Tag: I’m a lucky sucker

life · Writing

Countdown: 16

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Well, if I'm being completely fair, 16.5 since it's just about lunchtime. Also, weekends and holidays don't count, so 16.5 business days if we're being sticklers for accuracy. Today I told my team so it's official: March 10th will be my last day as the ScrumMaster (ScrumMistress? ScrumMa'am? ScrumPerson?) for the process automation team at… Continue reading Countdown: 16

Greetings from FFS Minerva
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Greetings from FFS Minerva

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Someone is very cabin-feverish in this house. Maybe more than one someone, but Minerva is the only one with crazy eyes. So far. This post is just a relatively boring midwinter hunkering update. SK and I were in Florida at Disney World two weeks ago for our honeymoon, and it was hilariously different from the… Continue reading Greetings from FFS Minerva

Seasons Greetings from The In-Between
fAngus and Ragnar · life

Seasons Greetings from The In-Between

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Sauna steam: outside air is below zero Fahrenheit and inside is about 140. 100% the best present SK and I got ourselves this year (besides wedding rings, of course). Not to be confused with The Upside Down: there are no Gormegons here, but there is a horde of D&D players in this household, so it… Continue reading Seasons Greetings from The In-Between

life · Writing

Update From the Thick of It

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First, why the hell is WordPress asking me if I'm a night person or morning person instead of the usual "type here to start a new block" instruction? That's fucking weird, WordPress. No. Second, I know I haven't done a real post in a while, but instead of excuses I have real reasons. SK and… Continue reading Update From the Thick of It

fAngus’s Unexpected ER Adventure
fAngus and Ragnar · life

fAngus’s Unexpected ER Adventure

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Last Thursday in the middle of an extremely busy work day (including a go-live of a software product my team has been working on for a long time), I was interrupted by a cat who skittered across the kitchen floor at a dead run, yowling. It sounds funny, but fAngus only yowls when he's in… Continue reading fAngus’s Unexpected ER Adventure

Traveling Chickens, Covid, and Teenage Sleepovers
life · Twins

Traveling Chickens, Covid, and Teenage Sleepovers

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Suddenly it's nearly June 15th, and the last month has been...eventful. Not that events excuse dropping the blog for a few weeks, but for a while there something had to go, and I saved up pictures and notes to write up later. Today is later. In May I went to Cocoa Beach, FL with my… Continue reading Traveling Chickens, Covid, and Teenage Sleepovers

Negatives and Positives: a Spectrum
life · Twins

Negatives and Positives: a Spectrum

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So...I get quite a few spam comments that are filtered out by this platform (thank goodness) and I always review them before deleting because often they're entertaining. The recent spate of "is cbd oil good for..." followed by a variety of ailments have been fun to read. This one, however, made me shake my head.… Continue reading Negatives and Positives: a Spectrum

life · Twins

Twin Missives

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I moved fully in with the horde a week ago, with Ragnar, Minerva, and fAngus. We now have five couches. FIVE. COUCHES. WHYYYYY. We are all adjusting, and things are good. So now I live with the twins, who both have fun things to share today. I anticipate more of these, especially since Stone (yes,… Continue reading Twin Missives

Packing my Office, and Other Random Weird
life · Myths and Monsters

Packing my Office, and Other Random Weird

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I'm working on packing in between breaks for silly things like work and seeing people and sleeping. I hate packing. I hate moving. Sigh. But I'm excited for the result, even though I'm sad I'll no longer see the neighbor's new black lab puppy growing up and awkwardly following his older packmate around their yard… Continue reading Packing my Office, and Other Random Weird

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Sunday Spam

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The spam I get in the comments section of this blog is often stupid, sometimes horrendous, and occasionally too funny to ignore. Some of today's selection, the bits that weren't about how to get CBD products, seemed worth repeating. Most of these are under the same "Hairstyles" bot (uses different IP/email addresses but same handle),… Continue reading Sunday Spam