I”ve talked several times in the past about how I tend to be good at things from the start. I can pick up things with eas, which is a blessing for the most part. I’m not going to blow smoke up your ass and say, “woe in me. I learn things quickly. That really sucks”.… Continue Reading
There are a few words/phrases that make me instantly enraged. PC used to be one of them because people used it in a pejorative fashion. If someone was crass enough to bring up diversity issues, they were admonished for being PC. That has morphed into ‘woke’, which also makes me grind my teeth. What I… Continue Reading
One thing I’ve been harping on lately is my incredulity that people are incredulous that other people don’t think like them/act like them/believe what they do. I was reading old Ask A Manager posts, and the commentariat went off on a tangent about eating when you’re in a foreign country. Someone commented on how she… Continue Reading
I hate the summer. The end. Kidding. But not really. Summer is everything I hate in the world, writ large. Let’s start with heat. To me, anything over 60 is too hot. But, I find it wild that people set their AC at 72 or lower! There was a thread on Ask A Manager in… Continue Reading
In yesterday’s post, I was talking about how when I was young, I didn’t see a future for me. I mean that both literally and figuratively. I did not see myself being alive or wanting to be alive. I honestly thought I’d be dead by my mother’s age (which at that time was 55, so… Continue Reading
When I was little, I had no dreams for the future. Mostly because I didn’t think I had one, nor did I really want to live. I just made my way through each day, hanging on until the end. Oh, wait. I had one dream. That was to be an actor. I loved to perform… Continue Reading
I am going to talk about two seemingly disaparate things that are actually related. I was just messaging with K about the hate-fest that was happening in Philly. The Prejudiced Moms Who Want to Outlaw Minorities conference that I refuse to give its proper name. She was telling me that it has been dubbed Klanned… Continue Reading
In the RKG Discord, someone was going off on gatekeeping. Not in video games, but elsewhere. His main point was that as long as someone wasn’t hurting someone else, let them like what they like. I agreed because I have been put down for my tastes all my life. I find it more amusing than… Continue Reading
There is a post today on Ask A Manager on bad ice breakers. In general, I don’t like them (though I don’t have to do them) because at best, they’re bland and boring. At worst, they’re othering and fraught. I mean, “What’s your favorite movie?” is boring for the most part, but for me, it’s… Continue Reading
I listen to NPR/MPR when I am in the car. Which, to be fair, isn1’t that often these days. only to go grocery shopping, which is once or twice a week. One time, I heard a panelist talking about how people tend to think too much of the impact they have on the world. We… Continue Reading