Random bits from the early stages of my reboot

[cjsmith]

First few days on the job have felt a bit hectic with no particularly good cause. I’ve been thinking for three days “I will do laundry this evening” and for various reasons it hasn’t happened.

I can take restroom breaks at work. (There’s a server rack in there. At Old Job it was a big organizer full of medical supplies. Plus ça change...) I can even eat lunch, and what’s more, it’s brought to us automatically every day for free.

Yesterday on my commute I had to brake to avoid a heron.

Funniest headline I’ve seen today: “The Man Trying to Make Sense of Brexit is Tired and Would Like to Stop Now”. (NY Times so I won’t link it, paywall. Posted on work’s #random Slack channel.)

Comments

[siliconshaman]

There's still someone trying to make sense of Brexit?!

[cjsmith]

Well, as they say, he’s getting tired. :)

[siliconshaman]

I'm not surprised... trying to make sense out of the ravings of a bunch of loonies.

[hitchhiker]

my favourite recent thing on brexit: https://twitter.com/Left_Of_London/status/1111883850869809152

"The year is 3038. Parliament enact the weekly ritual of voting down "Theresa May's Deal". No one can remember how this ancient tradition started or what it means."

[cjsmith]

Not tall enough.

[hitchhiker]

it was in reply to "Theresa May ponders fourth bid to pass deal" - they're saying that it's pratically becoming a parliamentary ritual where may proposes a deal and then parliament votes it down

[cjsmith]

Thanks.

The whole thing just seems really sad to me. (I realize I know very little about it.)

[hitchhiker]

yeah, it's pretty sad, especially if they go through with it :( a lot of people are going to suffer.

[cjsmith]

Yep, that’s the sense I get, and the seeming inability to see a path back to not going through with it is painful to watch.