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After the "severing" on Wednesday, I closeted myself in my office to polish my resume and begin waking up all my possible contacts. Several went big for me. Alteryx, a low-code analytics platform I have contributed to heavily both in my previous role and outside of it, is standing firm with me. I received word from them they not only still want me for the conference next month, where I was to be a "Company" speaker, but they are covering my expenses while there. They also have asked for my CV and already have spoken to someone to at the least become a paid consultant for them for a Professional Services program they offer to their clients. Might even get a real offer out of it too. My network here in Tampa is heavily in the Tech space, with many meetups for young devs, data science, and other groups I am active in. I've already had 3 initial interviews today. Two of which seem like realistic positions I can see myself in. Two other interviews and a lunch meeting with a CTO on Monday too. I was pretty down on Wed/Thurs but to see the amount of support I am receiving and the kind of ridiculous response, I did not expect to have any interviews for weeks, let alone a practical half dozen in 48 hrs. The effort I put in doing meetups, speaking engagements, going to coding sessions, or mentoring the young and beginning coding groups over the years has paid serious dividends.

Well… Ava got her home run off Emmy. It was a good pitch. Congrats to her for getting it. But Emmy got the last laugh. Floyd won 16-4. Emmy pitched 4 innings getting 8 strike outs. She went 3 for 4 at the plate with 2 RBI’s.

Many thanks friends. Just got home and am enjoying this. It is delicious and the kindness most appreciated.

Jax texted me saying the evil cats won’t let me eat their food.

Squirrel!

Why aren't you here throwing the frisbee? We don't care about your stinking mortgage!

If she was texting me, she would probably say "I'm not dead, please dig me up"

At my work, they have cutouts of birds to scare off potential window crashes. Maybe the museum could put up cutouts of people to keep them from cracking their noggins.

This little girl will take her team and try to open up a can of whoop ass!

Was excellent

I think those particular Airedales have perks my union can only dream of.

Airedales would all complain about the lack of perks here at Aero Airedales.

We have bulk trash 11 months a year in our city. November is omitted for obvious reasons. It’s a badge of shame if your bulk trash doesn’t get taken by the scrappers first.

Snacks, more snacks! The little F’r got me the other day as I usually give him a few treats when I leave for work. WOChrisL was getting more coffee shortly before I left so gave him treats but didn’t tell me. As I came down, Jack was carrying on & nosing me like he usually does so I gave him treats. My wife heard me giving him treats and tried to tell me but he scarfed the second treats before I could pick them back up! I also notice that he prefers to be carried directly from one bed to another at night. He can no longer do the stairs so I pick him up from his downstairs bed & carry him up. He used to squirm at the top of the stairs so I’d let him down & he’d walk to bed. Now he just lets me carry him all the way to his upstairs bed.

Right about now? ‘Bout the same as your hot neighbor sent you: ”Lose my number and leave me the hell alone”

Both times we tried that, it backfired - the younger dog corrupted the older one.

She would say that she’s a cat and I should stop calling her a dog

...what would it say?

I haven't told Ylva yet. Couch

Why not?

Floyd Central faces one of our biggest competitors Bedford North Lawrence. Their catcher is tied for the most HR at their school. She hopes to break that record tonight. Floyd's pitcher is hoping she stays tied for at least one more game. They have kinda a crappy record but are 2-0 in conference play. Floyd is 3-0. They may be 6-7-1 overall, but when Floyd comes into Bedford you can throw that shit away. It will most likely be a dogfight tonight with the winner taking sole lead of our conference.

Proud Hippie !!

@Longjohn

He is always getting into mischief, I’m not surprised.

This is green chili sauce made from puréed chilies, but I’d wanted to make chunky sauce with onions and tomatoes and chopped chilies. I didn’t have any tomatoes in the pantry, though.

Not Wild Sister is visiting so we went to a small museum yesterday. It had a nice art and sculpture section, but it also had a cute small natural history section aimed mostly at kids. They had a large diorama with an outdoor setting with replicas of various birds and other animals by a lakeside. There was a bench opposite the diorama where you could just sit and stare at it. The bench was incredibly relaxing because the lights were auto adjusted to go through daytime, dusk, nighttime and daybreak. As the lights changed the animal sounds adjusted for the animals that were active at that time of the day. I felt very meditative just sitting on the bench watching the lights and listening to the animal sounds. Except for some reason, the glass/plastic cover to the diorama angled outwards, so that it was closer to the diorama on the bottom and then slowly angled out to the viewers on top. Plus it was very clear and hard to see, especially when the lights were dim. In the few minutes we were sitting there two people hit their heads on the glass. I can't imagine this doesn't happen on a regular basis all day long. The people going "ouch" were the only thing to disrupt my meditative moments at the diorama.

There was a thread for him t’other day. One of his first bands, Second Coming included a keyboard player named Reese Wayans who later joined Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. This is one of my favorite of his compositions. He practiced in a Macon cemetery and titled the tune after a headstone he saw there while he was playing.

Have you ever seen grandparents wearing t-shirts of their really ugly grandchildren and cringe? Well, I'm now that guy...kind of. Couch

Uh, just how reckless is your barber??? Sounds like we’re talking full-on Van Gogh here. Edit: I see @JerrySTL beat me there…

20.1 miles on the tandem.

Why didn’t you get them all cut at once?

Not as bad as when Dr Doolittle asked to talk to the Indian Chiefs sheep though. The Chief refused saying "Sheep Lie!!"

And I was hoping to show you a different side of Florida!

Hmmmm....... Our Aussie is in her 12th year. This would be about the time. Not sure I want to do it yet, though. We have a 3 week vacation that wouldn't work with a pup and an old dog. Not enough space in the truck

@Kzoo Lawn and Legal Services has acquired the majority of their fleet of non running lawn care equipment on bulk disposal day.

But if you leave the top off the can and let it become paint/cement, it’s ok to dispose of with regleear trash

Nah, just wipe it down with alcohol. That will fix the visibility issue.

Half? Friggin’ slackers. Here, they have never let me down, having taken every single thing I’ve ever put out. The pinnacle was a computer chair that the cat had destroyed the side of. It sat out back by my trash cans all winter, while I kept putting off taking it to the landfill. It was covered in dead leaves and everything. One day, on a whim, I set it out by the road. Two days and it was gone.

FIFY!

It's hard to remember to do those things with a concussion.

24.51 miles on the road bike.

23 mile group ride tonight on the Stradalli.

That is the canine version of dyslexia. It is called Pisslegxia