ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
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So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.
Joined Nov 2022
I ordered new glasses last week. Passed by the designer frames, picked up something sturdy and metal, and told the disappointed-looking opto clerk I need something parrot-proof.
Picked up new specs. Boring, dull, perfectly fitted yet unfitting.
I demand fabulosity!
Another "Miserable Monday." Another "Excessive Heat Warning" is affect for #today. Another humid n sticky night under the fan in order to sleep. π
I have tended to think this may be the "new normal" now. But I know that isn't true. This is just the beginning, and in a way, I'm glad I'm a retired old man with a bad heart n little time left to suffer through this.
So I go about #myday. Doin' the little bit I can do and hum along to my 'theme song' for a little comfort. :
"All of the hard days are gone.
It's all beer n Whisky and songs from now on.
Laugh at the darkness and dance until dawn.
All of the hard days are gone."
Sorry for the ugly mood #today. Y'all just enjoy what ya got while ya got it. π And of course, feel free to #joinin n sing along. ππ
I see a couple of phone apps or online sites for that, but everything else talks about Adobe.
Hey #filmphotgraphy folk: I'm struggling to effectively process and invert my negatives. I do not have Adobe and I don't really want to get sucked into their model for my hobby. What do you recommend? Darktable is powerful but imposing, I can't really wrap my head around its UI
OK, I get that there are only so many places you can visit, and you're scheduled to travel to Budapest, but why are you not coming to my town?
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Hey, whatcha doing in September? Because I'm going on a book tour then, and if I'm coming to your town, you should totally come see me, and maybe get a book signed and stuff. The link below has places, dates, times and links to ticketing, plus all the other information you need to know. See you there!
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/08/14/announcing-the-starter-villain-book-tour/
If hell existed, mine would be non-stop "team-building" events.
Overheard 2 businessmen discussing corporate office changes so that employees "won't feel like just a cog in a machine."
They came up with these 'great' strategies:
- Rearrange the cubicles
- Art on the walls
- Seat managers closer to employees
- More team fun events
Notably not discussed:
- More pay
- Profit sharing
- More ownership of decisions & input
- Recognition of employee successes
- More PTO and/or work-life flexibility
- WFH options
Good luck guys! π
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OK, I can work with that. I've started calling it camouflaging, because that's what I've tried to do my whole life - fit in/blend in.
But going off on a tangent from your post - how many of us unconsciously adopt accents or unique phrases when we travel? Just sitting here thinking about it, it seems like it could be a common autistic trait. We work so hard to blend in that we don't always know when to turn that circuit off.
@ScottSoCal Same. However I get only the odd funny look. Maybe itβs my resting bitch-face and the fact thatIβm 6β1β.
Goes over fine, for me. I never stopped masking.
[Letβs see how. This goes down on here - as when I last put it on Twitter I was dogpiled:]
Wear a mask. Covid is not over yet and never will be until *we* do something about it.
re: food
With the postscript that Miracle Whip is not mayonnaise, it's an abomination.
food
mayonnaise
No one ever teaches us what to say to someone who is dying or has chosen to die. Just speak from your heart, write a eulogy and read it, sit in quiet contemplation, whatever seems best, but just showing up is half the battle.
You may be emotional, afraid of crying, lost for words - just do it. I've lost three relatives when I didn't, I was too afraid or just assumed they knew how I felt. I regret it to this day.
RIP second mum π’
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Orientation
- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- Ε ΔΕΕ§Ε§ Δ - πΊπ¦ π
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.
Joined Nov 2022
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