https://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3lenai3itlk2fRe-reading The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley. I love how, when Aerin tries to work out the recipe for Kenet, she sciences it: writes out all her ingredients, and the relative proportions she tries.31 Dec 2024 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3lenai3itlk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3ldfwidcrac2o [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2024 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldfwidcrac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3la7mfef6rl2pHuh. We’ve never had Tornado Test Siren day coincide with Election Day before. I hope that’s a good omen: “If this had been an actual facism event, you would have been instructed to stay in the lowest windowless room available…”05 Nov 2024 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3la7mfef6rl2phttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3la535xaejh2zI swear vengeance upon the next Guppy who says, “Thank you so much, it’s perfect!” followed five minutes later by “could you fix X?” Extra points off for pretending the “It’s perfect!” never happened.04 Nov 2024 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3la535xaejh2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3l7cho3u4tv2rReasons I love my home state: they message me to let me know my mail-in ballot is on its way, then to remind me to vote, then that they’ve received it, then that they’ve counted it. This is the kind of spam I like.25 Oct 2024 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7cho3u4tv2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kop4zpi3ws2gTFW your colleague forwards your email explanation to business leaders… after reformatting it, changing the punctuation and sentence breaks, and in the process making it half nonsense. Not my circus. Not my monkeys. La-la-la-la….27 Mar 2024 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kop4zpi3ws2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kocxrs5nat2aI really like the acknowledgement email from my county saying they got my mail-in ballot and counted it. Mission accomplished.22 Mar 2024 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kocxrs5nat2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3knz4zh7j7t2q [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2024 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3knz4zh7j7t2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kn5agwzukk2cDear Guppies, If you request a new report, and you expect it to tie out with an existing report, YOU BETTER F’ING TELL ME THAT at the outset. Don’t wait until I’ve done all the development, then say, “But I thought Report B would be a breakout of Report A”. Seriously. Don’t do it.07 Mar 2024 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn5agwzukk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kmvyewpsgp2eI love Shindig. I love Kaylie’s dress; the way she delights in it is so sweet. I love the way Inara dances around Atherton Wing’s proposition. I just plain love Firefly.05 Mar 2024 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmvyewpsgp2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kmns4w6i2v2tTFW you’re about to go back to the house to find out what the missed call from your spouse was about when you remember that he was calling you to help you locate the phone you’d set down and couldn’t find. #MysterySolved #BrainFart01 Mar 2024 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmns4w6i2v2thttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kmldap5twf2bMe: “So, Developer Guppy, I see that your code performs a divide operation at this point. Is there any chance that could ever result in Divide By Zero? “ DG: “No chance.” Me: “You’re lying. Add a trap for Divide By Zero”.29 Feb 2024 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmldap5twf2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kmj6ffwam42pAh, it’s time to play the “is this colleague just elaborately polite by nature? Or does he know my name from someone whom I’ve snarled at in the past?” Who knows?28 Feb 2024 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmj6ffwam42phttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kme4e3z44h23Can I also say how delightful I find it that autocorrect changes Murder to Murderbot? Slightly annoying, but delightful nonetheless. 😀26 Feb 2024 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kme4e3z44h23https://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kme4bedgvq2pWoo-hoo! Richard Osman talks about his new mystery series. He’s said separately that he will go back to the Thursday Murder Club series sometime, but for now I’m happy to try the new one too. https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a46952711/richard-osman-new-thriller-book-series/26 Feb 2024 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kme4bedgvq2phttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kmdfh3ba3s27There comes a time when you need to give up saying, “This code SHOULD work, dammit!” and just admit that it doesn’t, and apply whatever kludgy fix gets it working. Even if the fix is awkward as hell. You just have to move on.26 Feb 2024 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmdfh3ba3s27https://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3klusgxk4f526Just for the record, I’ve got no more fucks left to give for guppies who want to play the, “We’ve asked for an insanely complicated report, but we want you to make it look clean and simple. Please guess what will look simple to us.” 1/220 Feb 2024 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3klusgxk4f526https://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3klurn22gwd2vIt’s Name Your Favorite Typo Day! “Not” in place of “Now” C’mon Guppies. Most of the time I know what you meant to say, and it doesn’t really matter. But a typo that directly negates what you were trying to say? Really? REALLY??20 Feb 2024 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3klurn22gwd2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3klsiqjzzui2hThank you, Urban Dictionary, for helping me look not quite so ancient in front of my young colleagues. I would have got the OMG, but not the IKR without your help. 😆19 Feb 2024 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3klsiqjzzui2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kkug3vvzyp2w [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Feb 2024 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkug3vvzyp2whttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kkr4tmml6d2eThe smug feeling when the tornado siren tries to scare the crap outta you, but you already saw your monthly alert, so you knew it’s only the test siren. Phththphbttt.06 Feb 2024 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkr4tmml6d2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kkf24v2ltc2jSeeing bright sunshine outside is like having a big, fluffy comforter wrapped around me. Mmmmm…01 Feb 2024 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkf24v2ltc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/readerjane.bsky.social/post/3kkerq7itcu2yWhen I can’t remember whether today is Grapefruit Odds or Evens day, I know I’ve left it too long to have breakfast.01 Feb 2024 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:ba3fmohm56csuvgl4rv3yuny/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkerq7itcu2y