Thank you for being a bright spot in our lives. (And for sharing Max with us.)

Sometimes the ostrich is right.

Not an REN fan, I guess.

I'm sitting in my car in a park taking a break from reading today. I decided to do that rather than overtime to clear out some backlog projects. And when I looked up? Glorious nature graced my view.

Shined a beam of warm sunlight into my core, and left me a nugget of joy.

There's a video from the Royal Academy of Science that proclaimed him the Father of Fire, for figuring out how to make fire efficient. Right before blowing something up.

Sure. As they say in _The Producers_: "never put your own money in the show."

My boss is a woman. She's a statistical anomaly in both the company and the industry. I don't know where the fantasy that "office work is run by women" came from, but it's just that: a fantasy. There's certainly a lot of women in the office, but it's not dominated by them by a long shot.

I think this is a side of celebrity that most people conveniently forget. I'm sorry you have to factor it in.

Well, it's been something, at least. Not sure what, but I know I don't want to go through it again.

As someone who works in aviation, I wish more people had this philosophy.

Stuff breaks. It's better to catch it between flights or on the ground than in the air.

I used to work mortgages (HELOCs) back in the day. The first trust I had to do (randomly assigned) was a blind trust for a famous person. I'm still bound by an NDA, but what I can share was that their name was not on any of the mortgage documents.

I learned enough to like the concept of using them.

I always wondered if those were functional or just props.

Loved that production. I credit that video with rekindling my desire to see live performances again.

It's been a while since I've done one of those. May your recharge be that of a 20 year old.

I change mine periodically. Apparently I like stirring the pot. (And I wonder why my moods swing drastically.)

The parking lot here (slightly to your north) is a bit weird today: no snow on the ground here, but a wall of flurries 30 feet south and partially sticking.

Out of curiosity, can you use a mistype someone does of your stuff as inspiration? Or is that also in the same category as writing from someone else's suggestion?

I don't envy you this task, but I think folks should regularly weed out their possessions. If it wasn't income related it could be more pleasant of a task. Remember your emotional support Max is there.