Sometimes I like to start my mornings out by reading one of my favorite news aggregation websites, Slashdot. Slashdot is typically for computer geeks in general and UNIX geeks like myself, in particular. One article from Vice really caught my attention. The article is titled, Ohio Has Stopped Kicking Workers Off Unemployment After A Hacker…
A Bundle of Nerves
Last night was a particularly bad night because I was unable to sleep despite taking an Ambien. Typically I joke that Ambien is the chemical mallet but certainly it was not for me this time. I guess I did not predict how difficult it would be for me to go back to work. I’ve been…
Some Updates
Despite the weather, today has been a good day. This morning I managed to get my free-to-me HP Envy 4500 scanner working again. It turns out that it helps to use the right keywords when searching for solutions to problems. Previously I had been searching with the keywords “scanner not working.” What I should have…
New Job, New Jitters
This morning I had the orientation for the new job that I am supposed to start on Monday, May 11th. It was an orientation via Cisco Webex which consisted of a high level overview of everything. I know I at least have the basic ability to handle it yet I am nervous and jittery. The…
Self Realization
I have realized something very important about myself and that is my default emotion is anger. When experts talk of emotion and emotional intelligence, they talk of anger management and anger control. Today I had a sudden epiphany as to why I am so angry, combative, and impatient all of the time. My anger actually…
Freecycle is Great
If you have not checked it out already, Freecycle is well worth exploration. It is similar to Craigslist but everything you post must be free. The idea is keeping things out of a landfill by giving them away to people in need. Freecycle, as the name implies, is free and it is against policy to…
Protesting the Quarantine
I will never understand what goes through (or does not go through) the quarantine protestors’ minds. I pity them because Coronavirus has a lethality for which nobody alive has currently seen. The last pandemic with this level of danger was the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918. COVID19 is neither hoax nor joke and those that…
Adopting an Older Kitty
This morning I’ve decided to do a little write-up on how (and why) to adopt an older kitty. Sometimes older cats are overlooked for kittens and younger ones. There is perception that older kitties are somehow used up, will require special needs, or are somehow damaged goods in some way. I am hoping to dispel…
America’s Quintessential Flaw
America ultimately has one major quintessential flaw and that is the worship of money. Americans bow down so low to the almighty dollar that we are willing to forgive most transgressions of the wealthy because we generally view the wealthy as more intelligent, morally superior, and as having better genetic stock. This has been the…
Jesse Ventura and the Green Party
I really and truly hope that Jesse Ventura decides to run for president this year (2020) because he has the name recognition that other Green Party candidates do not have. I believe that Ventura has the name recognition to potentially steal a minimum of 5% of the vote from both the Democrats and the Republicans….