OT: Working Remotely/Snow Day Open Thread
My entire office (10 people) is working remotely today due to the snow storm currently hitting lower Michigan. Anyone else working from home, snowed in, playing hookie?
Please feel free to vent and share your travel horror stories if you braved your way into work today.
a good day to start re-watching seasons 1-3 of GoT
March 12th, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^
Yep! I watched 1-2 before 3 came out on BluRay and was able to sneak 3 in a week ago. So now I'm watching 3 with the audio commentaries. With a solid 3+ weeks, I'll have plenty of time. #nolife
March 12th, 2014 at 11:01 AM ^
I am so excited for S4. I read an article yesterday that mentioned how the people in charge want to end the series after either S7 or S8.
If following the book a season structure with the exception of splitting book three into seasons 3 and 4, then 7-8 seasons would match with Martin's vision of a seven book series, although with as badly as he's allowed the story to meander, I don't see how he wraps everything up in another 1,200-1,400 pages but hey look....Dragons and a cash cow!
March 12th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
April 6th is the due date for our first child, and with the way this winter has been, I might have to name it Jon Snow.
March 12th, 2014 at 12:33 PM ^
March 12th, 2014 at 10:31 AM ^
Hit up Coach B. See if you can sleep in the bus
But there are 4 really solid pieces on the GoBlueWolverine.com site about Green and Smith. They usually paywall everything so you all may want to take advantage of the free material.
http://michigan.scout.com/2/1383308.html
http://michigan.scout.com/2/1383192.html
going 15 MPH on my way in this AM. 15. Conditions were favorable for at least 20 MPH.
got a 4WD truck so I was banging my head against the steering wheel. I try to remember that not everyone deals with the crappy roads the same though. Had to keep reminding myself not to be right on their ass. That's a dick move and could only make things worse. Of course, I did make sure the 15 cars behind me could see that it was the car in front of me that was pissing all of them off and not me.
March 12th, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^
Man I just got out of work, and I'm in Northern Michigan so I'm not getting any snow. Just cold. So much cold.
I wish I owned sheep, because I would make those sheep come in my house and lay down. And I would cuddle the shit outta those sheep. At least then I'd be warm.
#loljk
#wellmaybenot
That shit aint right.
Yeah sometimes I wonder if having all of these wonderful ideas is a gift or a curse.
March 12th, 2014 at 12:34 PM ^
on what "wonderful" means.
Darker Blue.
vacation on the Falkland Islands as a child?
No I spent my childhood working as a drug mule for the Mexican drug cartels.
I do live in New Zealand
With your mom
I thought Wisconsin was where men were men and the sheep were nervous.
and real dumb. good luck 'cuddling' one.
once skinned though, their coats make excellent blankets. my kids love them.
Between a severe cold and the nightmare commute, I decided to work from home today.
Last time we got this much snow in the overnight hours, I went the first 10 miles in 20 minutes (I-96 between Howell & Livonia)...then the next 1/2 mile took over an hour. Finally worked by way to the next exit, turned around and went home (in about 15 minutes).
Nothing worse than I-96 commuting with snow.
March 12th, 2014 at 10:23 AM ^
At 9:00AM Eastern BTN is replaing the Elite 8 Michigan vs Florida game from last year. In case you missed the replays yesterday.
That's why.
Not that there's anything wrong with that!
that the president of the Big Ten Network has an MBA from Michigan. I am sure he must bend over backwards to keep all of the university presidents and AD's happy with the programming.
My commute is all of the distance from Romulus to Belleville, but it was the most terrifying 8 miles of my life and I didn't go much faster than about 15 MPH for the entire stretch. I basically came in to conduct two Continuous Improvement meetings and then attend a staff meeting, after which I plan to go home and work from there for the rest of the day....after I shovel my way up my own driveway...again...still...
In retrospect, coming in at all was probably a mistake, but the director that was supposed to be at one session did in fact show up, so it might be a good thing that I did as well.
How much snow do you have? There's maybe an inch or two in GR area
At the moment, it is only a few inches, but it is coming down at about an inch per hour here in Metro Detroit and some areas around here are supposed to get close to 10 inches of snow. They haven't even touched the surface streets yet, so my commute was basically 8 miles of of following ruts and trying to remember where the potholes were.
March 12th, 2014 at 12:34 PM ^
Sure, the snow fills them in (for now) ... But then the salt exacerbates the freezing/thawing cycle so the holes get worse. Make friends with a good mechanic.
And, dude, WebEx and GoToMeeting for the win.
That's reason enough to stay home right there...
Not a lot of snow, but just enough to make the drive to school slow. Coming down like crazy now, and very windy.
March 12th, make it stop already!!
Snowmageddon XIII here in Cleveland is just about ready to start. Several people in my office did the "I'll be working from home" thing already and my kid's school was cancelled even though nothing has happened yet.
I'm here but I guess I'll end up spending a lot of time on ESPN (watching free agents), CNN (seeing if they can find a missing 777) and MgoBlog.
So basically my day will be like every other day.
March 12th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
I'm waiting for one of the 24-hour cable outlets to get an opinion from this guy:
I live in Battle Creek and work in Kalamazoo. I don't have to be in until 3 pm but I seriously doubt my Honda Civic is going anywhere until my street is plowed.
March 12th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
If not someone seriously needs to bump it to its own thread.
Stauskas: Lieutenant Dan!!!
Walton: That's right, Travis Trice cannot guard a one legged man.
And is that Horford enraptured by the victory of the human will over the oppressive shackles of determinism?
This is Winter Storm Trololololooooo.
March 12th, 2014 at 12:29 PM ^
Has a bone to pick with you...
The interesting thing about driving into Ann Arbor during these storms is not necessarily the snow, it's that the snow hides the massive pot holes on Huron Street. I nailed a few big ones this morning -- always a good thing to have happen while trying to NOT crash into other vehicles.
My HTML is working on my brower again...no more plain text. I've updated the most recent depth chart because the old one was driving me CRAZY. That said, it's too soon to make a new thread. Maybe after spring ball.
QB
1. Devin Gardner (RS Sr.)
2. Shane Morris (So.)
3. Russell Bellomy (RS Jr.)
4. Brian Cleary (RS So.)
rs: Wilton Speight (Fr.)
RB
1. Derrick Green (So.)
2. De'Veon Smith (So.)
3. Drake Johnson (RS So.) / Justice Hayes (RS Jr.)
5. Ross Douglas (RS Fr.)
FB
1. Joey Kerridge (RS Jr.)
2. Sione Houma (Jr.)
H-Back
1. Wyatt Shallman (RS Fr.)
2. Khalid Hill (RS Fr.)
WR1
1. Devin Funchess (Jr.)
2. Drake Harris (Fr.)
3. Jaron Dukes (RS Fr.)
WR2
1. Amara Darboh (RS So.)
2. Da'Mario Jones (So.)
3. Csont'e York (RS Fr.)
rs: Maurice Ways (Fr.)
WR3
1. Jehu Chesson (RS So.)
2. Freddy Canteen (Fr.)
3. Dennis Norfleet (Jr.)
TE
1*. Jake Butt (So.) - inj
2. A.J. Williams (Jr.)
3. Jordan Paskorz (RS Sr.) / Keith Heitzman (RS Jr.)
rs: Ian Bunting (Fr.)
LT
1*. Erik Magnuson (RS So.) - inj
2. David Dawson (RS Fr.)
3. Logan Tuley-Tillman (RS Fr.)
LG
1. Kyle Bosch (So.)
2. Joey Burzynski (RS Sr.)
3. Dan Samuelson (RS Fr.)
rs: Mason Cole (Fr.)
C
1. Graham Glasgow (RS Jr.)
2. Patrick Kugler (RS Fr.)
3. Jack Miller (RS Jr.)
RG
1. Kyle Kalis (RS So.)
2. Joey Burzynski (RS Sr.)
3. Blake Bars (RS So.)
RT
1. Ben Braden (RS So.)
2. Chris Fox (RS Fr.)
rs: Juwan Bushell-Beatty (Fr.)
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DE
1. Frank Clark (Sr.)
2. Mario Ojemudia (Jr.)
3. Taco Charlton (So.)
rs: Lawrence Marshall (Fr.)
DT
1. Ondre Pipkins (Jr.) - inj
2. Maurice Hurst Jr. (RS Fr.)
3. Bryan Mone (Fr.)
rs: Brady Pallante (Fr.)
DT
1. Willie Henry (RS So.)
2. Chris Wormley
3. Matt Godin (RS So.)
DE
1. Brennen Beyer (Sr.)
2. Taco Charlton (So.)
3. Henry Poggi (RS Fr.)
4. Tom Strobel (RS So.)
WLB
1. Desmond Morgan (Sr.)
2. Joe Bolden (Jr.)
rs: Jared Wangler (Fr.)
MLB
1. Jake Ryan (RS Sr.)
2. Ben Gedeon (So.)
rs: Chase Winovich (Fr.)
rs: Noah Furbush (Fr.)
SLB
1. James Ross (Jr.)
2. Royce Jenkins-Stone (Jr.)
3. Allen Gant (RS So.) / Michael McCray (RS Fr.)
rs: Michael Ferns (Fr.)
WCB
1. Blake Countess (RS Jr.)
2. Jourdan Lewis (So.)
3. Delonte Hollowell (Sr.)
4. Terry Richardson (Jr.)
SCB
1. Raymon Taylor (Sr.)
2. Channing Stribling (So.)
3. Reon Dawson (RS Fr.)
NB
1. Jabrill Peppers (Fr.)
2. Delonte Hollowell (Sr.)
3. Channing Stribling (So.)
FS
1. Jarrod Wilson (Jr.)
2. Jeremy Clark (RS So.)
SS
1. Dymonte Thomas (So.)
2. Delano Hill (So.)
rs: Brandon Watson (Fr.)
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K
1. Matt Wile (Sr.)
P
1. Will Hagerup (RS Sr.)
2. Kenny Allen (RS So.)
KO
1. Matt Wile (Sr.)
March 12th, 2014 at 10:42 AM ^
Huh? What does (Sr.) mean on a Michigan Depth Chart?
I don't think I've seen that one before.
March 12th, 2014 at 10:58 AM ^
I was confused too so i looked up what it meant.
Apparently it means he has a son with the same full name as him. And those "Jr" designations you're starting to see too just mean their DAD has the same name as them.