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@blizzardfox.bsky.social
Norcal Drox. Straight as an arrow, possibly 💓 on someone. Luxury travel, cars, pinball and whiskey. 1/5 of SnowFox Cabin Crew. Media Relations for cons. Old enough to use the Oxford comma, young enough to not when warranted. He/Him
I'm out for my 4 miles of Sunday contemplation. No running, no pace meeting. My brain took that to mean we had time to think of a truly awful pickup line.
"Hey there. You look like you don't have a single mean bone in your body.
Want one?"
I gave them a truthful and heartfelt apology that I couldn't make it work and get them an exemption. I meant it. I still mean it. My teams mean a lot to me. Their happiness and comfort is there so they can succeed.
The second you start looking at folks as employees and not people you need to leave
But to them it's not enough. Maybe I should go to another program and let them have a more hands off leader so they can see what the other side of the fence lives with.
I've gone to the mat for these folks so SO much. I've taken so many swords for them. Worked late, woken up early, so they wouldn't be asked to jump on calls.
To have them basically their a tantrum over this is kind of offensive at this point. I'm not some do nothing chief. I've done everything
My employer is implementing return to work. Two days a week. Now, I've always done that since the jump. My teams, however, have been able to be permanent telework. Needless to say they're not taking it well. I fought for an exemption for them. Hard. I lost.
That said, their response is burning me.
When they take Taco Tuesday in the employee suggestion box literally.
Listening to Goldfinger and feeling like Brian David Gilbert at the end of the Fallout Music Unraveled video:
"I've never skanked so hard in my life."
If people begin aggressively clapping behind him it'll be the last they ever see of me.
*having just cut in line in front of the guy from the Macarena*
Him: HEYYYYYYYYY
*having just cut in line in front of the guy from the Macarena*
Him: HEYYYYYYYYY
With a new pin coming I'm mulling the addition of Invisaglass to it and Metallica. Basically an ultra low reflectivity glass that makes playfield visibility much better.
Waterboarding someone while screaming "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?"
Blasting Rockapella to create a hostile sound environment.
Using the research computer to find out information on their background and threatening their family.
The usual.
I slept like a cat on fire in a dumpster, which is to say not at all. So today's mood is very very much this.
Watching Breaking Bad in reverse so I can see a hardened methamphetamine dealer rehabilitate, beat cancer and become a high school science teacher.
Where am I supposed to go for casual under the table grindage?
Only a check of court records and law enforcement databases to see if you're subject to a no weapons order or have been put on an involuntary hold. It's not hugely robust by any measure, but it helps.
They make us take that test to get our firearms owner certificate here in CA. Mind you, the test is like:
"What's the safest direction to point a gun?
A) At Grandma
B) Up in the sky
C) At a bus full of orphans and puppies
D) Downrange away from all people, animals and occupied buildings"
I legit bought a few bags that I just snacked on. Also everyone there is SO nice!
It was so good! They have a KILLER bakery, cook to order food, a soup and salad bar and they sell these big bags of garlic butter crostini for $2.99!
I went to a single location family owned grocery store in Oregon that was incredible.
Moved a bunch of stuff around in my dining room and now I have space for a second pinball machine in there. I guess this is really happening! Machine number 4, here I come!
That seems like a good spot. 25/26 is right around the time you've been out of school a few years (if you took that route), you're building a career and a routine. I mostly just want a night that ends at a semi-reasonable time w/o screaming and carrying on. FC does a lot of this really well.
The concept of 'otter space' as created in other artist's renderings apparently also applies to some people in the real world.
I'm starting to put together smaller trips to places like all inclusives to fill that gap. It kinda screens out the wild and young by nature of cost and time.
Yeah I'm basically on board for a 21+ "quiet con". You can come to the old dad con as a 21 year old if you're going to be chill and relaxed. If you're going to do whippits in the hallway and blast EDM from a Bluetooth speaker, you're getting ejected.