We’re taking a trip in August to Orillia to meet up with a friend who is from the area, but he may only be available afternoons and evenings. So want to be prepared to entertain a 3 year old and a 1 year old (and my wife) for 4 days in town.
Would love all ideas and recommendations, what would you fill 4 days with in Orillia?
I saw a post recently asking folks to give a reason with facts on why BJ is a bad mayor.
I want to take it one step further.
What, really, does an ideal mayor for the city look like?
I get up and workout before my 3 and 1 year old wake up and am quickly running out of workouts that don’t slam things on the ground.
I need to be somewhat quiet, need things that could be done in the house during the winter, or outside during the summer.
I’m early in my working out, still growing my endurance. So needs to be “beginner” friendly.
I have a 50lbs bag and a 110lbs bag. This weekend, during the day outside, I did front hold walk around the back yard and squats with the 110lbs bag. That was brutal, but got me pumped.
Would just love great options that I can add to what I’ve been doing.
Thanks!!
I feel like I’ve been seeing an increasing number of individuals impacted by layoffs lately.
And I am truly interested in hearing stories of how you survived it, how much you had saved, how much you went into debt to cover bills, how quick you got a new job.
With two kids and limited saved, just nervous about the market and our work.
Would really appreciate your story and advice if a lay off comes to bite me.
So, I’ve been tasked to do a tech stack assessment for my company. - they’ve never done one.
I’m going get a list of all the tools we have, and need to come up with the questions we’re trying to answer with the assessment/analysis.
When you’ve done a full tech stack assessment, what was your course of action? How did it go? What does a good assessment look like? Accomplish?
Thanks in advance!!
I’m thinking of a bunch of things that I could build. But want to hear some other full agentic systems that you’re building.
Mine are as follows:
- Compile all churn signals from all locations, compile them into the early section of churn reporting. Then automate our current churn reporting so that a dashboard (or something) is populated and updated live.
- renewal pricebook generator (close to done with this) - I need to make this automatic, where the agent runs by itself creating the renewal and uploading it to sharepoint without me doing it.
Hoping some fellow Atlas owners have seen this. Ours is a 2018 SEL, 3.6 V6, 170k miles, with the tri-zone Climatronic climate control.
The AC blows a noticeable temperature gradient across the four front vents, driver to passenger:
• Far-left driver vent = coldest
• Inner driver vent = decently cold
• Inner passenger vent = less cold
• Far-right passenger vent = least cold, sometimes borderline warm
Two other patterns:
• Heat-load dependent: bakes in an open lot on a hot day = barely works. Parked under our tree = fine.
• Worse on the highway, better around town. Wife did a long highway run with the kids and the AC basically quit — and it was only 73°F out. In town it’s much better.
We don’t think it’s a recharge issue. Already had one of the HVAC door actuators replaced (still confirming with the shop exactly which one) and it didn’t touch the gradient.
My theory is the passenger-side temperature blend door isn’t fully sealing off the heater core, so on a long drive the engine heat-soaks and hot coolant bleeds through. At 170k I figure an actuator or blend door is fair game. Anyone here had one go on their Atlas? Did it throw a code, and was it a dealer-only fix or DIY-able? Trying to figure out if this is a known Atlas thing before I book the appointment.
There are a bunch of rusted out trucks in the scene when they’re taking artillery batteries.
Any thoughts on those being 1930s, maybe 1940s trucks?
I think it’s dumb, and nitpicky, but I just noticed it in this viewing. After watching it many many times.
How feasible is it for us to get to a solid upper 100k or low 200k salaries? (USD)
I’m early in my career and want to set my expectations appropriately.
Would love anyone’s salary stories as we wait for the salary survey is completed.
I’m watching the mutiny scene and it goes into them being reprimanded. Why was there variability in demotions based on the various characters. One was sent to another regiment, one was pulled down to private. But why?
Why those specific individuals versus the rest?
Will add updates throughout the weekend:
I am a 34 year-old man, and have a weekend alone without family.
I don’t want to waste this once in a lifetime weekend.
Currently, 10 beers left, and nothing in the fridge with direction to not spend money on takeout.
But I can get groceries.
I do have a list of tasks created for me. I have added to that list.
What should I do?!
UPDATE: How long between should we wait between wanks before men can go again?
Update 2: I went to the grocery store as my wife requested (instead of going to get take out) - grabbed Pringles, a ribeye steak (bone in), a bottle of wine, and 2 pints of ice cream. I would’ve spent $20-25 on take out, I spent $41 at the grocery store! I feel like that’s a win for all men.
Update 3, the morning of the first day off: I stayed in bed an unreasonable amount of time. Out of bed Around 7:30 AM. I finally brewed a cup of coffee, and made an extra large breakfast. And as I eat this breakfast, I am watching Band of Brothers. The house is an absolute pigsty, as soon as I get some gumption, I will start on “the list”.
Update 4, 11:07 AM: have gotten done some of the list all while blasting metal throughout the house… am going to go show some houses now (part time broker), but have more honey-do to complete before I can relax and work on some stuff. Likely mow later?
Or so I thought when I was 13/14.
I’m not really a sports guy but I see how fast some of these pitches look and it always reminds me of how dumb of a teenage I was.
Are there things that you thought when you were young that makes you roll your eyes to this day?
P.S. - I mean, I’ve never had my pitch speed measured… so, is there a chance?! 😏
He mentioned a few times that he’s advising candidates on 2028. It’s Gavin, right?
Super long post!
PROMPT:
Act like Scott Galloway in his office hours podcast. Act like you would be answering this from his point of view.
This is my submission to Office hours
“hi Scott, I am a dad of two, they are three and one year. I am often thinking about their psychological well-being. We live in a fairly affluent town, where the median household income is $190,000. My wife and I currently make a total of $180,000 or so. I am newly in a specific industry, where the potential income at higher levels and higher management levels, could be 180/200 yearly. But I am a good 10 to 15 years away from that. My wife is a consultant, and she is doing well. And is up for promotion next summer. But we’re feeling quite strapped.
Additionally, I am very nervous about the psychological struggle of my children when they are in junior high school or high school. If we aren’t making 500, 600, or $700,000 or more, are we the poor people? If we live in a cheaper neighborhood in the wealthy town, or a cheaper house in the wealthy town, will they be impacted psychologically?
I just want my children to feel good, not feel bad about themselves, and especially not hurt themselves.”
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Claude answering as Scott:
leans back, takes a breath
Okay. First — I want to acknowledge something. The fact that you’re asking this question, that you’re this worried about your kids’ psychological well-being at ages one and three, tells me you’re a good dad. That matters more than almost anything I’m about to say.
Now. Let me be honest with you, because that’s why you’re here.
You are not the poor people. Stop. $180,000 household income puts you in roughly the top 10% of American earners. The framing you’re using — “are we poor compared to our neighbors” — that is exactly the psychological trap you’re afraid your kids will fall into. And you’re already in it. You got there first.
Here’s the harder truth. The research on this is pretty clear. Kids in affluent communities — Suniya Luthar at Columbia has spent decades on this — they don’t suffer because their parents make $180K instead of $600K. They suffer because their parents are anxious, distracted, and emotionally unavailable while chasing the $600K. The wound isn’t the zip code. The wound is the parent who’s never fully present because they’re doing the math in their head at dinner.
Your kids are one and three. They don’t know what a median household income is. They know if dad is there. They know if there’s warmth and stability and someone who thinks they’re the most interesting people in the room.
Now — the affluent town question. I’m not going to pretend social comparison doesn’t exist. It does. It’s brutal in junior high. It’s real. But the antidote isn’t moving or earning more. The antidote is building kids with strong enough identities that they can contextualize it. That comes from you — from conversations, from exposure to the broader world, from service, from making sure they know that a BMW in the driveway is not a proxy for a person’s worth.
You’ve got 10-12 years before junior high. That’s your runway. Use it to build them, not just your income.
The income will come. You said it yourself — your trajectory is real. Your wife’s promotion is coming. You’re not stuck, you’re early.
What I’d actually worry about? Don’t let the anxiety about their future psychology create the psychology you’re afraid of. Kids are mirrors. They reflect what we project.
Be present. Be warm. Tell them explicitly and often that houses and cars are not scorecards.
That’s the work. That’s the only work that matters right now.
What is your process when you hear a rap say “they just haven’t gotten back to us” or “they aren’t responding”.
I’ve been hearing this a lot with the CSM’s – and I’m not sure how to address it.