We have homegrown software at work that is obsolete amd probably about to break (fingers crossed it limps along for awhile). No one wrote down anything about how it was developed and it isn’t easy to update. IT people tell me it’s easier to start from scratch. It looks like shit and people hate it because it seems old…

Spouses on a work trip? Thoughts? Tips? My wife is a bit sick of my travel. I also think she is under the impression that international business travel is fun. It’s grueling and boring. She’s requested to join me on next trip. Will be somewhere in Europe...TBD. I’m fine with it, but I think she’ll be bored. She’s not…

How long can I make a car last? For well over a decade, I had a one hour each way commute to and from work. It was sometimes more (snow, rain, sunshine) and for many years was in unpleasant traffic (I-95 and the beltway). It was financially based. Either I couldn’t afford to live close to work or my partner and I…

I have family in Austin and the recent explosion was a few miles from my parents home. I really feel stressed and more resources have to go into finding this terrorist fucker.

A trip to see the in laws. I don’t associate with them now for....reasons. My wife wants to see her family. That’s normal and legit. It’s not an easy place to fly to and then you have to rent a car so a solo trip is expensive. Flight + car + hotel. We can drive there in about 7 hours from our home and I will gladly do…

I’m trying to streamline my packing. I’d like to make my next business trip with a purse and carry on only. I’m departing on Sunday and arriving Monday. I have meetings on Tues and Wed and then departing on Thursday afternoon. I think I can do this. Advice? My biggest issue might be liquids to be honest. I also have…

I’ve been sick with a cold/ chronic cough since Jan 1. I am tired. I am on inhalers that hurt my throat. I lose my voice at 2pm every day. I am dropping balls as work ( I have an over due expense report FFS). Now, I need a fucking root canal and I have to make another international trip for a stupid project to a…

I’m a big nerd. I love science fiction. I’ll watch almost any kind of sci-fi t.v. show even if it objectively bad. I am, admittedly, more of a t.v. person than a movie person. I have just ignored all star wars things though. I went to see the Phantom Menace in the theater a million years ago. I thought it…

I’ve spent years feeling emotionally exhausted because I didn’t care for myself. I’ve neglected my physical and emotional well being to the point of illness, accidental weight loss of 20 lbs, and other serious issues. I’ve worked hard to change. The last two weeks have been rough for me. Really rough. But I’ve coped…

The discussion of friends flaking got to me. One of my goals since my life went to shit is to get out more and make more friends. To build my own life and happiness. Not easy. I’ve gone to meet up groups. Tried to be open to meeting new people. I’ve tried to foster existing friends. I was an absent friend for years…

We had some crazy troll shit and our mod(s?) came through like the amazing mods they are. THANK YOU. I realize this is probably a rude post or a call out. Maybe I’ll get banned. I really am annoyed though and what’s the point of sitting by nicely and doing nothing. I feel myself drifting away and I love this place.…

Whatcha drinking. I have a few bottles of this and I am loving it! I also downloaded the vivino app. Fun!

I worked my ass of last year. Almost to the point of getting sick. Today, I got news about my bonus. Its good. Tens of thousands of dollars good (not crazy for my role and industry). I can now be debt free (minus modest student loan debt). I will have a savings account and 401k and good credit. This has never happened…

I have a meeting on Monday to talk about a temp reassignment at work. I really need this. My current manager is bonkers. We had a fight about MATH because he kept telling me I overspent my budget for something when I had, actually, underspent by several thousand $. The money was in two “pots” that I was…

After years of arguing with HR that my salary offer should not be contigent upon the candidates curent salary....it’s now against company policy. This makes me happy. Good for women and minorities who get stuck in low salaries after one bad deal/negotiation.

Should have stopped reading years ago. This is so stupid I can’t even hate read it anymore. Why is so hard to find interesting online content that isn’t stupid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-angry.html