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perils of working from home

Imagine this: It’s 2 pm. You’re sitting down to a late lunch. In fact, you have just taken your ramen out of the microwave, brought it to your desk, and sat in your chair. Before you pick up your chopsticks, your phone rings. It’s your boss. He wants to talk about the [client] project, about which y...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Jan. 3, 2025

bluey merch for the bluey fandom

“What’s Bluey? Is that like Blue’s Clues?” – me, who lives under a rock (It’s not Blue’s Clues.) This came up over Thanksgiving break when we were shopping for Christmas presents for BB. Mom said he loves rocking out to the Bluey theme song but mostly ignores the episodes. Based on that, I figured...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Dec. 28, 2024

the house of bb

It’s finally time for our new annual family tradition of Christmas at brother's house. I got express service this time, meaning that Mom and Dad picked me up on the way there (instead of me taking the train up to the main station to take the other train down to parents' house to drive all the way ba...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Dec. 24, 2024

eggmas / death stalks at every turn

egg! egg! egg!!! Feeling overtaxed by my own social/gaming schedule right now, aka a problem entirely of my own making. Today is THE FIRST DAY OF NOTN WOOOOO. But also, I have raid from 1-4. Then nap. Then in the evening, we’re playing the hottest new game of the year, V Rising. To back up slightly...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Dec. 23, 2024

holiday season 2k24

NotN is coming in three days! (egg egg egg egg egg) Vibrating with excitement over here. In 2022 I got 64 eggs, and last year I got 47, so for this year I’ve set a modest goal of 50 (because it would feel bad to get less every year). As always, I’m impressed that people literally live in the coli du...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Dec. 20, 2024

bullish on the pancake market

Apparently, it’s a saying that the first pancake is always lumpy. It’s a motivational saying indicating that your first effort may not be great, but it paves the way for better efforts to come. I’ve never heard this as a saying. However, it is empirically true. The first pancake is always lumpy. How...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Dec. 18, 2024

the hunt for ralts

I’ve decided: We really need a Ralts. To assist in this endeavor, I’ve written up a set of guidelines for the Minimally Acceptable Ralts.At least one main skill trigger by level 50 (can be either ability or nature) and a second one by 100. (ofc, the sooner the better)No ingredient+ skills/nature (u...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Dec. 16, 2024

“mid”

“We had the office holiday party today,” I said. “It was mid.” “You’re not allowed to say ‘mid,’ ” HGR said. “We have a word for ‘mid.’ It’s mediocre.” “It was better than mediocre. It was mid.” “I don’t buy it.” I was going to write about the holiday party, but I don’t have a lot to say, since it w...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Dec. 6, 2024

family christmas tree, cont.

I decorated the family Christmas tree on Saturday morning. There’s so much memory and history invested in my parents’ tree. Here’s a hand-quilted star made by Mom with a photo of my brother at one year old. (Dad saw the photo and exclaimed “BB!”) Here’s a pair of wooden ornaments: a carved nativity ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Dec. 1, 2024

the family christmas tree

It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving, and I’m heading to my parents’ house. It happened like this: I originally planned to spend Thanksgiving at home, and Christmas with the rest of the family. Then my parents persuaded me to come down for half of Thanksgiving weekend as well. They originally suggeste...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Nov. 29, 2024

the passage of time, and other nonexistent things

Last week was the first snowfall of the year. I wanted to go walk in the snow, opened my closet to get my black winter coat, and couldn’t find it. Where’d my coat go?? Answer: I don’t have a black winter coat any more. I replaced it years ago (2019 maybe? pretty sure it was pre-covid) with a gray wi...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Nov. 28, 2024

long lived the queen

newbie and HGR were planning to watch anime after raid today. “Or even during raid,” said HGR, “considering who we’re fighting.” We beat Sphene EX today, which is good, because we don’t have to come back to it after Thanksgiving. Another good thing: For the ice tethers, I only got front positions. (...

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Achaius (Lvl. 47) - Nov. 27, 2024

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