Monthly Archives: December 2020

Happy Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2020 by A Dreamer

And not a moment too soon – not loving the pitch black upon waking up. Bring on the longer days. (Though Weather Underground tells me tomorrow will only have an additional 1 second of daylight. At least it’s going in … Continue reading →

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Very out of sorts today

Posted on December 20, 2020 by A Dreamer

No idea what in particular has gotten me off my game, but just feeling at loose ends. It’s probably just that I’m so fucking tired of everything. It was too cold to get out walking today, which probably didn’t help. … Continue reading →

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More cookies acquired!

Posted on December 19, 2020 by A Dreamer

Now we definitely have enough for distribution and increased pandemic snacking. And a couple of ham & cheese croissants to boot. And a couple chocolate swiss army knives and white chocolate snowman lollipops for stockings. I have no impulse control. … Continue reading →

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Little Christmas Miracles

Posted on December 18, 2020 by A Dreamer

I don’t know what made me go back and look again at the most recent status email on this feature I’m testing that the bug assigner sends – it’s basically the same thing every week, the only thing that changes … Continue reading →

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How am I awake?

Posted on December 18, 2020 by A Dreamer

Didn’t get to bed til around midnight – wide awake at 6:15 AM. Which, given that we’ve got a half day today and they’re moving some servers I use at 1PM so I can’t work past that, and I have … Continue reading →

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No good deed and all that…

Posted on December 17, 2020 by A Dreamer

So, those 9 bugs I found working on this new feature? (Now 10 after yesterday?) They’ll ALL got assigned back to me for retesting, with an email asking if it could be done by 12/22… Theoretically, I can check for … Continue reading →

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Happy Hump Day!

Posted on December 16, 2020 by A Dreamer

I think? I am not great with time these days and the upcoming holidays are not helping. I have a big feature test I’m working on – needs to be done by 1/6 and my brain keeps going, “That’s the … Continue reading →

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2020 has the worst writers

Posted on December 15, 2020 by A Dreamer

Seriously, the first vaccines are administered the same day the electoral college meets to make Biden’s win official – how hackneyed and overwrought can you get? I’m still hung up on the fact that we don’t technically know if the … Continue reading →

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Oh…

Posted on December 14, 2020 by A Dreamer

So last night before bed I was reading this Vaccine Q&A over on NPR and buried down in the 9th section is this bit below (emphasis mine) which just had me going, OH COME ON, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! … Continue reading →

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Oof

Posted on December 13, 2020 by A Dreamer

Yesterday was oddly hard. Or frustrating, not sure the best way to describe it. I should preface this with the disclaimer that on the whole, the pandemic has been pretty easy for me. I don’t have kids or elderly relatives … Continue reading →

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