{"id":3736,"date":"2021-11-22T16:26:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:26:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:26:55","slug":"twenty-two-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2021\/11\/22\/twenty-two-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Productive day, I suppose.  I don&#8217;t really know how to describe what I&#8217;m feeling, honestly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did get an enthusiastic thumbs-up on my idea.  Maybe that&#8217;ll be something I can try as a test-run on Wednesday, since I&#8217;m not working that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the tack I&#8217;m going to take to start is to select three stories, and do re-examinations on each of them, see if it matches what was reported a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the tagline on this blog is &#8220;everything gets deleted, eventually,&#8221; I do know that it&#8217;s possible to go back and see what was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oddly enough, I just saw something I wrote on this day in 2014.  Holy fuck was that a horrible situation.  Essentially what happened is that I took a job that was not really necessarily up-my-alley.  I needed money.  There was a contract change underway, and they hired me as the junior person on the contract.  My job really was to warm a seat.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then they couldn&#8217;t reach an agreement with the in-place capture of the senior person for the position.  They promoted me to fill the senior position.  Without a single additional cent in salary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was awesome.  After something like eighteen months in that mess, I left for something that was differently awful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever.  It&#8217;s all over now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On to other things&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I need to figure out a few more prompts for the next week or so.  Hmmm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Somehow I got on a mailing list &#8212; WordGenius.  (Let&#8217;s not start with how I consciously try to avoid using overly-complicated words in my writing, but there are some interesting tidbits, to be sure.  Recently, they <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wordgenius.com\/4-journaling-prompts-for-creative-writing\/YTeEE-OzbAAGYTEP?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=1386371336\" target=\"_blank\">had a post<\/a> that included writing prompts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are not easy.  Who is my favorite author so I can write in his\/her style?  Good question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, there&#8217;s at least one I can attack&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Write Your Senses<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smelling:  Nothing in particular.  Perhaps some vague spearmint.  And Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing:  The display on my PC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hearing:  A podcast that&#8217;s currently recapping the Rittenhouse acquittal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feeling:  Numb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tasting:  Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really am not trying to throw out an ad for Dr. Pepper.  I don&#8217;t have a sponsorship.  It&#8217;s just what I&#8217;m drinking at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight more days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Productive day, I suppose. I don&#8217;t really know how to describe what I&#8217;m feeling, honestly. I did get an enthusiastic thumbs-up on my idea. 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