Good people who deserve better. www.npr.org/2026/02/21/n...

T G I F

QotD: When you're a passenger on the Titanic and it's sinking, -why- it's sinking is ultimately a secondary concern.

The Discord situation just keeps getting 'better'. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

1, 2, or 3? 1) www.homes.com/property/17-... 2) www.homes.com/property/100... 3) www.homes.com/property/64-...

Not too thrilled about owing $850 in taxes (yay self-employment!), but at least I'm filing after having received my bonus from work, so that'll sting a bit less. I've updated my withholdings going forward so that I shouldn't have quite the same shock in the future.

“We truly were hoping that this administration would put people over corporate power,” she said, “but this action moves us away from that commitment.” ^Oh, -now- she figured that out? arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

I don't have much hope on this front, but while meeting with my Mortgage Officer (also my coworker) I noticed a lot of empty officers on her floor (where I worked way back when!!!). She concurred with my assessment and said I should try to get moved into one of them!

Neat; that time it was my work PC that crashed!

Anyone looking for some winter reading?

Pre-approved!

If you're a friend and free to visit Vermont the weekend of April 24 and would like to help me celebrate my birthday in style, drop me a DM!

If you're a friend and free to visit Vermont the weekend of April 24 and would like to help me celebrate my birthday in style, drop me a DM!

Merrily we roll along...

Achievement Unlocked(?): Got a walk in despite spending the afternoon in the office and, more broadly, really not wanting to. But it was my first one in several days because I finally had enough bandwidth back to manage it.

Mortgage discussion tomorrow, and on Monday I'm seeing 3-5 properties. So, y'know, nothing going on here. At least the weekend should be quiet.

Interesting to see the shift in numbers.

Gee, whoever would have thought that your 'generous' offer to provide company-issued monitors wouldn't make any fucking sense to people who already have decent computers with dual monitors at home and who may not have the space for another dual monitor setup?

Tuesday I was a ball of anxiety over housing stuff, and yesterday I actually went to see housing. This morning I'm exhausted and feel no desire to go into the office but basically have to. I don't know HTF I'm supposed to do in-office 4x/week and manage the rest of my life.

That last sentence... #satire open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

I feel more like myself than I have since I started home searching again, so that's nice.

Fucking stormtroopers. www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

Egads, it really is TrumpBook. www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

Another option presents itself. www.homes.com/property/17-...

This is specifically about writing film scripts, but I think some of it might resonate more broadly. nofilmschool.com/test-your-wr...

I think I'm starting to regain my mental equilibrium. Thank heavens.

Well, that was not a bust, but rather a good starting point.

Shameless self-promotion, but I do think this art is amazing and deserves more attention.

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

Another crazy day...

Well, that was a fair amount of poking and prodding (mortgage application).

Hmm. If I live in the lower yellow block and have acccess to the green block to the left of it, am I correct in thinking that comes to 822 square feet?

Any judge willing to openly compare the Trump administration to the Ministry of Truth gets my support. whyy.org/articles/phi...

It may get frosty here. :| www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Do let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. www.npr.org/2026/02/17/g...

Nap helped, but I'm still feeling pretty detached from most everything.

My bandwidth has compressed to a point.

(muffled ranting)

Madness, sheer madness...

I don't care for how my three day weekend blew past me.

This definitely makes it sound as though the federal government has nothing to hide. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Oh. Making non-taxed but very taxable income does suck.

I think we all know someone who needs this.

It's nearly impossible for me to imagine anyone (at least in the US) not having seen or at least having heard of at least one film that he was in. RIP indeed, good sir. The world of cinema is richer for your contributions.

Thoughts? www.homes.com/property/425...

Fried chicken soooon...

Had a perfectly shitty dream where I discovered that two of my best friends had been in regular contact with someone who was ghosting me, and hadn't told me about it.

What's your favorite movie trilogy? What's the best movie trilogy you've seen and enjoyed? Not necessarily the same question!

Spent a stupid amount of time trying to figure out why my Digital Audio Player wouldn't connect to my PC so I could sync up music. Turned out I had an ADB driver that, once deleted, let my DAP connect without issues. Not sure what the driver was for; hope I don't need it!

If someone you haven't talked with in awhile approaches you obviously excited to see you, and they didn't actually do something to piss you off, and you can't be bothered to at best show some enthusiasm in return and at worst apologize and say it's a bad time, then you're the asshole.