It’s been a hot minute since I last said anything here but goodness, it’s been a hot mess on the interwebs, right? Since I last committed anything to pen (or something, you get the idea) here, Twitter was purchased and…well…it’s been an epic disaster ever since (the Verge has been great at covering the drama around Twitter, both before and after the sale). While I’m sure you, dear reader, will likely guess where my political affiliations can be found, I do my best not to talk about that online…so just looking at the epic mess that site has become (not to mention the truly awful way staff was cut from Twitter), it isn’t a surprise Twitter seems to be fragmenting; some users are flocking to Mastodon, some to Instagram (though, with Facebook / Meta controlling and locking that down more and more, is it a viable alternative…?), others to Hive…or some other newfangled social apps / sites…

Even though I jumped on the Twitter bandwagon early (my user ID, back when Twitter showed user IDs, was well within the standard Integer range) back when I was a junior developer at an advertising agency, I’ve always been a bit squeamish about letting some company / organization have sole control over my voice. Granted, I don’t use it that often but it is mine, so I should have ultimate control.

Thus, this fragmentation isn’t new to me, I’ve already done it to myself! I created a more public Twitter account and locked my original one. I created a blog (and then let it lapse…and then started it again), set up a Micro.blog instance (though I rarely used it), and am now on Mastodon (though it’s just a reflection of my micro.blog account). I’m not sure which “social” app / site / service will win out but I think I’m covered for now…at least until the next big thing comes along.

This is where I admit I’m using my Micro.blog account to cross-post to Twitter and Mastodon, it’s one of the lovely features Manton Reece added to his platform.

So, if you’d like a way to find my various profiles, locations, writings, and ramblings online, feel free to take a look at my about page, it will be as up to date as anything…except perhaps the home page. 🤣

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Note: This post is from my old site and was ported over into Micro.Blog when I consolidated from two sites into one. All of the migrated posts can be found here.

Screwing around with Java 7, wondering where it all went wrong, while listening to #holiday music. Gotta love working from home on Black Friday. 🤣🎄

My Partner is finally breaking out his gift from last year, we’ve decided to decorate the top of the piano in legos for the Holiday season instead of a Christmas village. 🎄

Getting the crock pot ready for tomorrow; Turkey might be the typical tradition for most in the States but as I don’t eat meat, veggie chili is mine. 🤤

Russell was chasing the sun, poor little muffin. 😹

Random Thought: Rather amazed at how fast things are falling apart on Twitter…it’s rather sad. My first account on there, I created it back when I was a junior dev at an ad agency, fresh out of college and the closet. Kinda crazy to think how I’ve changed, how the world has changed since then.

The cold came in over the weekend and I never saw his head again… 🥱😸

So dang happy to be done with Empower Retirement! There is nothing empowering about them…the fees are crazy, their site is a mess, and they charged me $50 an account to leave them. 😮‍💨

Worst experience ever at the Apple Store…got stuck with someone new…and I knew more about Apple products than them. This should not be taking so long. 😤

While listening to NPRs @theindicator podcast, I heard them talk about @CARROT_app, which is my weather app of choice. I give that app 5 ⭐️

Well I might get hate mail over this one…but something is playing throughout the house right now and it isn’t music about ghosts or turkeys… 🎄🎅🏻

Was supposed to attend a party tonight but as the Partner and I spent most of today at Urgent Care, a seasonal movie is the best we can do right now. 👻🎃
★★★★☆

Not overly fond of spending most of the day at Urgent Care but this is so much better than spending it in an ER. Have to say, the folks at Total Access Urgent Care have been amazing.

Well they finally got me…just signed up for an @atpfm membership, couldn’t resist the chicken hat 🤣

Another weekday, another water issue is the charming (insert sarcasm here) city of Saint Louis. Yesterday, we were under a boil advisory and today, our entire block doesn’t have water. ☹️😞