Maggie's Farm

Heading back up to Killington tomorrow (where it was a balmy -4 degrees F this morning) for my last few days of skiing this season. I need a few more days on those bumps on Superstar. Carpe diem.

Who counts "vacation days"? I have equity in our company, we're making money - and anyway, I'm skiing with my boss and we plan to meet some gals at the pubs. America is a great country!

Speaking of time away from work , this guy is our employee and he can't be fired:

...the president might consider rearranging his work schedule. Last year came the news that Mr. Obama was unaware of the problems plaguing his health-care website until after its rollout and that he never once had a private meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius between July 2010 and November 2013. How does something like that happen?

An answer of sorts comes in an article by Sean Blanda on "How Barack Obama Gets Things Done" on the 99U website. The president, Mr. Blanda reports, wakes up at seven o'clock. He works out 45 minutes a day every day, not including his regular basketball games. He watches a lot of "SportsCenter." Dinner each night with his family. To limit "decision fatigue," he likes to set policy via memos where he can check the box on "agree," "disagree," or "let's discuss."

That's a job? On another topic, I got a kick out of these rebels: New Yorkers Gather, Burn 'Nearly a Thousand Gun Registration Forms'. In the 1960s, they burned their draft cards and that was considered cool.