Two months ago, my fully remote job of 3 years began a campaign to bring all employees back to office.
This confused me, as I was originally hired to be fully remote.
I lost that status because we recently moved into a temporary apartment while we shop for our first home.
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— Jauwn (@Jauwnio) February 16, 2024
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Wisdom Wednesday – “This was the future at one point. Let’s use all this cool tech we have to make people’s lives easier, more fulfilling, and safer.”
Top 20 Worst SNL Musical Performances
There’s a theory that one way to know you’re officially “old” is when you no longer recognize the majority of musical guests on Saturday Night Live.
I probably hit that point 10 years ago or so but I still know most of these…unfortuantely.
Secular Sunday – Spoiler Alert: They Did Not Retrieve The Missionary’s Body
In 2018, John Allen Chau attempted to make contact with the people on North Sentinel Island.
North Sentinel Island is the home of the Sentinalese, an indigenous people who have chosen voluntary isolation. They have consistently safeguarded their protected seclusion from… pic.twitter.com/lg3MZQjz2l
— Morbid Knowledge (@Morbidful) February 5, 2024
The Sentinelese tribe in brief pic.twitter.com/DYYmyn9tPG
— Time Capsule Tales (@timecaptales) February 5, 2024
Saturday Snaps – #Rivalry Series #yqr #GoCanadaGo #CanadianWomenKickButt
Had tickets to the Rivalry Series game between the Canadian and American women’s national teams on Friday night and it was a great game and an even better experience.
I hadn’t been following it but when I looked it up, I was surprised to see the Americans had won the first three in a row and then the Canadians had won the next two.
So the Regina game would be a pretty pivotal battle because if the Canadians could win, Game Seven on Sunday would be to decide who wins the entire series (can’t help but think of echoes of the 72 Summit Series where the Russians went up in the first few games but the Canadians battled back to win the series!)
And it was a great game that ended with Canada getting the shutout (first of the series!) and winning 3-0 after being 0-0 most of the game setting up a game seven showdown on Sunday (there’s no other important sports games featuring women heavily on Sunday, right?) 😉
Friday Fun Link – The Road To Wrestlemania
The longest reigning champion in modern WWE history. Two dynastic wrestling families. A former wrestler who became the world’s biggest movie star (and also now sits on the WWE Board in real life.). The company being sold to the UFC’s parent company after being under McMahon family control its entire existence. The major cloud hanging over Vince McMahon that some say these moves are meant to distract from.
So many real-world elements are mixing in this wrestling storyline about families, power and destiny and the entire thing is getting awesome response online as WWE heads to their 40th Anniversary Wrestlemania show!
Music Monday – “And the girls would spend a couple of bucks/Just to meet the boys workin’ at the pumps/And we’d pull up and fall in love/And they’ve all moved away”
RIP Toby Keith.
Lots of famous musicians have recorded Fred Eaglesmith songs but he just happens to have recorded my favourite which reminds me so much of my high school years working in a small town gas station:
“White Rose” – Toby Keith