The Swamp

Giff, so sorry for your loss.

what's your take on UAT? necessary? useful? done by users or QA teams?

When i download and/ or login .. it takes me to pokerstars NJ -- seems we have some special dealio. i cannot find the room.

not letting me in.
IM sent.

whenever it happens, i'm in. set up my account and everything.

definitely interested.

https://mailchi.mp/youthsoccer101/weekly-soccer-activities-u6-1686232?e=cb3dc47ca2 ah yeah - that's directly from NJYS - they made it available to all clubs. i've a board member (who is in charge of training) who keeps insisting we pay for Famer app for the trainers to use .. i feel for the trainer...

rass, syb -- which clubs are you guys referring to?
i know what Cedar Stars, Red Bull, PDA and Edison United are doing..

yeah.. i don't like that idea. we may have to invest something from existing funds -- but can't see any parent paying anything at this point.

just spent almost two hours on a zoom call (with 30mins in between jump over to google hangouts) with the travel board (after last saturday's 40 min zoom club board)... on thursday w put out communications to all families that we are on waiting patter and have a mechanism for those looking for refun...

work has been brutal the last three weeks moving people and work around while states are closing shop... usually averaging 14hrs... thankfully this has been a light week for me -- even so, still working 11hrs on avg last three days... have managed two zoom happy hours since sunday and two more tonig...

first easy day in the last 14... spent most of my time ensuring we can shift work around as our clients and the state governments aren't fully closed.. today is the first 'normal' day i've had since we started this and looks as if its going to end in <10hrs.. hopefully next week is more like today. ...

Interesting aside, seeing a lot of people posting that they reluctantly had to go to emergent care places for non-Corona illnesses. Fearing huge lines and exposure, they all said the offices were almost empty. No wait, and staff was jovial. Plus, single use pens, so everyone walked away with a souv...

most of my day is spent on calls and various Teams chats dealing with all of our teams across the country, we're stocked up and haven't killed each other yet.. all happily working away in the day in our own areas.. but in the back of my head and in the quite times... family concerns me.. parents won...

Everyone told to work from home except staff deemed critical to be onsite .. so that 18 of my 20 teams are in the office (to some extent, some are home) at least legal reviewed the shelter in place orders and said we could ignore. in other news, the shingles has abated a bit - still itchy as hell bu...

the boys' soccer club is running a FIFA 20 tournament (along withe the usual videos as to what to do by yourself while away from all) and some of the local dads with kids in other clubs looking to get together for kickarounds (no scrimmages) and drills.. despite that the town has closed all fields.....

to top it off -- got diagnosed yesterday afternoon with shingles. and the hives are on the back of my head. been a lousy day.

in the basement ..three steps away from the couch and the big TV w xbox.. multiple monitor set up, Bluetooth everything.

probably could do a bit of reorganizing being as i'm not going out to the office or jumping on a plane anytime soon.

towns closing schools.. .closely followed by towns closing fields.. so unless Clubs or Academies own their own fields (and not all do)... can't see anyone doing anything outdoors. our town said no organized sports or activities (so just bring dark/light jerseys, no pinnies or pop-ups) the o40s scrim...

have spent(continue to spend) all my days (early and well into the night) working with various teams across our work org on planning and response. easily the most frustrating thing is over and over have to resis the urge to tell those above.. i told you so! no point in pulling out the proposals and ...

for our club we had prepared our statement earlier in the week and were waiting to post/publish when NJYS and the league (same as Rass i think did) posted all on FB in the afternoon, released email to the whole mailing list..we told our coaches not to schedule anything .. or face getting banned. the...

east brunswick is closing early today as well as several others... to clean.

company cancelled all travel at least through march. and my trip to India was rescheduled to October -- no one wants to get stuck not being able to fly home. no word on official WFH - i'm certainly not going to the city.. between NJT and Path trains.. on par with 3rd world public transportation (and...

trying to post a picture -- was in Springfield, IL a couple of day this week - as i drove back to St. Louis to fly home .. saw a sign on the hwy... 'Free Men Own Guns, Subjects/Slaves Can't" cause 'merica.. Flashback to 2008: Mr. Obama sought to explain his remarks at a recent San Francisco fu...

trying to post a picture --
was in Springfield, IL a couple of day this week - as i drove back to St. Louis to fly home ..
saw a sign on the hwy...

'Free Men Own Guns, Subjects/Slaves Can't"


cause 'merica..

definitely on the work radar -- was sitting in st. louis airport last night on a text thread w friends in the DC area- half are not caring about it, the others w government spouses are freaked out. stock up for end times kind of shit. interestingly enough.. HD online was sold out of the n95 masks (m...

geebus. salt and pepper AND oregano.. or soysauce/garlic/scotch marinade for at least an hour - then pat dry sear on both sides (smoke, what smoke?) cast iron skillet of course then drop it in the oven 10 or 15 (depending on thickness and desired done-ness.. if you say well done then get out) at 325...

YO MOMMA

gave up trying to recover my account -- never did get the emails to reset. so its the new me. same as the old me.