Bit of a weird writing time right now. I normally do this either first thing in the morning, or right after I finish work. Because they’re doing this Field of Dreams game on FOX, what I’d normally be watching is preempted. It’s not yet time for Jeopardy!. So knock things out before that comes on…
First up? Looks like I probably should get another shot. While much of what I’ve been consuming lately is decidedly opposed to the vaccine(s), I’m already down the road with it, so why not continue? I am saying, however, forcefully, that I will avoid doing business with companies that are asking to see customers’ proof of vaccine. Yeah, I got it. No, you can’t see it, and you can kiss my dollars goodbye. It’s none of your fucking business.; Just like it’s not any of my business what you chose to have for breakfast this morning.
Next, Afghanistan. The US and the UK are running away. An orderly end was planned, but the new Administration had to do something different than the bad orange man.
That’s fine. We’re finished. You failed. Move onto something else.
As far as Britney, she’s free. That one is a bit of a different take. It’s over. Her dad sortakinda didn’t fail. Move on.
I’m not working tomorrow. Whatever. I still have something like 80 hours’ PTO I need to figure out how burn before the end of the calendar year.
Name some annoyances that may seem trivial, but drive you crazy
There’s so many. “Negative impact.” No, it’s a negative effect. Or something could negatively affect something else. A negative impact is a vacuum; it sucks.
People saying “backslash” when reading a standard URL. There are occasionally web apps, and the like that use a \ in a URL. That said, for the vast, vast, vast majority of sites, it’s a forward slash /.
It’s related to the underlying FHS, if you’re a nerd, and care about that sort of thing.