The Schloss-Blog is watching so many things: from Chichen Itza (yeah, it's a thing); to Finland (and not because it's getting into NATO); to illicit (or not) uses of Chat GPT (it can do the job but can it do it well); to ways to improve your resume without - ahem - enhancing; to the CDC standing down (for all the wrong reasons); and finally, to how Millennials and Gen Z'ers pick vacation spots (it's stupidly easy).
But first, we're gonna' drop some 'F' bombs. No, really; right here, right now.
Those nasty 'F' bombs: Fairleigh Dickinson, Furman, Florida Atlantic and Final Four. The first three probably wrecked your bracket. And the Final Four, well there's no telling how much Fairleigh Dickinson, Furman and Florida Atlantic effed up the prospective Final Four, your prospective Final Four.
Ain't it the effin' truth!
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Meanwhile, Chichen Itza, the famed pyramid among the Mayan ruins in Mexico, on March 20, an equinox day, is struck by the setting sun in such a way that a slithering snake image appears on it.
Really.
Click it out on the link, right here (it's a 30-second video, so be patient).
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Speaking of 'F' bombs, here's one: Finland.
According to a Gallup Poll survey, Finland is the happiest place to live and has been for six years running.
Denmark is second. The United States is ... 15th.
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A recent survey of 11,000-plus people on Fishbowl, a social network for professionals, found 43% of workers have now used tools like ChatGPT on the job.
The kicker? The survey also found ~70% of them are doing so without their bosses knowing.
Are you doing it? Does your boss know? Would your boss care?
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Despite knowing outright that COVID was killing people and was about to kill them by the tens of thousands more, the CDC was obliged to keep quiet about it and not warn Americans about it because, during the Trump administration, they weren't allowed to due to Trump's outright dismissal of the pandemic.
Nowadays, Trump has turned to killing people by having his supporters get inspired to kill the Black prosecutors (Jewish backed, don't forget, Trump hasn't) who are investigating him and are likely to indict him.
He'll kill ya' one way or another, racist, antisemitic SOB that he is.
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There's a 5,000 mile-wide wave of Sargassum Algae headed for Florida.
It's carrying multiple indictments.
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In our weekly Fast Company spot, there are five ways to improve your resume without lying. They include: using less hyperbole and more facts; "persuasively framing your experience" (whatever that means); name dropping (showing off who you've worked with); eliminating outdated information (like people you worked with last century); and formatting flatteringly (?).
Good luck with all that.
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...and you thought violence by youths was the only thing primarily inspired by what they see in TV shows and movies.
When it comes to vacationing, if you film it, they will come. In a survey from American Express, 70% of Gen Z'ers and millennials said they were inspired to travel to a destination after seeing it in a TV show, movie or news source. In other words, HBO is influencing vacation selections for those demographics by showcasing posh hotels in Maui and Sicily in The White Lotus. For instance, the Four Seasons Maui’s website had a 425% annual increase in traffic during season one of the show. And as to Sicily, good luck finding a place to stay this summer in the now-popularly showcased Taormina region.
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Proud to be a Michigander...?
The state's GOP posted an image equating gun-control legislation to the Holocaust.
These are despicable, despicable people.
Who other people vote for.
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Willis Reed is gone, at age 80.
He was the gentle giant who limped out onto the court and hit the two shots that launched the Knicks, my beloved Knicks, to a championship.
R.I.P.
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Wyoming has passed legislation banning the "abortion pill" from being distributed there.
It has since been put on hold by a judge while under review, but kinda' makes you realize why Wyoming is the where the Dutton family dumps its dead bodies.
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Kari Lake has finally had her lawsuit dumped by the Arizona Supreme Court, the lawsuit saying she's the rightful governor of Arizona.
She's out of options now but wouldn't answer my question about it when I saw her in line at my local Fry's grocery store (she lives nearby).
She's the cashier.
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Finally, attended a beautiful memorial service last weekend, celebrating the lives of Scott Campbell and his beloved Cheryl Schmidt.
It was so good to reunite with Scott's softball teammates from the champion Buffalo Grove Bruins and other friends: Terry Griffin, Bob Volkman, Fred Kruse, Bill Leber, Dave Wilhelm, Jay Gaynor, or Jaybird as he liked to call himself.
The next morning, Gaynor died. I had been looking forward to more celebratory times with these guys, including Jay, like the annual Kegger celebration honoring Dave Millay and the Kaiser Open Golf Outing.
R.I.P. Jaybird, R.I.P.
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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Katie Hobbs.
More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
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