Audio (MP3): 20170617 - Some great epiphany

Video (MP4): 20170617 - Some great epiphany

I used to rely on “forever.” Rely on it so much that I didn’t appreciate what was right in front of me. When I think this or that, people or things, or whatever are always going to be there, that life will always be like this… I take it all for granted.

But really for the “rest of my life” I got nothing.. I don’t have anything forever.

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I think it’s time I gave up this army trench coat, that I got decades ago, that I’ve never worn, that I thought was cool.

It does have NATO sizing, though, so I could keep it just in case that ever comes up.

#photos #fashion

I might be a grown-up but I can still do this.

☠️ #photos #bikes

Pizza Story (with tweets)

“I’ve never hated anyone in my life except this next guy.”

If you read anything today, let it be this.

This is for me, for tony, for Guatemala.

My dying wish is to utter something such as epic.

#allislost #pizza

30 GIFs that shaped the internet

Teaming up with giphy, we compiled a list of culturally significant and memorable GIFs to celebrate its birthday. Happy Birthday, GIF. This one’s for you.

Ah the memories, the sweet, sweet memories… But the dancing baby, I hated that one. Creepiest thing I ever saw.

#animatedGIFs

Not sure what’s going on here. But okay.

#photos #meanwhile #publicrestroom

Peeps, here’s your you-can-watch-yourself-while-you-are-eating Wednesday jam. I was thinking of this song while writing the You won’t feel any better saga. Specifically the line:

Recompense for all my crimes of self defense

I can’t remember where and when I first heard this song but I need to listen to it every six months. And ya, 80s fashion. 80s dancing. Obviously recorded on 80s video tape.

#musicvideos #theenglishbeat

You’ve got to be kidding me.

//Set the sequence number
$squence_number = $values['insert_sequence'];

//If the sequence is less then 10 put a zero in front of the number.
if ($squence_number<10) {$squence_number = "0".$values['insert_sequence'];}

The // indicates that line is a comment and they’re used when the code isn’t self-explanatory or obvious.

Regardless of “how” they’re to be used, developers leave comments for the next guy like this ALL THE TIME.

Let’s document code that’s ridiculously simple and leave code that’s ridiculously complicated undocumented.

Bonus points for → $squence_number ← 😍

I’m not sure if that’s a typo or the developer was trying to be fancy and save space or what.

Regardless × 2, he should be consistent with ['insert_sequence'] because consistency.

#devhell

So I did something yesterday that hurt somebody’s feelings. Not like a horrible thing but more a “I wasn’t thinking” kinda thing. And I do that sometimes, don’t think about how something I do can and will affect somebody else.

So when the other person found out I felt like he kinda came uncorked in a text message. The reason why he messaged is understandable but the delivery came across as a bit scathing.

So I paused and prayed and what not and then replied appropriately and empathetically. I said that I understood and that I wouldn’t repeat in the future.

So then he responded with a “thank you” and that was more or less the end of it.

So that’s all fine and good. I know that his behavior is on him and I was as grown-up as I could be in my reply. Didn’t do anything to fuel the fire or make matters worse and so on.

But the thing is… it bugged me for the rest of the night. Like I have a splash of emotion swirling around this now — I feel like I could’ve responded myself with something equally aggressive(?) and been justified. Just as the other person was “justified” in what he said.

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I guess at the end of the day sometimes the only consolation we get for doing the right thing is knowing that we did. It doesn’t necessarily make us feel any better.

#advancedsoul

Sometimes there’s no amount of praying, no amount of meditating.

Sometimes we just need to put that shit down for a few minutes. Or years.

#protip #lettherebehope