It is, but apparently Congress can overrule him, which they did last year. So I'm hoping for that. The 1.9% will be nice, but the 25% increase in locality pay will be great, if we can get it...
It's just so... overt. Blow a big hole in the budget with a massive tax cut that mostly benefits the wealthy, then cite the budget as a reason to freeze federal employee pay while the economy is growing pretty decently though middle and lower class wages are stagnate.
Boo, Zen! I hope it gets fixed for good.
ION, the new season of GBBO is available on YouTube. For now.
Oh Zen. I hope your ankle ends up being fixed.
Speaking as someone else with a ridiculously high pain tolerance: it's not always helpful, is it? Sure, it makes getting tattoos super easy, but telling if something is actually wrong and should maybe be concerned about? Not so much.
I'm amazed by those of you with high pain tolerance. I am the biggest baby in babyland. Alas, I also can't tolerate pain killers.
ION, Chaka Khan was amazing singing at the Aretha service. Wow!
Ugh. I kinda hate it when my wife has me call for ISP support when I'm not on location. They ask me to do stuff and I'm like 'yeah, I can't actually do that.'
Especially when I'm at work.
Yeah, that does not work so well. Sorry, Gud. I've done that blind support thing too.
Also, reflections on the Aretha services, it could be that my white Catholic upbringing is the reason I didn't embrace religion. Anytime I either attend or watch a ceremony with black gospel singers I envy that passion.
It's probably even more annoying for the tech support person.
Connie, thank you for the tip! I am now spending day one of my 4-day weekend watching the Bake Off.