Ad Hoc Pandemic Post 22

Number of times a tech support request came in and I just sat and stared at it blankly: 4 Sometimes I'll get a question like, "My phone sometimes makes a weird sound" or "Why isn't GridView working?" or "How do I make the Google 'Message sent' alerts go away forever?" And I just want to…

Ad Hoc Pandemic Post 21

Number of times I said, "this snow is stupid" in the past three days: 17 I did a thing, and I want to post it, but it will violate copyright and I don't really want to get a take-down order or have my blog banned or blocked anywhere, so y'all are just going to have…

Ad Hoc Pandemic Post 20

Number of times I celebrated today after being done with a big work project: 9 Today was the first day I worked my normal hours in a month, and it felt great to be normal busy instead of non-stop busy. Have you had one of those days where you thought, "geez, not another thing"? *Cue…

Ad Hoc Pandemic Post 19

Number of chain mail messages I received from so-called friends in the past 24 hours: 3 They weren't the "forward on or something bad will happen" kind. Instead they were about passing on inspiration or whatever. And my dear friends, I love you, but I KNOW we've had this conversation before and this was and…