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Happy Doperversary, Metal Mouse! 
Welp, I completely spaced about it being Monday and there being a new thread and I posted in the old MMP a little while ago! 
I’ve never done that before. I think being off work two days last week plus being away the weekend before this one has really messed up my sense of what day of the week it is. I’m not even sure what day I think it is! 
And this month is only 2 days “short,” but it’s messing with my head that Saturday will be March already. At least we’re in for an early Spring over the next few days (highs in the low 60s).
Here’s the little Lego dog sled set that I assembled yesterday:
https://i.ibb.co/chv3bjZc/Dog-Sled.jpg
Cute, right? 
I’ll keep it displayed until I need the space; then it will be stripped for parts.
(If you can’t make out the label on the front of the sled, it says “BRICKS 'N BREWS FEB 2025.” Bricks ‘n Brews is the name of my friends’ side business.)
Some leftovers from last week’s thread before diving into the current one:
If there are other people doing the same job with the same skills at the same level who perform just as well or better than her and have been there longer, they might be prioritized. But we don’t tend to do simply “last in/first out” cuts, if that helps at all (at least, in my part of the company). The direct report who has “senior” in his title and has been here for 3 years will be affected; the junior guy who’s been here for 8 months won’t be. Different jobs, contract needs, etc.
NSFW comment behind the blur:
In other words, you handled his nut sacks? 
I’M SO SORRY…I HAD TO DO IT…I REALLY HAD NO CHOICE…I’LL SEE MYSELF OUT
Incredible. That’s a certain kind of evil right there.
Excellent!
I can get an actual one of those (not a mini Lego version): that’s what the free drink ticket is for. 
I’m a contractor so I didn’t get that email – though some of my co-workers did 
– but this morning I saw an email directing people to not respond to it. (And some of my co-workers didn’t get that one. The distribution lists are a mess.) From what I hear, a lot of departments/agencies provided similar guidance.
Not important at all.
The only online games I play are Bejeweled, and Connections and Spelling Bee from The New York Times.
- I don’t care about Bejeweled at all; it’s strictly a “killing time” thing.
- Connections will bug me a little if I can’t eventually figure out all of the groups, but just fleetingly. If I tank it more than two days in a row I’ll start feeling kind of stupid, but only while I’m playing. Mostly I just get a little “yay” feeling when I get all four groups with no misses.
- My goals for Spelling Bee are always just to (a) get at least one pangram (if there’s more than one) and (b) get to Genius. “Winning” would be getting to Queen Bee, which means finding all of the words. That hardly ever happens. If I don’t get the pangram/Genius, my feelings are similar to when I “lose” Connections (idle wondering whether my M.A. in English might have actually come from a Cracker Jack box).
Welcome back!
I like the Evercare brand, which I can sometimes find at the grocery store.
But, yeah, like shoe said: most of them will get the job done. I’ve used Scotch tape at the office (back in the day)!