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I think we need a poll and it should include Liger and the Filet-o-FIsh.

From where did you bring it in?

I'm not much of a gamer. But tonight, I plugged in my Wii (PA and Ink, just resist the urges) for the first time in a while. I love Mario Kart. I love Tiger Woods '08 golf. I even love the baseball game that came with the system. These are not games from my childhood (Atari and Intellivision and NES would be); these are just fun. I try to play games on friends' Xbox or Playstation or whatever and just can't. It's such a giant learning curve with so many control options. I'm glad the Wii still works!

Let's not be gross right now. It's bad enough.

It's time, Gary. Whether the hysteria is correct or not isn't even the question anymore. We know there isn't going to be a season, so just officially kill our hopes of it--oh, and do an unweighed lottery.

I accidentally shaved yesterday. I was doing so well! Now I look 14 again unless you look at the sides of my head.

I don't know whether the beer is overpriced, but their food is horrible. Like worse than Chef's and Pearl Street's unholy love child horrible. The only worse food in Buffalo might be across the tunnel in the Arena itself. I have thick fingers. I think PA calls the condition "ham hands." I loathe typing on a phone or even on an iPad. I miss my Blackberry.

Not right now--I'm desperate for human contact. This sux.

That's what happened to me over the weekend. I pre-ordered one from Office Max on Delaware Ave and had it in my hands an hour later. Barely needed to interact with anyone.

I fret that it is not essential

Events like this might make the employer rethink. 716 for example is busy on game nights but emoty otherwise. I will try to offer more detail when i Mnit stuck on mobile, hopefully tomorrow or Monday

Serious question: Are office supply stores and electronics stores "essential"? I need to get a cable modem ASAP and Amazon will take at least a week to get it here, even with Prime.

I drove a friend to the liquor store yesterday. Based upon my observation of what was going on in there, I'm guessing that whoever made this map didn't include WNY.

Aww shucks. Termination for cause usually means no unemployment compensation. On the very few occasions I've had to terminate an employee for cause (think things like gross insubordination or drinking on the job), I've bargained a severance package (a week's salary per year of employment, up to a limit, is usually where I try to land), plus a promise not to contest their unemployment claim, in return for their waiver of any BS discrimination claim they might try to bring. It's expensive, but not as expensive as defending a BS discrimination claim. Termination for other reasons--the company shuts down, the project is over, there are layoffs, whatever, triggers the employee's right to unemployment compensation in NYS. PSE didn't terminate for cause, it terminated because there is no present need for employees. So these employees will get unemployment compensation and PSE will pay considerably higher premiums next year. This isn't even close to as evil as The Athletic made it out to be. Companies are "forced" into this system by state law. It is one of the reasons why some businesses prefer to operate elsewhere; we tend to take care of people better in NYS than some other states do. It seems (not that I have the details) that the not-for-profit that you mention was not following the law. In the words of George Sr.^, they "may have committed some *light* treason." ^EDIT: That's George Bluth from Arrested Development and not George H.W. Bush.

Apparently @shrader has all the meats.

I don't know everything about this issue, but I do know that in New York state, UI premiums rise according to UI claims by former employees. And mass layoffs really hurt the employer. So PSE is taking a hit here with respect to its year-round hospitality employees. And they can't simply reincorporate as some sort of successor entity to try to save on the premium increase. I've seen employers try that one. Doesn't work. The state catches them. The other thing I suspect--but I'm basing this on knowledge that is 20 years old at this point--is that union jobs, and especially union jobs that are on a per-project basis, work very differently. I think even non-union per-project jobs work differently, because otherwise it would be unfairly punitive to employers that only need workers for a certain amount of time, such as the time it takes to erect a building. I don't know what the obligations of a GC or sub are in that regard.

Yes that is what I’m getting at. And PSE’s UI rate will rise as a result

I do expect that billionaire employers ask for tax concessions all the time, though. It is the same. That's why I differentiated between small local businesses and large billionaire businesses. Regarding yesterday's announcement, has anyone taken unemployment insurance, and the requirements for someone to get paid from that, into account? It seems strategic to me. Depends on what's in their employment agreement.

Imagine being able to be that happy about a pile of leaves. Dogs have it down, man. They're even better than toddlers.

I am testing a beard again. Those of you who know me are welcome to laugh in advance.

Ha--no, it's just something I do every Spring anyway so might as well get a head start.

That's one of the things I'm doing. A deep cleaning of every room in my house.

If you miss the company of some of the residents, is Skype an option? Depression can be just as dangerous as the virus, and, if I understand correctly, can also compromise the immune system. I am having some friends over on Saturday. I can't just sit here with no live social interaction. See above.

1. Why not? Other franchises are taking their time. They will take care of it. 2. Why is it different? Because they have employees (players) who make millions? It isn't different. Your local bar isn't paying bartenders Your local restaurant isn't paying servers. I don't hate that; that's a small business. But Wegmans is huge and has cut hours, and those cashiers and deli workers and produce stockers suffer the same way. So does every cashier at Tops. So does every guy who cleans a room at a Hilton-owned hotel. So does every person who works at a movie theatre or a bowling alley. I don't really see why the Pegulas are the enemy, other than that you and PA want to make them one. Where's your PROPERLY directed outrage? This is so much BS, and I know you, and I know you know better.

1. Be patient. They've said they're going to find a way to take care of it; let them. 2. It's not any different than any other large business not paying employees at this point. I don't hear anyone screaming for Danny Wegman's head.