Odds and Ends This Week

[kybearfuzz]

The week is barely half over for me. Here are some bits and pieces so far:

• Saturday, I went to see a matinee of "Mr. Holmes," at the local arthouse theater. It's a really good movie. Ian McKellen and Laura Linney are wonderful and it's deserving of the praise it's getting.


• News about my not applying for the branch director position has been slowly getting around. I think a large majority of people just assumed I had put in for the job, so very few have directly asked. Today, I told one of my coworkers at lunch and he looked genuinely disappointed. It made me second guess my decision for a split second, then it passed.


• The latest internet person who is being judged in the court of public opinion is a Minnesota dentist who went on a big game hunt and ended up killing a tracked, famous lion in Zimbabwe. He paid about $50K for the hunt, killed the prized lion, took the head and skin as trophy, and had his photo taken with the kill. It sounds like there was some illegal activity in getting this lion lured from the preserve where he lived so he could be hunted. I honestly don't see the appeal in the big game hunt, especially when you're essentially doing it from a staged vantage point with a paid guide. My college roommate was a deer hunter, but at least he does eat what he hunts. This guy is just trying to compensate for some short-coming, I think. He put the info out online, so I really don't feel sorry for him and his horrible hobby of hunting.


• I had a voice mail at work today from my credit card company that a questionable charge had been attempted. I called my credit card back via the number on my card. I don't trust anyone from the credit card company who calls me. It turns out someone in Florida had attempted a $60 internet charge at some uniform shop. I verified all the other charged on my card, but because one was fraudulent, they canceled the card and will send me another. This is the second time this particular card has been replaced in the last three years. Not a big trend, but still, it's very annoying.


• Softball tonight was a mixed bag. It was insanely hot and humid. By the time both games were done, I was soaked to the skin, literally not a single dry spot on me. We won the first game and lost the second, but overall it was my best hitting night in a LONG time. Every hit of mine was a base hit. I was playing right center and caught way more than I anticipated. So, playwise, it was probably my best night of the season so far.


• This weekend is my 25th high school reunion. I'm starting to actually look forward to it. It's hard to believe that it's been that long. I'm curious to see how everyone has changed.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, some of these folks don't really understand what the branch manager position looks like from the inside looking out.

I'm glad to hear you found time to play softball. I know how much you enjoy it.

Have a fun at your reunion! I have yet to attend one. I doubt I would recognize anyone after all this time.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I have yet to attend one. I doubt I would recognize anyone after all this time.

That's the wonderful thing about name tags. I wonder if we'll have them or if we'll need them for mine.

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

Well you made the decision. I'm sure you spent plenty of time soul searching about it. Good for you.
Glad to hear you played well at softball too. Keep up the good work!!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Someday I'll hit as well as you :)

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

I'll give you tips 😉

[dendren.livejournal.com]

the dentist thing... I have mixed feelings on it. Part of me is like go get him world, what he did was horrible, but at the same time I'm not totally sure I feel it's right for him to have his life ruined for it so publicly.

we didn't have a 25 year reunion. Next year will be 30, will be interesting to see if they have one then or not.

ooooooh... soaked to the skin. somehow that sounds terribly sexy.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

The dentist thing... I think the court of public opinion can be especially brutal. I am reading that he's done some pretty shady hunting stuff before (moving a hunted bear to an area where he was under permit to kill the animal), so I'm not feeling sorry for him. He engages in a relatively unpopular activity (big game hunting) and appears to have done so illegally, so I put a large chunk of the blame on him.

We didn't have a 20, so I think the 25 is the "make-up" for us.

And I wasn't sexy... at all... I felt particularly gross. The mix of sweat and bug spray was not an attractant.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

yeah... as more and more has come out about the dentist, the less I feel any sort of sorry for him. But... it is worrisome that the world is so small now that the entire world can play judge and jury on whatever they deem "bad". In different times, it could easily have been those of us who like weenies and buttsex with our photo plastered around the world. I just can't help but wonder where this is all going.

You can't not be sexy. Tho yeah... I'll pass on the bug spray. Sweat good, bug spray bad.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Take it as a compliment that others are disappointed you passed on the branch director position - but you have to do what's right for you.

I've had to get one of my cards replaced several times; it's annoying, but I'm glad they're on top of this kind of crap. The chip-and-PIN system can't get here soon enough, in my opinion; part of the reason we're targeted is the weaknesses in swipe-and-sign.

As for Cecil the lion - hunting a plentiful animal for meat like my dad did with deer and elk is a very different thing from hunting an endangered species (the lion is officially considered "vulnerable") for a "trophy".

Given that idiot has previously run afoul of the hunting laws, I frankly don't believe his protestations that it was all his guides' fault for a moment. I say extradite him back to Zimbabwe to stand trial for poaching. The thing is - the way a lion pride works, killing the alpha male also effectively kills all his cubs who can't defend themselves yet, as the new alpha will do away with them to clear the way for his own progeny. So this jerk not only killed Cecil, but a whole bunch of lion cubs too.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

The credit card thing was a pain. I hate not being able to use that particular card for the points.

As for the dentist, he's hunting for sport, which I don't really like. I read his statement to his patients explaining what happened and why his office is closed. There is not a trace of empathy in his response. Apathy, yes.

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

This year ia my 20 year class reunion and I may still need some therapy. 😜