Not to slight another old friend from the same era that I saw just a few weeks ago.  Here is another before and after.  Earlier photo was from my first trip to Austin.

Ran across my old roommate this week.  Hadn’t seen each other in, let’s say, 25 years.  Two photos, one from this week and one from 1985 when we were roommates.  Haven’t changed a bit.

I spent seven years at BoA.  One of the nicest places I have ever worked, at least at first.  By “nice” I don’t mean free coffee or any silly perks, but competent professional people doing meaningful work.  Of course, there was bound to be some bloodletting after the financial crisis, and it seemed like the real hit was to the brick and mortar banks.  But eventually the other parts of the organization took their hits.

After I read the article below, one thing that always bothered me made more sense.  I saw a string of very capable people promoted, then quickly fired.  I’m not talking about one or two, but a bunch.  At first I though it was just some twisted version of “up or out”.  Now I think I see where these “managers” came from, at least where I was.  Can’t recall seeing a “real manager” go, even though a few really deserved it.

Bank of America CEO Moynihan says he cut jobs equal to the workforce of Delta Air Lines

“While cutting rank-and-file positions, Moynihan realized three years ago that they had left too many managers — about 30,000, he said. He slashed a third of those jobs in just a few years.”

From the BBC.  80 years ago this week.

Kristallnacht: Lights left on to mark 80th anniversary

By Chayya Syal

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Between 9 and 10 November 1938, more than 1,400 synagogues and prayer rooms, thousands of Jewish-owned homes, hospitals, shops and cemeteries were damaged or destroyed across Nazi Germany and Austria.

Was watching Saints vs Bengals.  I thought the game started at 1pm, but I guess that was 1pm Eastern Time.  So I missed the first half.  No matter, Saints were ahead and looking good (38 – 7).  But in the 3rd quarter Fox decided to switch to a “more competitve” game.  I don’t have any interest in a competitive game.  I wanted to watch the Saints win one.

How to explain to someone living abroad that Democrats can have over 10 million more Senate votes and still lose

“More than 45 million Americans voted for Democratic Senate candidates vs. about 33 million for Republican contenders, according to figures updated around 11 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.

Win against Eastern Illinois.  Horns looking good.  Andrew Jones even played a bit.