Its possible.
I wonder if it’s bursitis. That is a nightmare.
What they ARE?
These folks, I presume.
Uhhh, yeah. 18th/19th century, and she speaks of them in the present tense?
Were. My bad.
They only gave you one day’s notice of a mandatory attendance?
Which one are you gonna do?
I was taking my sunrise walk today and I met another neighbor on a different block. He was actually cool. I guess they aren’t ALL assholes ( but lots of their Karen-wives are ).
Still, today was a day to spend smiling at the world and counting my blessings.
For lunch, I sliced a Roma Tomato into long strips.
I sliced some slices of mozz into long strips.
I sliced a small onion into long strips.
I broke some Triscuit crackers… into long strips.
And I filled an ice-filled glass with white wine… for strong sips.
( I’m a Baaaad Boy…! )
As far as I’m concerned, if the vaccines keep MAGA QANON guys away from me, then the vaccines work.
This! When someone demonstrates they’re an irrational idiot, please, please listen to them.
Over here on the male side of the Dope there’s a long-standing if rather crude saying:
Don’t stick your dick in the Crazy!
I don’t know exactly what the female-equivalent saying ought to be, but the idea itself is a darn good one no matter your sex or that of your preferred partner(s). And no matter how said.
I had the 2 modernas and have had no health problems from them.
I went to the dr. There have been many letting goes and changes at that job, its almost like a train wreck. Fortunately, I hedged my bets, had an interview yesterday elsewhere and got the job; perfect hours and days.
Yaay!!! You totally deserve some good news!!
Half rant/half celebration.
I deleted my Reddit account, along with the 22.5k karma (that’s how they get you - the sunk cost fallacy.) The final straw was spending the entire day writing the same twenty comments and then coming off more stridently than was necessary and receiving a single downvote (I know) which put me in a whole funk. This is so dumb. I really don’t like who I am on social media, which is why I left Facebook, and why I am leaving Reddit. At least on the SD you get the chance for in-depth conversation.
What I want to do is spend less time staring at my phone and more time with my son. If I have to block my internet during my son’s caregiving hours, well that’s what I’ll do.
I read a book written by a woman who is dying, and that shit stays with you. The woman is a Christian studying the prosperity gospel, but this atheist approves. It was an excellent book.
When she was told on the phone that she had stage IV cancer, she said to the nurse, “You don’t understand. I have a son.” Damn if that didn’t hit home.
Well I’m not dying AFAIK and even if I was, I would have work to do. This lady is still writing the hell out of some books while she dies. Kinda makes you think. (I’ve always imagined that if I had a terminal illness, I would quit my job and spend the rest of my life writing. This lady is actually doing it.)
This made me curious. I checked and I have 75k karma. Reddit is weird. I’ll make a comment that I think is hilarious, and it’ll end up with -1 votes. Then I’ll make a stupid comment that gets 125k upvotes.
Said another way, Reddit is not weird. Rather, redittors are individually & collectively stupid and the pile-on nature of the app’s design amplifies the stupidest of the stupid into being the thought / opinion leaders for the rest of the sheep.
What does that say about me and my 22k karma? 
But yes, Reddit is stupid. At first I thought the idea of downvotes was good because it hides the truly vile and abusive comments, but people don’t use it as intended. They use it to downvote good-faith posts that they disagree with, which means only the most popular narrative is really getting any attention. I think it’s better for niche interests or places like r/sciencebasedparenting but I really was treating it like an advice column which doesn’t really add anything to my life other than alleviating boredom, and, well, there’s gotta be better ways.
I have an idea on how to keep some of these loons at a safe distance.
I’m thinking about getting this t-shirt.
I’ve got more pretentious musical bitching to get off my chest. Let me start with this: If you’re an open music jam and someone says to you, “Hey, if you’re going to play on this, don’t just play the same thing over and over again,” would you consider that musical direction or an insulting dig at your playing?
Here’s the thing … I went to this other jam, as opposed to my regular hang, and it was much more organized. They play actual songs and not just jams over one chord. I got up and play with some really accomplished musicians who guided me through the song and let me rip off a solo and everything went great and it was fun as hell. But there are so many people there you really only get one set.
So I went to my regular hang, which is supposed to be invite only on Wednesdays. My first set I had to play with The Butcher on bass. “Hey, what key?” he asks and then proceeds to play a million notes, not one of which is in the key we called out. It was so frustrating that by the end of the set, I literally had no idea what to play against it so I just washed a chord for three minutes and hoped for the best. Then I went outside and smoked a joint. All was fine.
Here we get to the crux of the biscuit - I’m just hanging, watching, enjoying, and some guys got up and the keyboards were open so I sat down. The bass player comes over to me and says, “Hey, if you’re going to play on this, don’t just play the same thing over and over.”
“Okay.”
“Because we’re going to try to create some space, so if you just play the same thing over and over it won’t work.”
“I’ll do my best.”
“Just don’t play the same thing over and over.”
At that point I got up and left. But the best part is, I forgot my distortion peddle on stage and when I came back to get it, the guitar player (who was creating space (and who sucked, by the way)) was using it, so walked right up on stage, stopped the jam, unhooked my gear, and head out again.
Of course, that didn’t go over well. Did I have to do that in the middle of a set. And my ire just bubbled up. After playing a sublime set a real jam, and then playing a tortured set where I did not say, “Hey Butcher, if you’re going play, don’t just play a million notes,” and then being told what to do …
“Hey, I come here for open jam, not tell me what to play jam!”
“That’s not what he said.”
“Yes he did, he told me three times, it’s insulting and it was bullshit.”
And then I left. So I may have burn that bridge again. Eh, whatever, I really am burning out on that place. I’m plateauing on my playing because there’s only so much one can do over one chord.
Thanks for reading, if you did, I really needed to unload.
I’d be really frustrated in your situation, too. You’re too good for them. I hope you find a better gig.