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For me it's a mixed bag.
On the one hand, the boss said since the office is closed on Friday (our normal work from home day) we could go ahead and work from home today. So I have chosen to work from home for the few hours I was scheduled to be in the office today. I save some time and gas, which makes me a little happy.
On the other hand, the PM I don't really like all that much (As a PM. Personally, I think he's an okay dude and a good engineer) asked me if I could do some Caesar II stress analysis on one of his projects. It's a project I'm not working on, so I'm not familiar with it. And I'm not the greatest with Caesar II or pipe stress analysis. It's just not something I've had to do much of in my career. So that's stress I don't need today.
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Still, I often wonder what kind of effect my hermit-ish nature, general dislike and distrust of most people, and complete lack of actual friends might be having on my children.
My boy has several friends his own age, and he hangs out with them or interacts with them on a game they all play online. And he's friendly with some of the other scouts, even though he's the only one of his grade in the troop. So he at least appears somewhat outgoing.
My daughter, as far as I know, has no friends. Unless she has a few at school. Or maybe at her art or pottery classes. She doesn't hang with anyone in the neighborhood.
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Yesterday was slightly sucktastic.
I was having trouble getting the stress analysis software running on the laptop at home, so I had to quickly shower and drive into the office. I got most of the model set up properly, but when I went to run the analysis, some problems showed up. While I was trying to fix those, our network went down.
So I never got to finish the work I went in for, making the morning partially wasted. It's not too much of a long term problem. We can get the model fixed up and rerun later. For now, it'll cover us to just put some supports in where we think we'll need them. The math can confirm it later.
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It’s turned into a really pretty day. Sunshine, with temps currently in the mid 50s. Took the boy to get a haircut. Now I’m just waiting for the wife and daughter to get back from the movie. They should be done in the next 20 minutes or so.
I’m hoping she’ll check with me about stopping somewhere to pick up lunch. The boy needs something.
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I remember a time when people would call Disney an evil corporation and I would argue with them. My belief at the time was Disney was more amoral than evil, driven solely by profit.
Recent years have dissuaded me from continuing with that belief. They have, in my humble (and correct) opinion, become the evil corporation many once viewed them as being.
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Speaking of "evil" corporations...It looks like my most recent orders from Amazon are on the way. Furthermore, the orders are currently tracking to arrive on time. That surprised me a bit.
I had seen news reports about Amazon workers going on strike over the company's continued efforts to (rightly) prevent unionization. I was worried the actions of those little commie turds might slow down the arrival of my stuff.
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Anyway...I look forward to getting my orders. Picked up some silver age mylar bags and boards. I've been adding much older comics to my collection recently (like Batman #200), and the modern bags won't hold them.
While I was purchasing those items, Amazon cleverly weaponized its algorithm by showing me the steel book 4K copy of Escape from New York. Clearly, destined intended me to buy it.