Sent out a notice to all staff about something I was going to do tomorrow, any questions, ask me. Got questions, lots of them, answered them, but got pissed off that they were basically questioning my judgment and whether I'd considered all the angles (on a routine but not often task). In the end, while waiting for the nervous nellies to give the all clear on me going my task, I finally get the ED, the instigator of the nervous nellies, to say he'll defer to my judgment.

Dude, lead with that. I know what I'm doing, and that is far more than you do. I've done this same task over the past five years. I'm being transparent by letting you know what I'm about to do, not actually looking for an oversight committee.

And yet, I feel belatedly like an ass for getting aggravated over the interrogations because I specifically ask At every announcement of my task if there are any questions. God, I need Prozac.

PBS Idea Channel is amazing! It seems like everything I've ever thought was cool, this guy has done an episode on it already. And he can pack a lot into five-seven minutes (plus letter-reading).

Adventure Time and third wave feminism: [link]

Orphan Black: [link]

Why are there so many superhero movies? [link]

Ms. Marvel: [link]

And a lot more!

I watched the ice cube Going Deep last night. I liked it!

It seems like everything I've ever thought was cool, this guy has done an episode on it already.

Totally cool! I must go share the BMO piece with everybody in the world.

Ok, so this week's Hotel Hell is in the town my grand parents retired to near the farm and where my cousin and cousin-in-law live and these owners are out of towners and it is SMALL TOWN MN and I can't see this ending well after tonight.

It's more painful than the one in my hometown. At least that owner was semi local...

I'm eating blueberries with lemon curd. A++ would recommend.

Mmm I love lemon curd.

David, once you fall down the rabbit hole of the PBS Idea Channel, it's hard to come back out.

My upstairs neighbor's new live-in bf is into loud, thumpy, late-night video gaming. So now I'm into sleeping with earplugs. And also sleeping through my alarm, if this morning was any indication.

Amyth, if you've asked the neighbor without a result, let the landlords know. I don't think they're inclined to put up with that if they know about it.

So I was away all weekend and I came home and the neighborhood had some fireworks going, and TNG was nervous.

... but I was foolish and didn't remember the Fourth of July, so when I woke up this morning there was a mess of "presents" for me in the kitchen. So I gave her some meds and locked the poor thing in the garage for the day. I just don't have the energy to scrub the carpets again (and I'm out of Nature's Miracle).

Calli, I haven't talked with the neighbors, but I probably will. A, above you, heard his video games through the firewall between our units and y'alls and thought it was coming from a car at first, but then it went on so long she realized it was coming from the other half of the building. If she can hear it to the point that it disturbs her, it must be bad.

ita ! My husband's company is opening an LA office and hiring a bunch of people. I'm not sure if there's anything suitable but they are hiring several BA-type roles (Functional Analyst is one, although I think it might be a more junior-type job than you're qualified for). Anyway, this is the link to the listings:

[link]

If anything sounds good, tell them Robert Atkinson sent you. If you want to know more about the company let me know and I can pass on questions.