BFF’s birthday, doesn’t get better

I feel compelled to say publicly how weird and confusing it is how much I LOVE my job at Contentful. In THIS economy? I worked for myself for 20 years and joked that I was feral. I really did not think I could go back in house. I enjoy my job so much!

I know this isn’t how therapy works but little in life is more validating to me than having my therapist praise my restaurant selection. “Oh, you got a reservation there! You’ll have to let me know how it was.” Basically print me off a certificate saying “You’re a capable adult” same difference

How do people without pets survive without a small creature (who lives in the house) to troll Currently the dog is not getting ice cream sandwiches and it's because he sucks and I have explained it to him

Tim has brought many good things to my life but a largely unexpected benefit is talking to my dad about sports now, my dad hardly knows how to handle his daughter telling him he needs to go watch how the Eagles just won that game

He's also sharing funny Tumblrs with me, it's a good night here

Age verification? I’ve taken Tylenol that wasn’t sealed for my protection

I strongly advise not looking at any food related subs on Reddit unless you want to be subject to the most racist and pedantic food opinions by people who take themselves way too seriously. With the exception of r/iamveryculinary if you want to laugh at those people.

Me: Can I have one of those blue milkshakes that symbolizes Grimace’s blood? McDonalds Cashier: (offended) We believe every beverage symbolizes Grimace’s blood

Truncation always tells the truth.

Each word of this is worse than the previous

My acupuncturist (who I love) was doing something weird and kind of painful and giggled and said “Karen, I only do this for you.” Thanks? I think? When I got up learned that the device she was using is one of those Chinese restaurant spoons? Anyway, my insurance pays for it and it’s wonderful.

My first tax paying job was working for the local veterinarian. I don’t know what I made per hour but probably around $3. I had a key to the building and went in on weekends to feed and walk the dogs and cats. I was 13. In retrospect should not have been legal but it was the 80s.

JOHN MILTON, on his deathbed: issuing correction on a previous poem of mine, regarding the rebellious angel Satan. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to him"

I just made a really good BLT and I regret not doing that more often

Absolutely not doing that, no thank you

I hate Google Drive. That is all.

Make the stupidest fucking statements humanly possible with no consequence.

It turns out a lot of companies have hard coded UI text even if they support publishing in any language or script. As someone who has advocated for accessible, adaptive, omnichannel, multi-device, and localized content for my whole career, it’s disappointing but not surprising to me that it happens

Family reunion in Minnesota provided me multiple opportunities to say “ope, just gonna scooch past ya here” with complete sincerity and it’s good for me

America’s most conscientious TSA agent is single-handedly causing a traffic backup of people waiting for bags. Another TSA agent comes out from behind a gate, shakes her head sadly, and says “wow, you all picked the wrong line.”

Imagine being the company that holds the majority of someone’s savings and deciding that “Dear Personal Investor” was a good way to address them

What’s fun is having a husband who is 7.5 years younger and then every once in a while I can be like “oh when the Berlin Wall fell you were just a little baby man”

“Begs the question”

You WILLL NOT guess what this is about. But I encourage you to try before clicking through for the answer. www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/s/X...

Song of the South, second grade

This is also how you identify the next Pope

hey who wants to see the worlds most sinister hotel sink

Can anyone tell which CMS he's using?

On my work trip to NYC I got asked for directions by a tourist despite not living there for nearly 10 years. I STILL GOT IT BABY

As a: tired person cleaning my kitchen after dinner I want my: household cleaning products to remind me of the more ridiculous parts of my job So that I can: never escape the wheel of late stage capitalism

One thing I did not expect about having a Real Job™️ is how much people would start trying to sell me things. Completely different experience getting work spam on a corporate domain, and LinkedIn has gotten much worse, as if that’s even comprehensible

There’s an open construction dumpster near our house because a building is being renovated and ONE OF US is much more enthusiastic about illegal dumping than the other

This is horrific on so many levels that I regret sharing it, but also feel like I have to. Those poor girls. "The camp sits on strip known as “flash flood alley" — I just think maybe don't put campsites for children there?

As @cydharrell.bsky.social says, cyberpunk is a warning. (Via @eaton.fyi, of course) www.jamesrball.com/p/i-built-th...

Instructions unclear, who do I hand my ass to? (Credit to someone on Reddit)

I support unions and particularly government unions with every fiber of my being. Wow I have never wanted the workers to get what they want as fast as possible than the striking DC 33 sanitation workers. 90º and 90% humidity is such a good bargaining position for leaving the trash on the sidewalk

For the first time in 20 years I have separate work and personal computers (and phones) and it's so weird how true this is. I mark the end of my work day by swapping laptops.

I have found myself wondering, "In which celebrity divorce did the kids make out the worst" and I would argue the Jeff Bezos-MacKenzie Scott divorce is even worse than Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, which is really saying a LOT

The resume & portfolio feedback I give most often comes from @karenmcgrane.bsky.social: "Stop using generic, fluffy, meaningless phrases that any UX designer could say… Start telling people how your unique combination of skills makes you a compelling candidate — differentiate yourself."

Well, well, well, we might have found a mayor who doesn’t suck shit?

The religious function of every big city mayor is to serve as a vessel for specific and free-floating anger. But even that dynamic can become stagnant and calcified. This is why New Yorkers deserve a mayor who will discover all-new ways to piss off every resident of the entire city of New York

My career arc could be mapped from “replacing Janet’s version” to “convincing clients to keep using Janet’s version”.

I’ll repeat.

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Don Fucking Norman joined my garbage r/UXDesign subreddit. And I didn't believe it was him (because if you're Don Norman why would you simply not join Reddit) but the poster kept insisting it was. So I emailed him, and I was wrong, and it really is him. So now this is going to be a whole thing.

My mom has confirmed this guy babysat me one time and @tcarmody.bsky.social has confirmed he is my third cousin

Here's a PDF of the whole thing, if that's the kind of person you are: archive.org/details/gety...

Great day for Karens who love getting away with murder! I've said too much apnews.com/article/kare...