Son had a big meeting at work on Friday to go over how they were doing at meeting their annual goals. Apparently they missed one goal and spent a lot of time talking about how they need to work harder and meet it. Son had never heard the word before and had no idea what it meant. Guy sitting next to him asked if he understood what they were talking about because he didn’t understand either. Both were relatively junior and didn’t want to show their ignorance in front of everyone so stayed quiet. You know, management, you might do better at hitting your goals if your employees understood what they were.
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Dear hotel industry - could you please settle on a consistent standard to use for shower faucets / temp selection? Oh, and pick a kind that works reliably.
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
(Ok, I have said this, but I need to stop because it’s making me so cranky and he’s old enough to just figure his ish out.)
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Tillamook makes peppermint bark ice cream. I might have two containers in my freezer. That is all.
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I don’t know. Lawyering up seems like a big step, but maybe I’m being too naive. I kind of want to bow out of this whole discussion. I can see her point, too. Do you want me to play devil’s advocate on this, because I’m not sure that I can whole-heartedly endorse where you are going.
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Our traditions aren’t looking so good this year. We “always” go to my aunt’s house for Thanksgiving, and we “always” cut down a tree. Neither of those will be happening this year :(.
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My New Year’s Resolution not to call people (architects, in particular) idiots has not been carried out. 
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In the original spirit of this thread:
Dear friend, I try to call you periodically to be supportive and see how you are doing with your latest health issues, but the nonstop and repetitive bi*+hing, complaining, dropping the f-bomb constantly is just too draining. Your attitude is horrible, and you must be the most difficult, non-compliant patient. You haven’t had a good thing to say about anything or anyone in so long. I just can’t listen anymore. You never ask how our family is, and you never talk about your son or grandkids (not surprising, sadly, that they have distanced themselves from you). A conversation with you is really just listening to the miserable diatribe. I am so sorry you are so unhappy, but you could change your attitude and outlook if you wanted to. Health is also between the ears, not just below the neck.
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OMG!!! Just let it go. It’s okay to not keep going and going and going. No one is listening anymore! Good grief, you’re like a pit bull with lock jaw.
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It is a good thing that there are enough nice people in the world to counterbalance the others.
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You can’t change the deal like that. 
It was a very generous offer which was appreciated, but now you’re stepping back from how much you said you would contribute. Decisions were based on the initial offer! Ugh.
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I told you he was staying two nights, and we were staying three. I told you he was leaving Friday. I said, “Oh, sorry - I thought I’d told you,” twice (knowing full well that I HAD told you). But you continued to carry on which compelled me to prove to you I had told you.
What is up with the communication in my family?! Argh! Can’t win with the communicators or the non-communicators!
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Sometimes, I really want to just kick you in the shin. I won’t, because I’m a grown up and that fixes nothing. But I am imagining kicking you in the shin and it is the only thing making this conversation even close to pleasant.
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No matter how much you want it to, wishful thinking and unrealistic comparisons will not get our D25 into that college. Call me a pessimist all you want but numbers don’t lie. I love her as much as you and think she’s awesome but in the context of the likely applicant pool she is not that amazing. The odds are long. Not impossible. Just long. Hyping unrealistic scenarios now won’t be helpful later when I am responsible for picking up the pieces. 
GRRR!
Editing to add more 
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Oh the one that got awaaaaaay!…. Rats. Should have clicked “buy” faster. 
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Thank you, GeekWire, for making me laugh this morning. AI vs. raccoons!
If AI can outsmart a raccoon, it means the golden age of AI has finally arrived! 
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Ohio you should be ashamed. The day before a holiday of thanks and this is what you do?
What lessons have we learned through history? The answer is none.
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BE KIND people, Be kind! It costs nothing to be kind.
Thanks for listening 
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After a week with my ailing parents my husband, high school senior and college junior come to town. I make myself vulnerable and ask for kindness.
In return I get made fun of at dinner by my husband, the HS senior literally won’t tolerate any words from me about his college interview. The college junior references that we are best friends but because I was upset at the attorney general pick recently and went through a few months-long hard time last year with what was happening on college campuses, I am “always so negative” and “every time we talk it makes me feel like a ■■■■■■ daughter”. I am an optimist with miles of texts of positivity and emotionally regulate like on other. Just going through a hard time, babe. We all have ups and downs.
My job is to take care of others and just shut up. Guess there’s no room for me here.
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Enjoyed a beautiful snowy Thanksgiving yesterday, the first for us in almost thirty years, but wondering this morning how to get crusty snow off the car. Pretty sure there’s some sort of tool that we don’t have…
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