A Happy Unicorn Story

The Girl had this kick where she absolutely HATED sad parts of stories. I tried to explain how it’s a common plot device called the “darkest hour” or “low point” and that it’s basically used in all storytelling, but she was not at a point of caring about what I…
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“Girlie Posters”

Some of my coworkers are 70s kids and we got talking about how teen boys back in those days would have “girlie posters” in their bedroom of stars like Farrah Fawcett. By now, you likely know that I really enjoy ironic and weird AI art, so I was able to…
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A Trail of Manuals

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My resume has a line saying, “leaves a trail of manuals in his wake”. It’s there to show some personality, but it’s also a unique professional quirk of mine. Throughout my career, I’ve made these ‘Work Bibles’ to help keep notes organized and keep myself efficient. I’ve been told they’re…
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Copilot Helping Me IT

I took on a networking project and had to expand my IT knowledge base. I’ve set up and worked on simple networks a lot over the years, but nothing that required five ‘hops’ through managed switches to connect a server and a workstation. One of the things that trips me…
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”Back in my Day”

I hate to be the “back in my day” guy, but I remember when every product at the grocery store had a price tag on it so you knew exactly how much it would cost. I just grabbed a box of cereal from an end cap that said, “select varieties…
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Cold Day Outside

We went up to see my in-laws this weekend (after having been too sick to see them last weekend). There was still a lot of snow up near The Bridge even though we drove through rain to get here on Friday. Kids got me outside after breakfast against my better…
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2008 vs Now

I normally don’t do these (because it’s likely feeding the Facebook facial recognition training data more-so than normal) but this one shows a pretty stark contrast between 22 and 39. I don’t know if either of these guys would recognize the other.
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Cold Morning

Dang it’s cold! -8° F Current Mood: frozen
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Xenophobia?

Is it xenophobic to not even want people immigrating from another state? Seeing so many “Foreign” car plates in the mid-Michigan area make me irrationally angry. Current Mood: 🤔thoughtful
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