Rant: I just realized my shirt is inside out. I did a courier run and interacted with work people, then went to the park and met a new friend. I hope everyone around me is exactly as unobservant as myself. But probably not.
Rant: Daughter starts kindergarten on Monday and one of the of the requirements is that one parent must attend with them from 11-3 so they can "get acquainted." So we're supposed to go to school on a fucking weekday for no reason. And, "get acquainted?" How is that my fucking job? What are the faculty doing this whole time?
Rant: God ungodly drunk last night. Probably the most drunk I've been since college. Played golf yesterday and went to Mohegan Sun after. One minute I was eating a box of Krispy Kreme donuts while drinking a beer on the casino floor, and the next thing I know I'm puking in my hotel bathroom at 4 AM. No idea how I got back, but I did have an extra $200 in my pocket. I do remember my friend pulling me away from the craps table out of embarrassment because I was quoting Vegas Vacation too much. I also recall having a conversation with some elderly Asian woman that didn't speak English. Not sure if they're related.
RANT: Fucking hell. Was in the back yard playing with the dog, and bent over to pick up a frisbee, she bowled into me, knocking me backwards, and I fell down into a hole she dug in the grass that was about 6" deep... landed on my foot weird and twisted, and blew out my upper hamstring. I not only felt something, I heard it. It took me 30 minutes to make my way back inside while trying not to get mauled by a 90 lbs dog who thought I wanted to play because I was down on the ground with her. It doesn't feel good right now... I think something is semi-seriously fucked in there.
Rant: Got some feedback at work that I'm having trouble parsing effectively. I'm both entirely too self-critical, taking on too much blame and I need to stop blaming others for my failures. I also can't stand the "shit filled twinkie" or "compliment sandwich" approach to things. Rant: Same vein, but when people talk about "we think you have the capability" and think it's positive reinforcement, but really it's just another way of reiterating that you're not meeting that capability.
Continuing the RANT theme: Cloud Gate (The Bean) in Chicago will be closed for repairs/cleaning/whateverthefuck during our trip RANT: The Van Gogh exhibit ends a few days before we get there. RANT: The Arch Rock is also closed for up close viewing.
Rant: I had to have a bald-faced hornets nest removed that was about 10 feet up in the tree in my side yard, right by where I park my car in the driveway. I had probably walked under the nest several times while picking up leaves or cutting my grass in the evening, but I didn't even notice it until it had gotten to be pretty big. I had seen a few of them flying around, but they never came down that close to me and I didn't think anything of it. The guy who removed the nest said that it was the most hornets (I know, they're not actually hornets) that he had ever seen in a nest, too. Rave: The cost to remove the nest wasn't nearly as much as I thought that it would be from when I was researching the topic online.
Rant: First day of school, my sons new teacher just got moved to this school instead of being fired for holding down a kid and scrapping his painted nails off.
Rave: Our son just called coming out of his apprenticeship interview at the carpenter's union hall and said he "frickin nailed it." They were surprised he's only 18 ( 19 in November ) and commented on his confidence and poise. They thought he was 22. They told him they're excited to have him on board, and he should be hearing from them, they just have other interviews to go through still. I'm so excited, and hope he takes to this. What an opportunity.
Rant: Played our hometown for a festival last night and as the act before us went on, it started to rain and the radar looked even more shitty for our time slot ( last ). A quick pow wow with the organization having the festival, and we got them to see it was better if we set up indoors. They were hesitant, until I explained we'd have to risk taking all our stuff to the stage in pouring rain, which would destroy it ( I'm a member, so what I was trying to convey nicely was, "We aint fucking doing it and ruining our gear. ) Rave: They looked at the radar again and gave the nod to play indoors. And it turned out to be a better time for both us and the crowd than if we were outside. It forced everyone to be more up close instead of on the far side of the parking lot like they usually end up after the sun sets. It was a wild time and we played an awesome show, playing 45 minutes longer than scheduled. Rave: We're filming another episode for a regional TV network in a couple weeks and it's open to the public but you have to RSVP. When I mentioned that to the crowd, my wife said she saw a bunch of people pull their phones out to find the link. I'm curious as to how much a spike in reservations happened. I'll find out tomorrow I'm sure.
Rant: I haven't used a razor or shaved for nearly forty years and I've just cut myself with a pair of scissors while trimming my mustache. Grooming is over rated.
Rant: On the topic of facial hair: For 48!years I was clean shaven. Tried to grow a beard but my facial hair grows slow and it was patchy on the sides so I had a goatee. People said it looked good, but it was a pain in the ass, always trimming it, dealing with food, etc. So I shaved it. Should have kept it, it definitely gave my face more defined shape by hiding the double chin. Damn.
RANT: Dog just got full-on sprayed by a skunk. Just had a 30 min shower with my dog trying to get the smell off. Not fun.
Rave: I've mentioned before my family's cardiac history and have been getting more proactive about making sure I don't have to go through that. I met with a cardiologist today, who I've known professionally and respected, not to mention he's taken care of my Dad, uncle, MIL, etc. He was great. Sat down, took his time, and spent three times longer than my own GP does in putting together a plan to keep me from suffering the same as my family has. This includes a battery of testing leading up to a CT angiogram to make sure the pipes are clean. Despite knowing he'd be great, I was still nervous he'd want to take a more conservative approach. Instead, he was completely on board and told me not to worry about anything.
Rant: One week to taping of a TV show for local PBS affiliate, and I have a cold. You better believe I'm hammering the vitamins.
Rant: I delivered a standard for getting things done in a consistent way across my small company's projects. I went on vacation a week later and all of the PMs have decided to do the complete opposite and implement individual things for different projects. Worse, the execs are clapping like trained seals for this shit. Planning is getting spread across different task databases (within the same project) in Notion, google docs, google sheets, Notion pages, and more. Slack is starting to be used as the source of truth for documents in Google Drive because they just paste the links in there. When they do paste in Google Drive links to Notion (the alledged corporate "source of truth"), it's often just the link with zero context. Since GDrive links use ranodimzed characters for uniqueness, they're just this side of useless without that context.