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 How things work around here:

Willow: stare

Me: “You had a pretzel, and Corky’s too. I think you can let me have a cookie or two.”

Corky: “Did someone call about food?”

Me: Eats third cookie 

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 Somewhere between having to blow my noise before I’m out of bed, and brushing my teeth it occurred to me that the September resurgence of Ragweed must be about now.

Sure enough it is. And I’m really glad when that shit is gone.

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How it works ’round here:

Willow: is like me, she doesn’t really care about thunderstorms unless the building starts to shake. But prefers pretzels to peanut butter.
Corky: will seek a comfy spot like under the couch, and all but will shallow the spoon. In fact he gets peanut butter just because of his sad expectant looks. He doesn’t like the pretzels I bribe Willow with.
Misty: tends to be scared of storms, either seeking to hide or be comforted. But still inclined to leap off the couch and trot into the kitchen if it means peanut butter. She loves pretzels, and all things considered food.
Yup. That’s how it is around here, lol.
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 While I tend to take an easy going attitude, I have to admit there are days when I feel like Deadpool with only twelve bullets left.

Especially that part at the end.

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 Some days: you’ve just got to say screw it, and order a pizza.

At least stuffing one’s face with food is still a positive way to end the day. And in my case, since I rarely get pizza anymore, extra deliciousness 😁

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 The Workforce Is About to Change Dramatically

Been kind of curious how this evolves. Longer than the recent pandemic, having grown up in an era where much software development occurred over the Internet. Ironically, much of my need to technically be in the office revolves around some piece of hardware needing to be within reach not around access IT resources. In practice, I tend to prefer working from work, even if it means pants are required.

The ‘90s and ‘00s likely prepared us for many things being work from home centric. We’re now able to work from home better than ever before for numerous office tasks. I’m sure that’ll just continue to grow with how things have been going regardless of what going back to normal might look like.


Or, you know, maybe not. Perhaps the best argument against the telepresence revolution is not only that people are creatures of habit but also that pandemics have historically done little to arrest the growth of cities and leisure. “The 80-year trend is that the richer society gets, the more it spends on leisure and hospitality,” says Adam Ozimek, the chief economist at Upwork. 


To this however, I say: “80 years ago, good luck sitting on your bum playing Xbox!”

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Reading a page about the local movie theater planning to re-open, I couldn’t help but be amused. In the sense, yes, they’re taking it seriously and have defined sane policies; amused in the sense that I can see what antics are liable to follow.

And then there’s another aspect of the world’s current situation: the notion of releasing film available to rent a stream, ala Amazon. ‘Cuz I’ve only waited about thirty years for Instant Cassettes to be a thing.