I've been hearing things for months ( and I can't recall where) which is bizarro because I don't follow standup and my only exposure to that world is public radio (I can pinpoint Snap Judgement and Bullseye for mentions of him and Tig Nsomething and then somewhere about their break.)

My industry had its own earthquakes last..year? I was done giving any benefit of doubt, unmoved by redemption stories or apologies or whatever bullshit.

The problem is with men. They gotta fix it. They gotta want to and hold themselves accountable. You don't get redemption, just quit being awful, but no cookies for being less awful. Fuck the patriarchy and misogyny.

Good job, Matilda! (And OMGWTF middle school?!, but I feel that way about Tickybox, too.)

On the one hand, sometimes I feel out of the loop on work things, because my work team is 3 hours ahead of me AND I'm nocturnal. On the other hand, man are they thankful that I'm always around later than them, because when the PtB finally give the signal to publish for our (delayed, so delayed!) tech preview, I can deal with documentation wrangling.

If we do end up moving again (ha ha ha i am not at all slightly hysterical about this possibility), it would at least be to EST, which would mean no more 7AM meetings.

Suzi, just catching up. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Cannot handle Matilda in middle school.

I'm sorry about your aunt, Suzi.

Good for Matilda!

I am not aging at all. Nope. These kids keep growing up and I'm staying right here.

It's finally gotten cold here. So relieved. I've filled the patio cats' little houses with straw and they're happy with that. Time for me to haul out the sweater collection!

You put sweaters on the patio cats? :)

I got up and came to work on my day off, which seems not to have been enough to get stuff done. Now I guess I actually have to start doing it??

Well, seemingly chicken sweaters are a thing ...

In unrelated craft news, I recently got a copy of Star Trek Cross Stitch. Some interesting patterns, including one with the phrase "He's dead, Jim" with a border of crewmen lying toes-up.