shadowkat | Dec. 18th, 2023

1. Well, Ao3 keeps getting itself into trouble - it waded into the Israel/Palestine conflict, then so did Tumblr and Reddit. Xitter also waded in and got into trouble.

Best to stay clear of that - it has over 2000 years on all of us. That conflict goes back to the Old Testament of the Bible. Stay clear folks, no win there.

Actually, I tend to feel that way about politics in general. The recent Doctor Who episode kind of nailed that on the head - everyone likes to think they are right, and everyone else is wrong, and it should go their way. Be wary of the overtly self-righteous and allegedly justified, they will kill us all.

2. Me and Breaking Bad discuss climate change...

Breaking Bad: This nasty weather - I don't get it.
Me: Well, climate change.
Breaking Bad (looks skeptical): whatever.
Me: No, this is the causal side effect of polluting the environment and doing all the things we did. We can't have it both ways - there's consequences. I know, I did environmental abatement - you'd be amazed the things we polluted the groundwater with.
He didn't look convinced, he looked like an annoyed owl.

3. Crazy Workplace

MA informs me that in order to do a site tour for her project, which is on private property, everyone including the dog has to provide insurance or proof of it - or the owner won't let them on the property. (I'm thinking this property must be insanely dangerous?)

During the Board Meeting - they asked why the railroad was paying to replace a highway bridge. Apparently, because we somehow ended up with custody of it?

Meanwhile the big project didn't appear to make it to the board, yet we are still moving ahead, I'll find out for certain, I think, on Wed. I told Breaking Bad - some folks deserved coal in their stockings.

And MA made a good point - she wants us to go over first - so we can get good spots. If we go last, we'll get horrible spots. (Damn, they'll probably put me next to the break room, the bathrooms or elevators, and away from the windows, again. I always get the worst spot on the floor.) Motivation to get promoted into management and out of the union, now includes office with a window (which there's no guarantee of), and lifetime medical insurance (assuming I get that - the whole medical insurance bit is confusing - I've gotten five different analysis of it and they all contradict each other.)

4. I'm flirting with Autocrit - mainly because it may resolve my difficulty with finding good betas for my work. This kind of supplies that function for a price.

But I'm leery of the cost. I already have Scrivener, and don't use it. And Word has a built in grammar and edit function now.

So I don't know? I have a lot of stories in my head, but not a lot of time to tell them.

5. Found out the results of the Sleep Apnea Test from my Doctor - turns ot that I have Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Lovely. I don't know what that means. So scheduled a followup for Thursday to find out. It was either that or wait until February, and just no.

I think it's my allergies.

At least I'm not coughing, I used to do that. But I do have issues breathing at night.

6. Four novels that I wish they would adapt into movies, but alas, it won't happen...

* Maria Doria Russell's The Sparrow
* Anne McCaffrey's Dragon-Rider Series
* Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles
* The Vicky Bliss Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters

Maybe it's a good thing that it won't happen?

Sometimes, it's better when they don't adapt your favorite novels to the screen?

7. What else? Oh yes, the Great Mask Debate. ( Read more... )

1. Cat Herders' Day: Have you ever had to do anything where it felt like you were trying to herd cats?

Yes. My workplace. I feel that way constantly at work - site tours, coordinating meetings, facilitating meetings, getting information...sigh, people, sigh.

2.– Chocolate-Covered Anything Day: Is there anything that would not be improved by being covered in chocolate? What is your favourite chocolate-covered food?

Most vegetables it doesn't not work well with - and tomatoes are kind of gross with chocolate. Not crazy about on red meat. Can work well as a moule sauce on chicken though. I like chocolate covered berries, bananas, apples and pears - but not tomatoes or avocados, unless the avocado is mixed with it like a mousse.

3. – Wright Brothers Day: How do you feel about plane travel?

I like flying, I do not like traveling to and from airports, sitting in airport waiting rooms, or visiting airports. So if I could just hop on the plane and hop off with my luggage - kind of like a commuter train, I'd be happy.

4. – International Migrants Day: International Migrants Day emphasizes the protection of migrants’ human rights. The day also recognizes the contributions and efforts of migrants around the world. Has anyone in your family ever migrated from one country to another? What would your country be like without migrants?

Well, I live in the US, most of us are migrants. My great grandparents on my father's side migrated from France/Belgium, and Ireland, also Wales. On my mother's side, my great grandfather migrated from Germany with his wife, who only spoke German. All of our ancestors came from elsewhere - even the Native Americans migrated over the Bering Straight.

So, without Migrants? It would probably just be animals?

5. Did you believe in Santa as a kid?

See, my mother was smart about this. As were her parents. They didn't wrap the gifts. They just laid them out neatly around the tree, with the tree, and completely put together. My father would stay up late and put them together.

So we'd come downstairs - and there it all would be as if some fairy had magically whisked them there. My mother was good at engineering magic.
She also told us that Santa was a way for people to give without any recognition in return. To self-lessly give to the kids or each other. Or anonymously.

When my grandmother was a child she got maybe an orange from Santa, they were so poor. But the magic was still alive.

6. My father resembled Dick Van Dyke, Dennis the Menace's father, and Calvin's father. Black hair, big nose, and glasses. He really looked like Dick Van Dyke - except Dyke's hair turned white, and Dad lost his.

Dyke was older than Dad, and has outlived him. Every time I see Dyke, I think of my father, and I miss my father. Even though my father couldn't dance or sing, he lived a good life.

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