Dinner with @tracyboggiano.com in Cambridge and now settling in for a couple days at HQ with the Redgate ambassadors before heading to SQLBITS!

Beautiful sunset for speaker dinner for SeaQL Saturday

We don't have Jackdaws where I live, so Claude and I are discussing the facts and quirks of these little weirdos in Rotterdam...:)

Strangest skill as a neurodiverse individual: know an earthquake before most everyone else...felt that!!

I’m obviously tired after lunch- I heard “right hose” and not write-host in powershell. WTH is right hose?? Time for coffee.

Who knew that code had pets??

Counting how many attendees in the conference I’m attending are tapping their pen or foot, bouncing their leg, doodling or working on a pc during the morning session. I see you, fellow neurodivergent folks…:)

About to fly out to Seattle, but enjoying the wildlife this morning on the river, including Adam and Steve, the happy gay, duck couple and the first goslings of the season… :)

Happiness is finding the entire season, full episodes of a show you've been wanting to watch on TikTok...:)

First goslings of the season!!

I decided my neighbor, Valerie's, lovely hyacinth, which was being visited by the Easter goose, was fitting for the day...:). Happy Easter everyone!

In these times, it is important to understand how essential it is to protect your peace and refuse the drama of the world. You so often deserve better than the world delivers. Yes, I like this bunny- it's a good bunny. 😊

Anybody else have arguments with Siri... literal fights where you tell Siri they're a piece of junk and it proceeds to look for directions to a junk service, which you threaten to discard it there if it directs you there? No, just me? :)

Living on the river, you get to know the wildlife. Geese mate for life, and this goose lost her partner, a hybrid goose two years back. I'm always saddened to see her alone...:(

Someone didn't like the plant they got at Home Depot...:)

Went shopping at vintage shops today and had lunch with one of the kids. I found a few things, many items I loved the style, but not the color…. So used fabric dye. A good burgundy or grey goes a long way to move colors to my palette!

For International Women’s Month, I'm sharing something from my diary that made a huge difference to me from my high school, guidance counselor, Celinda Mitchell. #datawit #celebratingwomen

Runuculus, lavender and tomato plants today...:)

After 7pm and it's still light and not a cloud in the sky... prepped the front deck and planted some herbs. spring is coming...:)

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I love that my husband has a family virtual get together every week, but 20 minutes of "Can you hear me?" "I think you're on mute..." etc. just about drives me over the edge... #HeadphonesON #1stWorldProblems

Before this guy stepped back, I already knew it was a woman he was training. He’s training her, but I feel uncomfortable with how much he’s in her personal space and for how long…..

There are two types of guys in the world: Cali guys who wear down coats in Cabo when it’s 72F and this type of guy from Chicago who wears shorts when it gets 1F above freezing:

This green cyber truck at Chicago O’hare has a hood latch that keeps coming loose in the wind… I think they may need to do a recall.

Portland is about to explode in blooms… it’s “pink snow” season!

Breakfast with my favorite person… #pdx

Hello Mt Hood!

Hi Denver, bye Denver…:)7

Thank Frankfurt for all the lederhosen…heading home to Portland. SQL Konferenz was wunderbar!

@gfritchey.bsky.social and @bweissman.bsky.social were great copresenters for our session on AI Exhaustion at #sqlkonferenz going to go take a nap now…:)

Ran an errand in the city center of Hannau and enjoyed a quiet breakfast, then took the bus back. Got to say hello to @frankgeisler.bsky.social before I headed out…:)

Admission does not excuse the poor decision. Ethical AI is for the survival of civil liberties, not just its survival.

Ok, I’m ready for my pizza, too…:)

Sia keeps singing about “I have stamina” in the song The Greatest and I keep thinking, “oh gf, you haven’t gone through menopause yet…” lol

If you’d told AuDHD 12 yr old me, that at 59, I’d be flying all over the world to speak at conferences on tech in combat boots…. I’d have thought you lost your God-forsaken mind…:)

I gave birth to my youngest child DURING the finale of the Survivor at 8:20pm on August 23, 2000. The distraction of hospital staff was quite apparent & if I hadn't pushed myself up on the delivery table, kid would have ended up on the floor. Thanks, Survivor! LOL ew.com/survivor-rev...

Fun watching in front of my house today…

When you look out your window and expect to see river and sailboats, but see a massive crane, and not the bird type… :)

I'm going to say an unpopular thing: I don't always feel containers are required for everything. I like understanding ALL the things, not just the easy thing. It ticks me off when I feel pushed to do something just because peeps say it's cooler that way.

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TikTok has become less and less worth the time these days. I find if I want to enjoy aimless wandering on short videos, either YouTube or Rednote is about it. Anyone else remember when social media was fun?

Looking forward to getting upcoming events planned out for #PDXWIT! www.meetup.com/portland-wom...

Was thinking about going to the store on my break, but forgot they’re replacing the dock and are in front of our house…may have to take my kayak to shore…:)

There are some days where the 25 channels in my brain act like rabid otters and try to fight each other to the death in a hunger game style contest. Oh wait, 24 channels- the 25th is playing Barry Manilow on a boombox at top volume.

Finally back home to Portland! #Yay

Deplaned, overstimulated and back sitting in LAX… sigh….:@

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Goodbye Portland. Hello LA.