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Nuff said
'Nuff said

This last weekend while attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the State Bar of California I referred to myself as a workers’ compensation nerd.  ((Can you believe someone already owns WCExec.com???  What a perfect domain name for the workers’ compensation executive committee!)) ((I kid because I love!))

Some very kind, but ultimately uninformed, person assured me that I was not a nerd after all.  ((Glasses notwithstanding.))  ((Photo courtesy of this person.))  Let’s step back for a minute and examine the facts.  At that very moment I was:

  • Taking a few days off work to attend a meeting about workers’ compensation ((Without MCLE in sight!))
  • Inside a conference room with about twenty other workers’ compensation attorneys
  • Awake at 8:30 AM on a Friday morning pontificating about Ogilvie math
  • Sitting in front of my laptop, typing about workers’ compensation
  • Making notes in my blog about workers’ compensation

Clearly, we need to have a heart-to-heart about “substantial evidence.”

Well, last night I received an e-mail stating that they had seen this website and offered this retraction:

“I must actually withdraw my objection to your calling yourself a workers’ comp nerd.”

They must have seen my walk through posts.

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Suds & Sushi
Suds & Sushi

I just spent the last several days up in Yosemite.  ((The Tenaya Lodge in Fish Camp, actually.  Its about 3 miles south of the South Entrance to Yosemite))  Driving back home I saw the BEST sign.  It was so good I immediately pulled off the road to take this picture.

I have a hard time understanding how a sushi place in Oakhurst could possibly have fresh fish.  ((The sushi place has very mixed reviews.)) ((Interestingly, none of the reviewers asks the critical question, “Where the hell are they getting their fish???”))  That they’re sandwiched between a laundromat and the front office for a construction company makes me even more wary.

One person in my car got sick after just driving past this place.  ((I’m not kidding, they really did barf.))

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Cal-Osha Reporter
Cal-OSHA Reporter

The publisher of Cal-OSHA Reporter is offering free Premium Content subscription to out-of-work safety and industrial health professionals. So, if you know someone in the safety or occupational safety community, involved with OSHA compliance, safety compliance, a member of American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) or American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), be sure and let them know.

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bay bridge
Bay Bridge still being repaired...

So, the Bay Bridge will NOT be open this morning.  The Bay Bridge has its own Twitter page so you can check its status (updated every few hours). ((Photo courtesy of Telstar Logistics))

Update @ 5:58am:  “Bay Bridge repairs are undergoing final inspections. The bridge is expected to open later today. Check back for updates and opening time.”

When I had to drive to Palo Alto last Thursday I completely avoided all the bridges because traffic was such a mess.  It took me longer, but at least it took me longer in a predictable fashion.