Part of why it’s so catchy for me is how it samples Suzanne Vega’s hit Tom’s Diner.
superduperpirate
joined 10 months ago
Signing him to that contract in the first place was one of the dumber moves in terms of roster construction I’ve ever seen (from someone not named Jerry Jones). Even a Deshaun Watson without the sexual assault habit wasn’t worth what they gave him.
I loved the Harpoon series of naval warfare simulation games. I haven’t played since the late 90s but they were a lot of fun.
Did my first parkrun on saturday. Finished in just over 36 minutes. Only walked about half of it. Was just as low key & low stress as I’d hoped, until my watch didn’t want to cooperate with exiting the timer and showing my barcode. Luckily i still had the page open on my phone’s browser.
Am wanting to return but won’t necessarily make it every weekend.
Actual swords or mall ninja stuff?
Who is that on the top left?
Dungeon grinding in your favorite MMO is a valid way to spend the day….
Provided that by doing so you’re not falling too far behind on life maintenance (laundry, grocery shopping, etc).
I mostly enjoy my job:
Good points:
- I have a very good boss who does her best to make our lives easier, and whose expectations of us are clear, consistent, and reasonable.
- I have an excellent benefits package.
- I have very good work-life balance.
- I have a very short commute.
- There’s an on-site fitness center that’s pretty nice and is open before work.
- I get along pretty well with my coworkers.
- I mostly like what I do, when I can get my brain to shut up and cooperate in actually getting some work done.
Bad points:
- I could probably get a sizable pay raise if I got a similar job in the private sector.
- Our institutional funding depends in part on the state legislature & gubernatorial executive actions so we can easily find ourselves with unstable funding.
- Because of budget crunch, we are in a hiring freeze and my department, who just lost a person to retirement, will probably be denied authorization to hire someone to fill the newly vacated spot.
Overall, it’s worth my while to stay here. At a minimum I will stay long enough to vest in the pension system, and because I hate job hunting with a passion, I’ll probably stay at least as long as my boss is here.
Very mild. I’ve seen freezing temperatures exactly once in the six+ years I’ve lived here.
This would totally be Brick from The Middle
Christmas music generally annoys the hell out of me too, at least the traditional kinds. Choral music, Mariah Carey, it fills me with rage, oddly enough.
I will share links for some styles of Christmas music I do enjoy.
There’s a guy who does a lot of Jazz loves Hip Hop mashups, including this one of Christmas standards This one used to be on YouTube, which is where I originally found it.
There’s a guy who does metal covers of Christmas standards
Mariah Carey in the style of Tool
Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer in the style of KoЯn
Afroman released A Colt 45 Christmas, which is hilarious & hilariously profane.
There’s a different guy who does metal covers of all kinds of music, including Christmas. Here’s a link to a playlist of his.
I haven’t posted on here, and that’s unlikely to change any time soon.
I comment in spurts: nothing at all for a few days, then several in a single day when topics pique my interest.
I’d like to see more content, particularly in the communities that I follow.