I set up Hinge again and let the AI pick the best pictures. One of the pictures it suggested was of @sparklecate.bsky.social so obviously it has good taste…

So. It turns out that you CAN drop your keys down the gap in the elevator

I feel like the person that said “making friends as an adult is hard” never tried joining a cult.

Today I spent four hours going through all of my Auntie’s paperwork but my soul was crushed when I got to the last item - a contract for a timeshare purchase…

This weekend I left my house and got stuck in traffic. And that’s why I will never leave my house again.

Are people in Vegas contractually required to say “but it’s a dry heat” after they throw out some ridiculously high temperature?

I brought my purse bacon and my purse broccoli in my carryon an didn’t get stopped at security. So…

1) Can you bring “purse bacon” on a plane and 2) would “purse bacon” make up for the “purse broccoli” that you also bring?

Song request - me n’ @iragilligan.bsky.social are rocking the 90’s grunge look for the ENGAGE party next week (let’s just say there’s some plaid and childhood memories involved). I’m making us a playlist to get into the vibe. What is one song that most definitely should be on there?

I might be fated to hate broccoli forever, despite my best efforts….

I’ve been consistently going to the gym for two weeks to lift weights which means I’m now at the “New Gym Phase” where I start randomly flexing at strangers to either attract or scare them off. You wouldn’t understand, it’s a gym thing.

Who decided that a “serving” of broccoli was a whole cup. I’m not going to do anything, I just want to talk to them…

My dog apparently offended a family of crows so much that I’ve now had to start leaving offerings to appease them. This was after I got dive bombed twice in one day. ME. Not the dog. ME.

This morning I did my 5k training in the rain. This wasn’t disclosed in the original program, that there might be *inclement weather outside*. I would like a refund.

Today I started the first day of a lifting program. And everything was going great until we did ‘Wall Squats’ and I knew that the creators of this program were cruel people who wanted nothing but misery. The Wall Squats were the first item after the warm up, btw. Anyway, I feel great.

Week 4 of 5k training. What’s my secret? Telling the app that the last run was too easy so it skips me ahead

There’s nothing like the shocked exclamation of a bystander at a store at my pants size to reinforce that 90’s body dysmorphism. If anyone needs me, I’ll be reading an Ally McBeal cookbook.

If you’re confused about all of the wacky ‘Words of AI’, may I suggest the amazing IBM Technologies YouTube channel? The videos are short and they use a see through white board. It’s easy to go back through a video again for a refresh. youtube.com/@ibmtechnolo...

Had my first crypto scammer. I could tell it was going to be a scammer of some kind because the conversation sounded like a script. Plus, he made sure to mention how into BTC he was and asked if I liked investing too. Goodbye Engineer at Architecture from Prague that did home decor work

One more coffee date and I’ve got my BINGO and I’m deleting the app.

So. I found out what Kubernetes was. And I’m kind of disappointed in myself for caving so easily.

This is my 3rd year watching MS Build (this year from the comfort of my laptop) and I still don’t know what Kubernetes is and I’m too afraid to ask (because someone might try to tell me)

I feel like a lot of y’all follow me for content about AI, so I also feel like I should tell you that Google announced a tool called Alpha Evolve that can self-correct and learn while building software. …if I don’t get some better tax software updates by the end of this year… Link in next

I have two men on Bumble who have commented on my hilarity. And left it at that. I try another comment to kick off the conversation… short response. Am I…. What is supposed to happen here? Do I have to do all of the conversation? Both sides?

I always think it’s weird when dudes open up with “you’re so beautiful, why are you on Bumble?” Um, so I can meet men that make me question my decision-making ability, obvi?

Also, dudes, stop trying to go in for the forced hug. I don’t fucking know you. I don’t know your last name. I don’t know where you work and I don’t know your viewpoints. Keep your fucking hands to your fucking self.

Are men just physically incapable of asking questions on a date? Are my standards unrealistic?

I went to the library. And I got a fiction book (and five non-fiction books). Look at me, I know how to party!

Much love to my former MSFT friends that got the news today. I’m a little bit useless for networking connections in tech, but happy to give 30 minutes of my time if you plan to start a business.

The right kind of peer pressure will have to you signing up for 5k’s and doing a Sunday spa day. The wrong kind of peer pressure will have you trying to grow your own food in a container garden despite having no skills with which to cook said food. I am susceptible to both.

Online dating is so weird. Some dudes will just do these “data dumps” where you get enough information to steal their identity. And most of the time, it’s not even a conversation, it feels purely like a “Dear Diary, here are all my thoughts and feelings”. I need to start “friend matching” them

I just went on a morning coffee date. 1 hour, 15 minutes spent talking about this man’s boat, despite my attempts to flee starting at minute 45. I don’t have to worry about him stalking me at least because he didn’t ask any personal q’s (or ANY q’s) and unmatched me by the time I got home.

I just got asked on a Monday lunch coffee date. If this doesn’t scream “I’ve got a wife and three kids at home” I don’t know what else would

Dear ChatGPT - please save these men in my Bumble matches from themselves.

Dear ChatGPT - if I’m asking you how to prepare pre-prepped food from the deli, do you *think* I want a recipe for a side dish?

The offspring and I started listening to an anthology of Sherlock Holmes stories and I forgot there was a whole-ass Mormon one.

I appreciate ChatGPT letting me know that brining is NOT the best way to remove saline injections from chicken. I just wish it had told me before I started brining.

Just reminded myself (again) today that you can’t think a project done. You actually have to, uh, do(?) a project done?

Today I went to a “restorative yoga” session. It was held in a room adjoining the Cycling class. Soft sounds of melodies, chimes and gongs were augmented by a deep, thumping bass and muffled shouts of “get it!” And “push harder!” I did not find it as restorative as advertised.

Y’all, I just watched a YT video about how people are using AI images and paid actors to create whole-ass businesses selling mass produced goods from Ali Express and Temu for marked up prices. It’s almost like you can’t believe the internet anymore…

Can I hire someone to recover from busy season for me? I feel like I have too much to do still.

Have you ever been in a restaurant where you look around and think, “yup, front for money laundering operation”?

Oh, I see. So the stock market CAN go lower. Got it.

Welp, finally shaved my legs. We all know what that means. Yup, time to get back to the gym.

ChatGPT o3 gave me that vaguely nauseous feeling that the early AI models gave me when I ran it through its paces on tax questions today. My feeling of “wanting to throw up” is your sign to check it out. 🤮

Maybe this gets talked about elsewhere, but the ability for #GenAI to walk me through setting up impossibly over-built products to my specific needs is pretty nice. Trying to get Quicken set up has been akin to financial torture until I starting hitting up ChatGPT for help

Good news everyone, the paper copies of my tax reference materials got delivered today…. Just in time…

Does anyone else have that feeling of dread when you don’t have a clear plan for the week? And you’re just looking into the void? And the void is looking back? And your therapist will probably want to talk about these feelings?

I heard the other day “you can’t make peace with someone who is at war with themselves” and I kind of wonder about some of my clients now…

I feel like the first stage in my AI journey was figuring out how to outsource my brain to AI. I think this next stage is to learn how to separate the critical thinking things that I want my human brain to do and the bullshit nonsense that I will *gladly* outsource. And then the third stage is…