Uncertainty

Badly. I fall apart when dealing with uncertainty, literally.

Podcast Episode: Reflections On Growing Up

Pip: MorriganKig is out here asking the questions therapists charge by the hour for — what would your future self say, and when did you realize you were a real adult? Mara: These are Morrigan Aensland's recent responses to daily writing prompts, and they cover two distinct territories: the slow, unglamorous business of growing up,…

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When I started having trouble with opening boxes with my bare hands…

Future Vision

“Bear with it, it doesn’t get any better, honey.”

Faith in Humanity

There was definitely one time, I was driving home and I saw a small black blob at the side of the road. I slowed down and that blob started walking across the road — it was a small kitten, tiny. Then out of the blue, a guy appeared and started stopping traffic, while keeping a…

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Future Vision

Putting aside all the temporal chaos and “Butterfly Effect” ripple that would potentially cause, I’d hope she would at least tell me if I made it in cosplay or not

Podcast Episode: Work, Quotes, And Cosplay

This week’s discussion by Morrigan Aensland explores various themes, including AI workplace mandates that trigger job searches, cherished food memories in Greece, the importance of cosplay as a craft, and the values reflected in popular characters and quotes. It emphasizes the intertwining nature of personal experiences and creative pursuits.

AI, Job Hunting and Slop Pushing at Work

Now time for a bit of a rant. Part of this post I had published on my Mastodon, so I’ll give that background here. Late last year, my workplace got a new technical director who immediately went about pushing the entire department onto AI. Like, full-in, full throttle AI. A “slop pusher” if you like….

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I don’t know what dish it was, but I was in Greece on business and our local sales rep took me out for dinner and I was given some sliced meat which I _think_ was octopus. It was gorgeous and I still have not been able to find what it was exactly