"As Terry Pratchett observed, inside every eighty-year-old man is an eight-year-old wondering what the hell just happened to him; in my experience this remains true even if you divide his age by two." -- Bob Howard, The Delirium Brief (Charles Stross)

From 15 years ago...the year glasses happened and the beard first made its appearance...when depression reached its pinnacle...but much music was made and that part was fun. I finally set that guitar free earlier this year. Bought it in 2000. Wish I was as fat now as I thought I was then.

I asked GPT to create funny farewall letters of varying absurdism for my group. Here are three versions. They're actually pretty funny. Despite how I kind of hate the AI boom, sometimes I need a reminder to find joy in things. bit.ly/46ol8bH bit.ly/4mBzNoL bit.ly/4nJ1fSy

Dear lord why was I a member of so many Slacks?!? Deactivated accounts on a dozen. Changed emails on eight and kept them. Left one with current email as it will disappear on my official last day. Work inbox down to 11 messages. Motivation down to 0.

A side effect of the upcoming job change is closing browser tabs for things I'll leave behind and I think I'm up to almost 100 closed tabs and one entire browser window. I expect to close out at least 2 Vivaldi workspaces, too. I'm sure the new gig will have much but hopefully different much. :)

I probably shouldn't be enjoying this Bears game as much as I am...but I totally am.

This is entirely for @sarahmackattack.bsky.social

Or about every wrong choice, bad conversation, or even something that you just thought about that might have been wrong.

This IU game is almost mean. Only almost because usually we’re on the zero side of things.

There was one person on my inbound flight. One. Apparently it was 6+ hours late and everyone else got other flights.

Blue dot on the right is me at gate 23. Plane is on the left barely moving. Sigh. Three hours delayed and the last 20 minutes have been a stone’s throw from the terminal. Double sigh. Don’t think we’re making 7:20p departure.

I feel no remorse. Also not responsible for any earworms.

Scenes from today...

This is my reward to myself for a new job (that I haven't actually started yet). Ironically, this is now the least expensive guitar I own...but I had a similar Fender Tele HH neckthrough years ago and missed it. The top on this one and the added Lollars made it a no-brainer.

Man, UPS has really got high speed travel down...

I've got a keyboard shortcut to fix this...still funny, though.

Quitting vim is easy...it's quitting everything else that sucks. I can't tell you the number of docs that have :wq somewhere in them. @cyberciti.biz

The skateboards were hung nowhere near the chimney with care, in hopes that the Bones Brigade soon would be there. That turned out ok. Mostly level despite appearances. And a bonus shot of the the relocated clock (that needs a new battery).

Hopefully today’s project - getting these hung up. I owned versions of all of these decks as a kid and utterly loved the skateboarding resurgence that the Bones Brigade seemed at the front of.

Email just received: We are saddened that after decades of serving you, our loyal American customers, the updated tariffs have forced us to cease shipping to you at this time. This is incredibly unfortunate but we are exploring many solutions and hope to resume as soon as possible. 1/2

“Crosseyed and Painless” from Homunculus followed by “Memories Can’t Wait” from @livingcolour.com - well played iTunes random. Well played.

The coffee I buy/like -- Price in Sept 2024 - $22/package Price in January $25/package Price in April $27/package Price in July $31/package Price in August $36/package Thanks, Obama.

Video sent to me (GenX) by my sister (slightly older GenX) -- kinda true. www.instagram.com/reel/DNLeEUB... "boomers kept jobs that in other generations passed along much faster. We were the first generation forced to pivot and reinvent ourselves, hence the resiliency" --> This comment 100%

Too soon! Too soon! :)

Again, no shame.

Truth.

No remorse. None. Not even the smallest bit.

I have a very loud purring cat sitting on my chest and headbutting me. It makes me forget the awful things going on *waves hands* out there.

From visiting in 2011...seemed fitting with the return of Tap next month. Can confirm these are taller than 18".

Spotted this on FB a moment ago -- @sarahmackattack.bsky.social

Not sorry. Not even a tiny bit. Share this with a friend. Or even better, with someone you don't like all that much so they're earwormed for the rest of the day.

There's a drummer on another platform that is a young woman. She has worn a mask to stay anonymous since she started posting when she was a minor. Now it's sort of her thing. EVERY. SINGLE. POST. has some middle aged white dude telling her to take of the mask. What in the ever-lovin' fuck.

Today was off to an entirely sucky start and then this arrived from the Fender Mod Shop. Attitude adjusted.

Yeah. I feel this.

This popped up in my memories. This song is one I love deeply and Mike Masse does such a great cover here. Elton John's is art. This is a worthy tribute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8so...

From the summer re-run collection...

A colleague sent me down a rabbit hole of re-imagined videos/songs. This one, the Megadeth "Symphony of Destruction" reggae version, and VH "Running With the Devil" smooth jazz version are all gold. I apologize in advance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRQx...

...and another conference draws to a close. This picture is far enough away to disguise how horrid I look!

QOTD: "That's a weapons-grade clusterfuck."

This one's for you, @iamdad.bsky.social - one I made some years ago that gets trotted out from time to time...

Reruns from memories -- but also fitting just before a conference.

I feel no shame. (Also, this is true.)

4 servings per bag? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

He can’t help but be adorable. Majestic and stripey.

I just got a message from a vendor wanting to meet at a conference. From Hitachi. And is it bad that my first thought was about the Hitachi Wand and not IT?

All hail Hypnotoad!

It me.