Zguy28

A friend just showed me a letter from her BC/BS provider that said her current $700/month premium was going to $1400. I'm about to do open enrollment here and I'm almost afraid to see. Its gone up a lot over the last 5 years.

Yeah, what the heck was up with him wearing a shirt with Fidel Castro on it? I heard that on radio the other day. I mean, talk about the poster child for oppressive government. You'd think that's the last type of person he'd like to be associated with.

Au contraire. I read quite a bit of it. It made it look like you argue because you like to argue.

So, you're giving him a hard time about it, then when he says "Ok, send it my way and I'll give it a fair reading" you get dismissive. This seems either intentionally obtuse or just lazy. Weak.

Nice! I don't want to wait until 2017 though! Looks like Karl Urban is in this as Skurge the Executioner. Hulk's in it too! And the Grandmaster. Isn't he an elder of the universe or something?

I get that, but then we also have the Knightmare vision where Superman is under the control of Darkseid so....

SO, who is the extraterrestial threat that Batman fears? Is it Brainiac or Darkseid? Or both? Personally, I think JL will be Brainiac and Darkseid will be in JL2. But what if "awakened" means evil Superman? Also read some stuff saying it would be Atlantis or Steppenwolf (who was in a deleted bonus scene of BvS)

Add NetApp to that same list. What a bunch of maroons.

Its like talking storage and all they know is Terabytes. No understanding of why the performance sucks (IOPS) or of dedupe.

In the real world, Powershell isn't bad, on the test though, they want exact commands chosen from a list for how to add a vswitch or remove a vnic from a VM or how to enable SR IOV or to initiate or schedule an Azure Online Backup etc. Or multiple steps in Powershell for doing a complex task in hyper-v. Its not the concepts and things. For instance, a question may ask you how to create a new Desired State Configuration and presents you the choice between Start-DSCConfiguration or New-DSCConfiguration. The answer is Start. If you've never used it, intuition will get you nowhere. It just seems to me that for an Associate level cert, its extremely difficult and excessive in the memorization.

I'm hearing good reviews for the new movie from co-workers. Will go see it this week.

I want to do some chicken quarters with the Slow N Sear. Any suggestions on rub, glaze, temp, duration etc? EDIT: Found this https://www.kingsford.com/how-to/bone-in-chicken-pieces/#KSXwG0wC8v1GdsgX.97

I wonder if Luke Cage & Iron Fist's storyline will play into the larger Avengers / superhero registration arc? They were on Cap's side.

Work wants me to get MCSE in Exchange 2016. But first I have to take exam 70-417 to upgrade my MCITP 2008 to MCSA 2012 as prerequisite. Basically it condenses all three tests for 2012 into one, and eliminates any material that hasn't really changed since 2008. This leaves a heavy dosage of Hyper-V (we are solely a VMware shop), DirectAccess, Azure etc. And the questions are almost all in Powershell. I don't know who they get to write their questions, but I swear that person doesn't work in the real world. These questions are way too hard for an entry-level cert. By the way, Mindhub is selling booster packs of exam vouchers for $200 w/ 4 retakes. Offer expires Aug 31.

Morning show is terrible. Bring back Mike and Mike.

My boss told me about "Cowboy burgers". He says he got some meatloaf blend from Nick's of Clinton, mixed in crumbled bacon and cheddar crumbles, seasoned with McCormick's Cowboy Rub, grilled and then blue cheese on top. Sounds delicious.

I used to be a NC vinegar man, and while I still love it, my favorite is now Carolina Gold mustard.

I hear this, and it makes sense. Which is why I don't understand why they refused to even hear the case of the Washington law making it illegal for pharmacists to refer to other pharmacies for abortificents because they are Christian pro-life and it goes against their beliefs. http://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/explainer-supreme-court-refuses-to-protect-religious-liberty-of-washington-pharmacists

Not true. Carolina vinegar sauce is BBQ sauce. Ya'll just snobs.

Having a few friends over for July 4. Not sure what to make yet.... Thinking about these burgers:

It is a dangerous attitude. Ask abolitionists who ran the underground railroad. And yes, I am comparing the two (and I'm sure Jumbo will be along to insult me again).

Larry, would you lie to save a human life? I'm not asking you to whether you believe a baby in the womb is a person, because I know the answer. Its more of a general question.

This is about as an untrue statement as an abortion provider saying they care about human lives. Latest Gallup poll on abortion views: http://www.gallup.com/poll/191834/americans-attitudes-toward-abortion-unchanged.aspx?g_source=ABORTION&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles

My wife is an Icelandic citizen and my son is a HUGE soccer fan (and plays). Needless to say as I walked in yesterday all I heard was cheering and "Sorry babe that I haven't started dinner, Iceland's about to put the boot to England!!"

I made two whole chickens on my Weber yesterday. Got to try out my new ThermoPro TP08. Brined the chickens overnight and seasoned with Adobo under the skin before grilling. The meat was delicious. I must've done something wrong though because the skin ended up rubbery.