Then this happened yesterday.
At 2:54 pm I received the following email from the School of Rock general manager:
Major Minors! Roger Water’s people just contacted us, they need 10-12 kids aged 10-15 tonight to be on stage for a section of the show (the we don’t need no education part). This is going out to you guys.… I need to know NOW.I tore out of my office to pick both kids up at school (45 minutes away if traffic is good; it was) and drop D-man at Grandma and Grandpa’s.
Two hours later I was depositing Norah at the Q, where she and her friends were whisked away to costume up, rehearse on stage, eat a fine meal catered by Roger Waters’s personal touring chef (seriously, Norah said the food was that good), meet the man himself, and perform Another Brick in the Wall in front of 20,000 or so screaming fans.
Totally bonkers night. The beauty of it all is that Norah understands and appreciates how bonkers this all is. And that she still needs her dad to drive her places.
And how cool of a guy is Roger Waters? Apparently this freakin’ cool.
As for the aforementioned punk show, enjoy the below video of Norah absolutely crushing “Second Wave Goodbye” by War on Women (for what it’s worth, the band agrees with my assessment).
I have zero business having a child as cool as she is, period.
I’m looking forward to seeing the second (and, sadly, final) punk performance tomorrow (9/23). If you’re near Strongsville, stop in at Slim & Chubby’s at 3 pm. You will not be disappointed.
Here’s what I read this week.
Discrimination
- “Perverse and absurd,” today’s post isn’t really as fun as it sounds. — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
- Who Do You Think The EEOC Targets Most Under The Disabilities Act? — via FisherBroyles
- Third Circuit: Who’s a “supervisor” for harassment claims? — via Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space
- The Risks of Bias Testing — via Jonathan Segal’s HR Law
- Another case of “bad” HR- Misusing medical information — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
- Are You Ready to Have Employees Displaced? — via Blogging4Jobs
- Report: Discovery of an earlier Equifax hack complicates matters even further — via Boy Genius Report
- Equifax Breach: Setting the Record Straight — via Krebs on Security
- Workplace Privacy: How Closely Should We Monitor? — via Next Blog
- Calling President An Idiot May Be Protected Speech (But Maybe Not) — via Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
- Should Employers Fire Employees Who Attend White Supremacist Rallies? — via Harvard Business Review
- Nearly 3 out of 4 workers would leave their current job for one offering remote work — via HR Dive
- The High Price of Overly Prescriptive HR Policies — via Harvard Business Review
- What should you do when employees are addicted to prescription drugs? — via HR Hero Line
- The Most Common Form I-9 Mistakes You Could Be Making — via ERC Insights Blog
- What We Need Now In HR….A Better Employment Verification System — via Fistful of Talent
- Suspect an employee of taking advantage of your company? First, get the facts. — via Work Place Coach Blog News
- Why Your Boss Makes You Punch a Time Clock — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Guy Who Studies Poor People To Show That Minimum Wage Is Bad Now Telling Billionaire Rich Kid That Minimum Wage Is Bad For Poor People — via Above the Law
- Drivers Rack Up Misclassification Settlements, While GrubHub Fights Back — via Who Is My Employee?
- What You Need to Know About the Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill (aka Zombie Trumpcare) — via Lifehacker
- A Lesson in FMLA Damages: FMLA Retaliation in Layoff Costs Verizon Big Money — via Matrix Radar
- Trump nominates Peter Robb as NLRB General Counsel — via Robin Shea’s Employment & Labor Insider
- Follow the Money: Union Organizers Set Their Sights on Silicon Valley, Tech Companies — via Labor Relations
- OSHA Protects You From Dangerous Working Conditions Post-Hurricane — via Donna Ballman’s Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home
- OSHA’s Claims About Hiding Information on Worker Deaths Fall Flat — via Workplace Fairness