Mark Brown

Husband, Father, Preacher (LCMS), numbers geeks (CFA/MBA), coffee addicted

[owen cyclops @owenbroadcast]

found a very cool japanese alternate paper airplane design. it’s called the nakamura lock. it has a little “lock” part on the underside that holds the end of the wings down. atypical shape and cool aesthetic, has replaced the standard paper airplane design in our house entirely:

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

@amsacramone It is truly amazing how that bit has just become ever more true. How Romney was losing it back stage and everyone in the hall was completely lost - but the great artist was pulling off maybe the only bit of performance art ever worth seeing.

[Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ @InezFeltscher]

Dems are pulling a bait and switch this midterm. They’re for all the same insane cultural ideas and haven’t backed down at all, but they want to convince you that it’s not worth talking about. They’re still all in favor of men in women’s spaces, they just want to convince you you’re a weirdo for mentioning it.

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

If it comes with severance it's not quite as bad. Still tacky, but they are paying you specifically for that time, and it's time that you know and they know so when the effort is half-hearted and you spend more time on the job search it's fair.

HR has always been about protecting the company which has always been about protecting the execs.

I just read these stories which are clearly meant to be instructional and I flabbergasted either a) that people have to learn that about large companies and HR or b) that the companies have gone soft enough they have gone tacky instead of mercenary. Old firms would have been "we are letting you go, but we will give you another month and maybe a couple of insurance if you agree to train your replacement."

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

I keep seeing these "HR dialogues". Are companies actually asking employees they are firing to train their replacements? Without a solid offer of severance?

Are these dialogues pure fantasy, or is that a base reality these days?

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

Ok, that's funny....

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Penn State is completely adrift at 3-4 with no P4 wins. You wonder if they take a look at an up and comer like the new VT coach who inherited a 3-9 team and has them bowl eligible at 6-2 (and should probably be 8-0).

[Fugitive Caesar @ThomBrady5]

There's a huge contrast between the insurgent young Republican leadership like Bo French telling American Patriots to vote Republican all the way down... versus the old guard Bush Republicans trying to sabotage their own side and throw the victory to Democrats. It's a good indication of where the momentum is. Effective young leaders like Bo French are taking over the Republican party and capturing all the key positions. The Bush-era losers are trying to burn their own positions and go scorched earth because they know they're losing.

[Kath Korevec @simpsoka]

Got a cheap embroidery machine off amazon for $300 where the biggest complaint is the mandatory $12/mo app that you’re forced to use. Had ChatGPT create its own app that communicates with the machine. Generative art patches incoming!

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

@JamesDaleWilso6 No, but it's been the Ref show from that point on. In OT now.

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

BYU just got hosed. That was grounding at a minimum.

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

Wow, replay saves a mess. BYU blocks the kick. The clock should have continued running. But they stopped it because of a flag. But they picked up the flag. So UCF was going to get a free 2nd kick. But a helmet came off. Nobody had a timeout. So 10sec run off. End of Regulation OT

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

@HansFiene That drive in OT is why he's playing

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

@LorentLouise You can't say that and then not share it!

Can it really be worse than Americans never develop a palate growing up on Happy Meals?

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

Headline right now: Hoover Trips Away Game

[Reddit Lies @reddit_lies]

> Creates a small free library to protest book bans
> People put Christian books in it
> Checks every day to ban these books and remove them from their library

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

The ball didn't really change rotation. Don't think he touched it. Man this game is getting tense.

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

5) HR Lady, wants to be T-1000 but something is always just off

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

Democrat Politician Taxonomy:
1) The T-1000, Competent and absolutely committed to the cause, hiding behind calm exterior, will back you against a wall if possible

[Mark Brown @brownmp]

4) Jewish, endangered species. Only survives as living fossil or in purple/red states, actively being hunted by Red-Green alliance