver, she then went to work at a clever startup (ginger) whose mission is to address mental health challenges at the time of need. I think they, and several others like them, are really on to something that will help people with depression and anxiety. Much better, IMO, than traditional EAPs.
Every little bit helps.
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Signed on just to upvote.
Sadly, that's how we roll here in CA. It's a loony bin.
My then 8 year old son and I flew from San Francisco to NYC for an extended weekend with friends in June of 1991. Among the many things we did was to go to the top of the World Trade Center.
Needless to say, my son was really rattled by the attack just 3 months later. He thought Osama bin Laden was going to come to his elementary school in the SF Bay Area and get him. It look quite awhile for him to work through those fears. His teachers really helped.
9/11 is certainly the most catastrophic thing that has happened in my life.
It is unfortunate that I can’t unread your comment about your POS ex brother in law’s shitty experience at Cedar Point.
As noted, UC is chronic. Someone with that condition simply can’t predict when a flare-up will occur. Consequently, “under control” is somewhat inaccurate.
chatster - I regret that I wasn’t high when I listened to this.
I wrote a letter to each of them that they could only open after we left campus (neither attended Michigan). I wrote them over the course of a week, giving me time to think about what I wanted to say. Many, many tears while authoring those things. I'm pretty sure they each have their letter today, several years after graduation.
To minimize the tears on those move-in days, I focused on the logistics of moving in and setting them up in their dorm rooms. Then, we made the goodbyes as quick as possible. It still generated tears for MGoWife and me, but not enough to embarrass them.
I also tried to focus on their exciting journeys and kept thinking back on my first day in Ann Arbor. I too lived in South Quad (West Quad sucks) and I remember move-in day vividly. The dudes down the hall had a case of beer and an open door, so it was good. Also, one of they guys across the hall became my best friend - we roomed together our entire time in Ann Arbor and I always stay with him when I come to town.
We're now on our third Bernese Mountain Dog. The first was named Bo, obviously. Unbelievably loving and great with kids. Their basic thing is "I just want to be wherever you are." We took/take them everywhere.
They break your heart though because a 10 year old Berner is very old. Our last one did not make it to her 8th.
I was at a Boy Scout National Jamboree in Idaho. Each troop had a telephone pole with a single electric plug. Someone plugged a TV in and we stood around it, watching the landing.
RE: 13 year old daughter... Godspeed. We made it through to the other side but it was dicey at times. Now she's a lovely early 20s professional who is off the payroll and actually likes her parents!
RE: allergies... I experience allergy-induced asthma but also have a great arsenal. The magic drug is Advair/Discus (a generic just came out). It's all I need except eye drops and Loratadine during high pollen season.
Get…
My order of operations:
Theoretically, you can get several Gbps with 802.11ac, but that probably doesn't happen very often in the real world. Hardwired connections deliver at the switch and router's rated speed.
It's all been great for me. YouTube has the most streaming experience so they know how to adjust to line degradation better than the others (although I very, very seldom experience line degradation in my home). YouTube TV benefits from that learning curve.
The other thing that sold me on YouTube TV is that they deliver audio in whatever form the source provides it. If it comes to them in 5.1, that's what comes to me. I spent a bunch of damn money on surround sound so want to enjoy it.
The only real downside that I see is that Big Brother Google is watching every click.
Fortunately, nothing close to that happened when my son was a Little Leaguer.
However, his LL experience was definitely not Norman Rockwellish. He was a really good player who loved the game. Once he got to the LL Majors, he started seeing how his coaches were either favoring their own kids, tearing down some of the other kids on the team, or messing with the other teams' kids during games. My boy just wanted to play ball.
It left such a distaste with him that he decided not to play in Babe Ruth, a travelling team, or even in high school. It's a shame that so many dads choose to live vicariously through their own kids.
Mmmmm. The Kool-Aid must be tasty up there.
Maggie... Our third Berner. She's still a pup.
I was there too! Flew in from California with my then 6 year old. It was his first experience in the Big House and visiting campus. It left quite an impression on him.
MGoWife and I are heading to Napa today. It’s raining here, but that drives away the tourists, so not so bad. Will drink too much good wine.
I bought the wood for our loft in South Quad/Gomberg at Fingerle in 1975.
P.S. West Quad sucks!
Learnings from yesterday’s Stanford vs. UCLA game
Yesterday, Stanford beat UCLA 49-42. Obviously a shootout, but a couple of things jumped out at me:
1. Wilton Speight threw for 466 yards (29/47 with 1 INT). Whether it was scheme or ineptitude while at Michigan, Speight has shown at UCLA (not just in the Stanford game) that he can throw the ball.
2. Stanford’s coach David Shaw (a Jim Harbaugh disciple who called 4 runs up the middle for 9 yards at the end of the 2014 Rose Bowl against Staee when Staee had a great run defense) had this to say after the UCLA game:
“I learned a lot this year. One thing is apparently my comfort level doesn’t matter. I haven’t been comfortable all year. We’ve been an enigma, but the one thing that’s been constant is big plays in the passing game.”
Despite the 39 points we scored, I think our coaches need to re-think their offensive philosophy. With their insistence on running first, it sure seems that a lot of Michigan talent went to waste yesterday against a pretty shitty Buckeye secondary.
And don’t get me started on the defensive “game plan,” whatever that may have been.
Checking in from the West Coast
I was out picking up the nervous bird (I assume turkey is nervous) for tomorrow and listening to KNBR, the local sports talk station. Ted Robinson, the long-time 49ers play-by-play announcer, was talking with the radio guys and said this:
“I want Jim Harbaugh to "Pete Carroll" Urban Meyer in the worst way. Beat them by 50 and then go for 2.”
Sounds good to me. And good use of Pete Carroll as a verb!
Except the bumblebee unis. Please, God, no.
Taco - You on the Delta 6:45 from SFO perchance? I think there will be many faithful aboard!
From a security POV, a reputable cloud service vendor is the best choice, as they hire some of the very best security talent in the world. But, as Willie Sutton famously said when asked why he robbed banks, "Because that's where the money is." Cloud service providers are constantly bombarded with attacks, looking for weakness anywhere it can be found. So if they screw up, or you screw up by exposing the keys to your cloud-based data, you're SOL.
That can be mitigated somewhat by encrypting all the data in flight (meaning to and from the data center) and at rest. 256-bit encryption is pretty good.
On a different plane, GDPR privacy is a whole added kettle of fish. If your customer data includes that of EU individuals, their data is subject to GDPR, which includes a labyrinth of rules and regulations.
A photo my father…
Toss up
A photo my father took as a youngster at the Ohio State game in 1927, the very first to take place in Michigan Stadium.
A photo taken of my son and one of his best friends at Under the Lights #1. It's from the 360 degree camera that they put at the 50 yard line before the game.
My Michigan degree.
Edit: One more - I have set of coasters made from the astroturf that was taken out, I think, in the early 80s.
YouTube TV - Video and audio quality
YouTube has more streaming experience than any of the other streamers.
If the program broadcasts in HD, they will stream it in HD, if at all possible (they can't do anything about your crappy ISP service).
Further, they will stream full surround sound audio. I paid a lot of money for that damn surround sound and I want the streaming service to take advantage of it!
Been on YTTV for about 6 months - quite happy with it.
Can I come over? Those both sound really tasty.
About 3 weeks ago, I had a Sea Smoke Ten Pinot Noir. Don’t recall what year, but if you like Pinot, give that a whirl. One of the best I’ve ever had.