Author Archives: A Dreamer

More good news

Posted on November 23, 2020 by A Dreamer

Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine – 70% effective, 90% when done as a two dose regimen. There is a light at the end of the tunnel – just stay home and hang tight until we’re there. The only big downside I see … Continue reading →

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Whew, we have a turkey

Posted on November 22, 2020 by A Dreamer

Well, technically a bone in turkey breast, but WE HAVE IT! The plan was hit Giant, Lidl, Safeway, Giant, Safeway, Giant, Safeway, Giant and cry if that didn’t work. (Last year, I think I had to go as far as … Continue reading →

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We must be close to Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 21, 2020 by A Dreamer

The ice maker in the freezer has conked out. The other two times it has happened – the week (or day of) yes, you guessed it, Thanksgiving. The other two times it happened, it did just start working again within … Continue reading →

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Goooooooood morning!

Posted on November 21, 2020 by A Dreamer

So, my dumb ass was up until 2AM drinking and shooting the shit with my brother last night – I pushed my weekend alarm back an hour to 11:30, cause the plan was to SLEEP ALL THE SLEEPS. I woke … Continue reading →

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It. Got. Worse.

Posted on November 20, 2020 by A Dreamer

Yesterday afternoon, on top of everything else this week, I BROKE A CLIENT DATABASE. Test database, and they know we are Doing Things with it, so, not the end of the world, but FUCK ME. And mind you, this *was* … Continue reading →

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HOW IS IT NOT FRIDAY YET?

Posted on November 19, 2020 by A Dreamer

Everything this week has been like pulling teeth. One of my devs had Outlook eat a day of her emails, so a day lost where I was thinking she was just very busy (not unusual) when in fact, she had … Continue reading →

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What a fuckin’ day…

Posted on November 17, 2020 by A Dreamer

Not a bad day, just… a fuckin’ day. The thing I thought was broken last night – not broken, my dev walked me through the logic and yes, that made sense. Not the logic I would have used, but I … Continue reading →

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Whoa, settle down, brain

Posted on November 17, 2020 by A Dreamer

I watched the SpaceX launch the other night – being of the Challenger generation, I usually do *not* watch these, but I did and it was pretty cool. Then last night my brain thought, “Hey, lets have a dream that … Continue reading →

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Hey, a little good news this morning

Posted on November 16, 2020 by A Dreamer

Looks like Moderna’s vaccine is doing really well in testing – near 95% effective! Now if we can just get folks to just not do things between now and when we can get those jabs. One of many disappointing things … Continue reading →

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I’m very tired

Posted on November 15, 2020 by A Dreamer

The fact that this country is filled with selfish people is not a news flash. But I am so very, very tired over the fact that there are so many people that just don’t care about others – at all. … Continue reading →

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