Randomization

With the recent freeze/thaw cycles, it can really become a death trap out there. Walked out of the office yesterday and nearly died on some ice right outside the door. Five feet from the salt. That everyone else walked by. Sigh. But, as my life flashed before my eyes and I was reminded about all those times I saved humanity, I thought to myself, how do I want to die? Obviously, in your sleep is best so you don't see it coming, but if you have to, how? Something like drowning or burning or anything that causes pain or suffering like that is a no go. I don't want to have to think about it. No, doing it having fun is the way to go. Many would say death by snu-snu or something like that. But, I want to go out doing something I used to do but can't anymore. Eating a full bag of chips? No. multiple double gulps in a day? No. Staying up all night playing laser tag? Maybe, but probably not. Oooooo! I got it! Mosh Pit. With my age and physical condition it would take me all of five ...

We've all heard about the recent text leak  from the leaders of the United States of America. It is stupid as all fuck event and showcases the immense stupidity and complete uncaring nature of the current American political system. How these "people" are able to get away with what they have been is abso---hold on. I just got a text. From the Honourable Bill Blair. Mark Carney and a few other are in it. Oh.... Oh no... This can't..... Ok, this has to go public. I'm going to retype it here. --Bill Blair has accidentally added you to the chat-- Bill Blair, Minister of National Defense (BB): Anita, is the Moose ready? Anita Anand, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (AA): I've been told it will be ready by the first of the month. The electric antlers are causing some delays. Something about the system being too small for a Moose of that size. Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Internal Development (MJ): No surprise. That Moose was fucking huge!...

I wrote a different blog post this week. Then I realised I had written 75% of it in my previous post guitar pedals post. So, I decided to do the noble thing and place it in the drafts pile to use at a later date, once the memory of my previous pedal post has faded. Speaking of pedals, I may have a line on a Joyo Splinter for $30. A whopping $10 savings off the new version. At that price point, new or old doesn't really matter. By the reviews online it's a pretty good distortion pedal, especially for the price. But, I just have to hold on to the weekend and hope the guy doesn't sell it before then. If he does, oh well. As of the publish date of this, I am a jobless hobo for a few days. Oh no. One of the things I've thought about previously, and more seriously considered since meeting my wife (I think I dubbed her the tower controller or something?) is the thought of going solo. I mean business wise, not personal wise. Although, sometimes 🤔..... Anyway, better stop that ...

It's been announced to everyone at work (Rumour mill works fast) and my family so I guess I can talk about it here. I am moving on to a new company. After four years with SRC, I'm moving on. I don't have any issues with SRC as a whole, in fact I feel they treat their employees quite well, but as you will hear a hundred times if you ever venture onto Linkedin: people quit managers, not companies. That is 100% the case in my situation. I like the company. I like the people I work with. I can't deal with the stress of a manager who doesn't know how to manage anymore. We have some of the best engineers I've ever worked with and there is absolutely no teamwork. And it's been that way since he took over. My new position is in a much smaller company (14 people including me), for less money and worse benefits. I won't be in a leadership role anymore and my stress level will be massively lower. The company also seems like a very good fit for me. They are both Arc...

I'm in a mood this week. Work is stressful. Home is stressful. I had to walk between a Moose and a Bear in The Long Dark which is INCREDIBLY stressful. I survived. Until the bear got me later. Pilot mentioned struggling to write about, as have I before. He alluded to an old campaign about a certain religious figure. Of course, it's just lucky that I looked at the news this morning so I get to start the campaign! Millie Bobby Brown has announced that Millie Bobby Brown is just a stage name. So, now, without reading into the article any more than the headline, I present: Guessing Millie Bobby Browns birth name 2025! I choose......Ragnar Battlespork Actually. I might take that one for myself. That's a solid name. Or Battlespork just as a band name? OK, I just looked it up. The real name is Millie Bonnie Brown. Could be just a joke about it being a stage name or not. Kinda disappointed that she isn't a descendent of the long and honorable Battlespork lineage. A lineage that...

My main source of TV watching comes from YouTube. I enjoy putting it on in the background while I play a game and absorbing some of the info. What I watch on there changes all the time. I enjoy science channels such as SciShow or pilot ones like Mentour Now or law channels such as LegalEagle. Mix in a random assortment of movie/cartoon clips and whatever random things pop up and it ends up being a very wide array of viewing. Lately, it was a little known motor sport called...let me check my notes....Formula One. Plus Nascar inevitably creeps in there as well. I've always been impressed with Formula One drivers. And I don't mean the peak physical shape each needs to be in. Each of them must have such a lack of regard for their own safety. Formula One cars just drive differently than normal cars. I've never raced before and if you were to put me in the seat of an F1 car I'd be scared to even touch the pedal. I wouldn't want to go faster than about five kph. Unless it ...

I can't let Pilot do a post on video games and not try to one up him! He mentioned Balantro, a game I've seen on Steam but never actually looked at. He also mentioned it was made on the sunny shores of Saskatchewan! I've have dived....dove.....doven back into a Canadian made game recently called The Long Dark. It is a survival game in which a (Solar Incident) brings down your plane in northern Canada and you have to survive the long Canadian winter on a remote island with nobody else around. Forage for food, clothes, firewood, etc. hunt deer, run from wolves, bears and the worst of them all, the Moose (That FUCKING moose!). It's a fun came with some intense survival mechanics. The thing I am most impressed with is how your character slows down when walking up hills, through snow and against the wind. It gives you the EXACT same sense of struggle that you get in real life. The big thing that keeps drawing me back to the game are the constant updates. I've actually be...