Executive Order 2020-71 Friday Night Adult Beverage Thread
Governator OFFICE OF THE GOVERNATOR
XM STATE OF MICHIGAN
Executive Order 2020-71 Friday Night Beverages
The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) is a royal pain in the behind. The residents of this great state are sorely put upon by it, and it has caused this blog to occasionally degenerate into political discussions that would make a prostitute blush with the lack of civility and un-wolverine like behavior. There currently is at least a temporary cure for this nonsense, that being adult beverages and, as the warmer weather is upon us, BBQ season.
Due to this unprecedented emergency, and by the authority granted to me by absolutely nobody, I do hereby declare, decree, order, cajole, encourage you all as follows:
1. You shall declare your beverage(s) of choice this evening. Non-alcoholic beverages are equally welcome in the discussion.
2. You are ordered to describe what you are, may, might, or would like to cook, eat or barbeque this evening.
3. If you remember what you did the day you graduated from U of M or any other institution (For Mgohillbilly, that would be the 3rd grade) you will share the highlights, the joy, who you were with and the fun stuff you did that day.
3. You shall share your planned weekend activities, and failing that, what you do plan to do when that other governor allows you to leave your humble abode - will you be traveling? Is your work going to be a real nightmare with all the changes and/or projects that will have to be done?
4. No person or entity shall engage in any type of political discussion. If you are found to do so, I will order my secret spies to bring a load of manure to your residence and dump it at your front door.
I may, in my assumed and illusory powers, issue additional very important edicts but for now this will do.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the greatest school on planet earth
Date: May 1, 2020 Xtramelanin
The Governator
Gin and tonic, but I just ran out of tonic water so it's going to become gin and whatever else I've got in the fridge
No Q tonight, had leftover pizza. Might smoke and grill a ribeye tomorrow tho.
Watched a lot of people buying "We Got Bush!" t shirts
Golf. Thank you governator for allowing the most socially distant of the sports. Should be a nice weekend for a walk.
Gin here too which is very random for a bourbon guy. Someone must have left it here. I mixed it with some tonic water and it’s not THAAAT bad I guess. Hard to get past the “piney” taste.
That’s all I got for now. It’s kids bedtime now which is by far the worst part of the day for some reason.
I always hated the piney smell and never drank gin as a result, but lately it's like I don't notice it. I like tonic with a little citrus, pairs nicely. Now if there was just a cheap or mid-priced tonic that didn't have corn syrup that would be swell.
If you can get your hands on a bottle of Bombay East w/ Lemongrass, you can almost drink it straight. It's very smooth and has that citrus finish.
I found a Ginger and Rhubarb Gin infused liqueur that’s 20% alcohol, so you can drink many drinks on a summer day. 2oz. of the liqueur, some flavored tonic water (Elderflower is good) and a wedge of lime and you have a great summer drink. The wife loves ‘me.
kidsbedtime = worst part? say it isn't so. what makes it so bad?
those are some of the best memories you'll ever have. you should've seen bedtime back in the day when all 5 boys slept in the same room.
Get bent. Here in New England (mostly) we are a simple folk, we like our cars fast and our golf course closed.
Gin and sprite/7 up work well together. I kind of prefer the Gin and sprite over Gin and Tonic,
Rabble, rabble, something political
(Hey, I need the manure for fertilizer)
heading your way with manure. or, alternatively, a pictorial representation of the political discussions...
Funny thread. I’ve been making Cherry Limeade’s with Tito’s Vodka. Very tasty. Extra maraschino cherries is the key.
that has got to be a very sweet drink, almost like an after-dinner type of thing, yes?
Sounds like an grownup shirley temple.
Great thread! I feel for ya’ll; we are basically open in Georgia. I got my hair cut, a tattoo, ate in a restaurant, and bought paint.
Having a Manhattan for those suffering in the East. Here’s to opening the country soon.
/raises glass
Larceny + Kiss of Caramel Vodka on the rocks.
Cheat day tomorrow for keto-diet - debating what to eat. Donut for breakfast? Lunch, left-overs, and dinner (Chinese or Chicago Style Pizza)?
Trying to stay positive after we lost our Furbaby this week to cancer.
#NoBadDays
sorry about the loss of the furbaby. what type, how old?
8.5 years.
daisy pup
my footbal buddy.
Bourbon and a caramel vodka. That's different. Can't imagine what that would taste like. Do you drink this often?
Was running low on bourbon one night and the Mrs. Mgoblog suggested it.
Remember the root beer barrels we ate as kids? Yep, that good.
MGD by a bonfire with a Packers t shirt on. OPE!!
Psychedelic Catgrass by Shorts on deck though, one of my favorite IPA's.
i can't remember the last time I saw MGD referenced...i didn't even realize that they still made it.
Pretty much a barlier version of Lite. Still around though!
I used to drink a ton of MGD in college.
1. Black Angus IPA and some maker's mark later
2. bbq striploins today. Was a real nice day on the east coast as well.
3. will be spending time at the newly opened parks with my dogs and boys (2y and 6m). I work in the dental field so getting back is going to be a shitshow. More regulations being laid on by authorities every day. Each one more expensive and less evidence-based than the last.
4. Canada just banned 'assault-style' firearms today. Regardless of your gun control stance, banning guns because of their aesthetics is exactly what I'd expect from Socky McBlackface.
Xtramelanin
The Governator
You got my vote!
No adult bevs for me... back to the PPP processing at night.
Did the money run out yet -- I mean in terms of SBA approvals, not actual funding -- ?
You actually crammed a shit ton of stuff in there.
Did the money run out yet
The first round of funding did run out. But if you were in the queue, you were good to go. My guess is, but I have no idea, is requests were counted as they came in and that notional running count was tracked against the pot 'o freshly printed money.
^^^ I'm not in finance. I work in Advisory for a Big 4 and banks all over the country hired firms to help out with demand. The bank we support needed 1,500 people for help with their backlog so if you could do 5th grade math, you got pulled off of regular work to help out with this. People from 1st year associate through partner got pulled and it's all hands on deck, 12 hours a day, from 6 PM to 6 AM, every day.
in terms of SBA approvals
The SBA isn't really involved unless you have an EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan) claim in addition to your PPP claim too. The SBA determines the amount of your EIDL grant. I think that's can be up to $2MM more if you have EIDL on top of your PPP.
For PPP, the banks do that. SBA doesn't oversee as far as I can tell. Federal gov't guarantees the loan so there's zero risk to the bank. All we need is a 940, a 941, or a 1040 Schedule C. We take box 3 from the 940, box 2 from the last four 941s, or line 31 from the 1040 C and divide by 12 and then multiply that by 2.5. That's your loan amount. Boom. Next.
Anticipating one's curiosity and follow on questions, we do not discriminate based upon account size. 99.9% of what has across my computer is in the $50K range. I've approved one for $314K and a couple around the $2,500 mark. I can absolutely tell you most of the shit in the press is just that -- shit. We're doing our best (in very imperfect times) to keep ma and pa kettle, or the urban version of that, in business.
If I can do "avg monthly payroll" * 2.5 you're getting paid. Period. I've even bent the rules. One person only submitted one 941 form. So I said fuck it, multiplied his single 941 box 2 by four and pressed on. Didn't have the heart to send him to the back of the line to upload more docs.
Another round of funding was approved last Monday. So we have new loan apps on the pile in addition to a 2 - 3 week backlog.
We have 400K applications. One bank. The other big banks have that too and they also have hired consulting firms just for warm bodies to do 5th grade math.
6pm to 6 am? that's a lot like work. hang in there stig. at least you aren't missing any sports....
My PPP loan has been at the SBA review stage since Monday (so says my bank). You're saying there is no such thing as SBA review of the PPP? Hmmmm, maybe I'd better have a talk with my bank.
More or less the same here. Hard to be optimistic when your bank has 100k apps in and is limited to 350 approvals per hour or whatever the exact limit is.
You're saying there is no such thing as SBA review of the PPP?
AFAIK, no, we're not doing that. When I process it, it goes right to a quick QA check and then it is fulfilled. Additional processes, which I shouldn't name here, are being bypassed in the name of clearing the backlog.
I got 1 hour of training over two nights on how to do this. We're not doing it but I don't know if different banks have different processes. The name of the game is clear the backlog so these businesses keep their staff out of the unemployment line.
Hmmmm, maybe I'd better have a talk with my bank.
Good luck with that. I will say frustrated business have figured out that if they upload letters to their portal, either as a cry for help or littered with F-bombs, they'll get faster customer service than over the phone.
My PPP loan has been at the SBA review stage since Monday (so says my bank). You're saying there is no such thing as SBA review of the PPP?
I stand corrected.
Found out last night the QA check I mentioned means SBA review.
The big four firm you work for... what letter does it start with?
Ha!
Surprised they're not using robotic process automation, must be trouble ingesting info or no time to setup classification, extraction and transformation.
here is a live look-in at stig's desk right now...
Yep. Doing my part. Ha!
Mostly Naturdays
Turncoat Juicy IPA.
I'm not doing anything this weekend, and no one can make me.
vlady, you need to get out of the country, maybe take a nuke sub ride or something.
First a shower. Then margaritas or a Long Islands. Haven’t decided yet.
Haven’t decided yet.
Both.
Problem solved.
I'm doing good.
cracker barrel again tonight?
Actually no. She'd been quarantining herself and that Friday night was the last time I saw her. We still call, text, and FaceTime each other though.
i genuinely hope you are not kidding. and if so, good on you. keep reaching out.
Thanks XM for some sanity during this crisis.
Without knowing you, I've learned a lot about you. I appreciate your "takes" and your outlook.
If ever you were to start a blog, I would be there like lemmings to the Sea.
My hope is that all MGOBLOGers are doing well, but a special shout out to you and your family in the upper part of this fine state.
Stay Healthy!!
I <3 me some XM. He's good people. Perhaps I'll get the chance to meet one day.
thank you for the kind words fellas. i suspect you are in the tiniest of minorities in that regard though.
and yeah, it has been a pleasure to meet the folks on this blog. i think if we all were convinced that our next discussion with 'avatar X' was going to be face-to-face, we'd treat each other a whole lot better.