Mark

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Me: “Check the beard, note the grey. Do you really think there’s anything that computer can do that I can’t handle?”

Wasn’t quite to Ron Swanson level, but close.

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Sorry for the firm third answer Microcenter dude. When I say I don’t want the warranty I mean it. There’s absolutely nothing in a refurbished desktop for my home lab that I can’t fix. 😐

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The hardest I have ever laughed at any movie was this scene…as a former tour audio engineer who also ran a couple of venues this had me and my colleagues literally rolling on the floor.

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If I’d had a pocket knife…

Attended a very warm and humid, thankfully short, but very sweet wedding ceremony.

Courtesy of traffic I made it to my seat just before the important people walked in. 😬

This is your reminder that tack stitches should be removed from suits and sport coats, folks. Don’t make me bring scissors.

Can I suggest that anyone who works for MnDOT in a planning capacity be DNH’ed for future work?

a cartoon character says i 'm shocked in front of a fence Alt: I’m shocked. Shocked! Well not that shocked.

Corruption in Texas?

‘They control everything’: How the Dallas Stars monopolized Texas youth hockey — USA TODAY Ice is power in the lucrative world of youth hockey. In North Texas, the Dallas Stars hold almost all of it.

Oh my god. There is no excuse for this. None. What absolutely rotten, shitty greed.

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Sorry. Been a day and I’m not about to waste my time being lectured by keyboard rage baiters.

And if you don’t think Rogan and his ilk are a problem, or that the answer is “don’t try to teach young men anything they just suck” then you’re either a doomer or naive and I’ve got no patience or time for you.

I had a podcast. You know why I stopped? Because I got fucking death threats from the right. That’s why.

So don’t fucking @ me about “idea man”. When you get GOPers threatening to poison your dogs then you can open your fucking mouth.

Yeah, I’ll block left-ragewankers just as fast as GOP assholes. Just because you don’t like my answer doesn’t mean I’m wrong.

Young men getting right wing politics shoved up their penises because these opportunistic personalities found a talk track that resonates is absolutely a political problem on top of the even worse societal one.

Right. So there needs to be a feed of healthy “hey this is how to relate to people and lead with your big head rather than your small one”.

Otherwise the meatheads take over, teach that sex is the be-all end-all for measuring relationships, and they’re off to the toxic races.

The problem is ABSOLUTELY upstream of it.

These assholes are targeting teens and young men who frankly are either in puberty or fresh out of it.

We know men take longer on average to mentally and emotionally mature than women, and these vultures both create and solve the “problem”.

Go look at the top 50 podcasts and try to say that with a straight face.

It doesn’t matter if you, or I, or people we know don’t have the problem. It matters that there’s a trend in society.

If you don’t provide healthy information the toxic crap fills the gap.

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Same.

That’s about as Minnesota as it gets. Add ope and you might be verging on Coen Brothers.

Yeah, I get blocked too. Their asshole admins block whole ISPs.

I’d say Winnipeg should be a major city but looking at just Minneapolis is a common misunderstanding of this metro area’s size.

My mutuals if I ever stop posting:

There was a tree against some lines outside the neighborhood earlier today. Guessing maybe they hadn’t gone to remove it until now. 🤷‍♂️

a man in a white shirt and black tie is sitting in a chair holding a microphone . Alt: Airplane, a man with a power cord plugging it back in

Annnnnd back.

Power out. Great. Nice work Xcel, this is supposed to happen DURING a storm, not the night after.

Ok, since a few folks have pinged me.

Yes, I’m a professional in some facets of cybersecurity.

No, I have no idea what happened in St. Paul. I don’t work with the city and even if I did I wouldn’t give details.

It’s too early for any commentary on the threat actor or root cause.

Yeah…it’s pretty technical stuff, and I have to be an expert on the entire platform in order to demo and position it.

Scratches the geek itch, though! 🤓

I’m chomping to be done with the three months of onboarding. Then it gets fun.

It’s usually a mild downhill at the new job. 😉

Just a lot of onboarding which gets mind-numbing after a few hours, and I will say a week of being around everyone except for sleep last week in Boston had me on the edge of feral.

Pretty much everyday.

After a week of travel and being around other folks all day every day, I’m FINALLY starting to feel like myself again.

I can socialize with the best of them, but that’s a long stretch for any introvert, even one who likes people like I do.