The distinction I was meaning to make was that my bosses have not been white male Americans, although I see I wasn’t explicit with the “American” part. I thought that would be obvious by comparison with what the rest of the list was. I never mentioned minorities at all.
I was at the store shortly after it opened this morning, buying hair care products so I could take a shower. Got to overhear the manager tell his coworker about his health problems caused by an excess of narcotics while he was younger, plus celebrate that his convictions are now finally expunged so he no longer has to disclose them on job applications
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Do you think that @Ling ever regrets that one star trek comment?
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Certainly most quoted post ever.
Chaka Khan.
It’s me.
Hi.
I’m the problem.
It’s me.
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Must confess I have thought it would be fun to take a bus for a joy ride.
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The CEO 100%, undoubtedly, clearly, thinks I’m gay and married to my gay spouse.
I’m most certainly not, but my spouse is enby, accepting of whatever pronouns, and their name is androgynous. And I wasn’t sure that I saw any reason to correct the CEO. He didn’t seem to be homophobic about it, and if he was, it would feel weird to try to be like “oh no I’m not gay, don’t dislike me!”
Besides, I’m definitionally something other than straight, in the end.
I don’t see as if it is any of the CEO’s business. If you think it is going to impact your treatment at work, which hopefully it will not, how to proceed is indeed delicate.
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Doing my usual FT weekend reading and came across an article about the growing trend of libertarian eugenics in the US. It does seem that more extreme elements of the US population are determined to drag the US back to the past (that type of thing was a terrible idea back then and it seems to not have completely died out).
If it wasn’t for the need to pee, I don’t think I’d have gotten off the couch today.
Gatorade bottle?
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A friend was talking to a missionary from somewhere in the Sudan and he said his tribe only has language to count up to 20.
Kinda blew my mind, with all the math in my lifetime
That’s more sophisticated than “One, Two, Many”
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Even that’s better than “one, too many”
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My son is in Purdue Bay Alaska right now, and it’s getting dark FAST.
- Today: 1:43 hours of daylight
- Tomorrow: 1:16 hours of daylight
- Next day: 33 minutes of daylight
- Next day: No daylight.
Around here the sunrise/sunset might change 2-5 minutes per day, not by 45 minutes a day.
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Crazy, eh? The North has always fascinated me. Hope to do a short trip north of the Arctic Circle this winter. Have only gone in summertime previously.
yeah, if I ever retire I’m hoping to drive to the Yukon or the territories and do some hiking and fishing.
did that off Norway, March 2024