A reminder that a Grammy went to a Netflix show that engaged in anti-trans speech. I care not one damn bit who won while the trans community continues to lose.

Internet goes down over the weekend. I talk with tech support. They acknowledge they can't see the equipment at my end. Tech visit scheduled for today.

This morning, things are "mysteriously" working again and they want to cancel the visit. Aw HELL no. Things do not just start working again for no reason.

I work IT for a living. Don't try to snow me. Something is up, and I would like a reasonable answer.

A "push" notification from diapers. I got nothing.

Did I really just have someone at the Hibachi place refuse to make an empty seat availabe? Yup. Kid lacking manners, and no adult there willing to speak up.

People ask "how are you dealing with not having internet?"
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The first outage was shortly after the initial install. The box at the edge of my property wasn't sealed properly and ants got into it. The outage was the ants blocking the junction.

The second one was a neighbor who managed to bring down the line because they weren't being responsible with how they were trimming trees.

We'll see what caused this one.

I am not counting system checks and routine maintenance where the outage was less than an hour.

My home internet went out around 7PM last night. Worked with tier 1 tech and confirmed it's outside my house. But they still need to send someone to check everything from the box outside of my house back.

This is only the 3rd time since 2015 that my service has been down due to anything other than power. Stable service? Yup. I'm disappointed that it's down now, but not mad.

I see West Virginia is trying to get credit card companies to remove any tracking data from gun an ammo purchases because it ... *checks notes* ... violates the 2nd Amendment.

I want to see credit card companies cancel all business with gun and ammo sellers.

Virginia, where they !@#$%-ing GROW tobacco and make cigarettes, wants to raise the smoking age to 21. Look, I'm not a fan of smoking. But if you can be giving a gun and told to shoot people thousands of miles away from home, stop saying it's too young to do anything else.

#CoSoGaming
Some days, the Lords of Fortune smile upon you.

Things you don't want to hear on a Friday.

"It's raining in the electrical closet next to the server room."

Twitter intentionally breaking their API so they can charge for it.

Phil heard MTG speak today so we're in for 6 more weeks of stupidity from House GOP.

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Happy "Window of Opportunity" Day to all the Stargate fans.

#CoSoFood
Chesapeake Style Shrimp Pot Pie

And now it's all gone.

Had some pretty snow this morning. Not enough to coat the roads, but the trees look nice.

MFers who spoil ANYTHING in entertainment, even if they didn't like it, catch a block.