So, I was dropping off the groceries at my friend/mentor, C, when the topic got on to how work is just frying me, and I'm not sure if there is an end in sight, and C said that what is going on right now with the level of (over)work expected of me was almost as bad as what happened with M.

She mentioned that she tried to talk to our then shared ( Read more... )

So this week I've been revisiting the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, the longest running and deadliest motorcycle race in the world.

TT3D: Closer to the Edge is a very fun documentary made about the 2010 TT, spotlighting one racer in particular, Guy Martin, who is ... unique. (He was diagnosed a few years back as being on the autism spectrum.)

There ( Read more... )

This is a dramatic re-enactment of an actual deposition.

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I once had to work closely with a person (M) who was this fucking stupid and this fucking literal, and OMG, it was horrible.

Today at work was the sort of day that brings to mind the old adage, "Prepare for the worst and all your surprises will be pleasant."

No, really, it was one damn'd MFing thing after another today.