JCC ITT we complain about our 1st world problems...

The "hint of lime" on these tortilla chips I bought today at the market is way too goddamn subtle.

 

Yes, I want LIME not psst...a tiny whiff of lime scent

 

- Waiting for my former supervisors to okay being references for a job application (One always says yes, but I always ask permission first.)

- McAfee blows. Their uninstall pop ups are so obnoxious, it takes more time to uninstall their garbage now (and it’s 2 apps instead of 1.)

- Awesome gothic comic artist Helena Masellis (she worked on Dylan Dog!) finished my pre-convention Moon Knight commission, but I must wait for her comic art dealer to show it to me. Knowing it’s done and waiting to see it is (I can wait to receive it, but the suspense is .)

 

DST ended last Sunday here in Europe. Now it gets dark at 16:30 and it’s still not sunrise until about 7 anyway. As for the why...

… WE WERE SUPPOSED TO STOP CHANGING AND THEN THE PANDEMIC ****ED IT UP!

 

I love daylight savings time

 

We are moving to Standard Time. Daylight Saving Time is what we have during the sunnier months. What we call DST should be made permanent.

 

Depends on where you live. Shift most time zones forward, sure, but in Europe it probably needs to stop being a uniform block and instead switch to, I dunno, France and west of them at UTC+1, Germany and east of them at UTC+2, countries that don’t quite fit that boundary (Italy, Switzerland, etc.) can do what they feel like, maaaan.

 

I normally love working a 12am-8:30am shift, but tomorrow is the exception; all of the consternation, jokes, etc, over the time change will be fun!

 

Here in NE United States, there has been discussion of keeping DST. I hate losing the light at the end of the day. Booooo!!!!

 

I should have clicked on this thread. I forgot to set my alarm back.

 

Why so? I just don’t see much benefit to it. Way too dark, too often during winter and then in summer it’s light out until like 10 pm. I hate it.

 

My car's computer keeps telling me to check tire pressure. It's all perfectly normal ranges. It always does this when I'm close to getting an oil change.

 

Think of the Vampires, we need to push back the clock in the winter or it would be too cold for them as soon as they got up. At least now it gets dark sooner so they can go out and get "supper" before it gets to cold.

 

As far as I can tell, Windows 11 doesn't let me change the taskbar settings so that icons expand when the program is opened.

 

Agreed. I feel like its dark like the entire time or something. Huge lack of sun causes moods to get ornery, lol. Arent there states that have ditched DLT?

I assume you've checked the pressures with a decent gauge? Sometimes when the weather turns, alloy/aluminum wheels can let a little bit of air escape during a cold night. Happens a lot around here in winter with frigid temps.

 

David Graeber, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years and Bull**** Jobs, came out with a new book I am excited to read challenging the conventional narratives of human history. He and his collaborator planned multiple sequels. Graeber died suddenly last year, so instead this will be his last book. Ugh.

 

The Steam Deck was delayed from December to February so now I don't get a Christmas present until February.

 

It's pouring rain outside. The radio just started playing Handel's Water Music. Now I need to pee.

 

It's the NBA's 75th season, and despite the building still being in existence, are the Lakers going to be playing a game at The Forum, you know, to help celebrate its/their glorious past* there? No.




*Not just Laker history, but it's full of other tremendous NBA history: The Bad Boy Pistons won their 1st title there in '89, Jordan's Bulls in '91, for instance... a game (or two) at The Forum this season would be so goddamn marketable. Ahhh!