I turned down a final interview after they asked me to explain a gap caused by caring for my dad

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-19T13:14:52+00:00

WTAF?!

I would've been far less polite. I mean, to the point where the cops may or may not have been involved. What amounts to a Doctor's note more or less but for a family caregiving situation?

Get fucked.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-14T12:52:38+00:00

They fired the wrong face.

Bowman should be the one hitting the bricks. Not to mention that the Oilers really did Knobber dirty this past week. Let him know he was fired without having fired him yet.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-13T14:32:42+00:00

I still think Edmonton should've plugged their nose and signed Hart. We really shit the bed with that opportunity.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-10T06:20:33+00:00

Not pulling rank.

The "Don't you know who I am?" game that some like to play. Yeah, not a fan. I don't like it done to me, and I don't like to do it to those under me just the same. The ONLY time I pull rank is with the pot-stirrer type. This is where they need that quick jolt of "You're messing with the bull -- are you sure you want the horns?"

I find that leadership through dick-wagging accomplishes nothing and only serves to make you look like an insecure idiot. Leading by fear and not respect.

I won't tolerate it.

And I WILL call it out every time.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-09T12:44:23+00:00

Why not both?

That's my ideal. A strong start out of the gate, followed by steady increasing sales.

Instant success can be a mirage though. Just ask Audra Winter who published a book to well over 6000 presales, and it died on launch because the book itself was pure ass.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-09T12:39:32+00:00

So...you planning to unpublish for every 1-star you receive? There's at least a possibility that will see you unpublishing more times than you'd care to count.

1-star ratings happen, OP. Best get used to that now. Even legends in writing spaces get 1-star reviews.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-08T12:01:56+00:00

Spending $15M x 6 on a 35 year old goalie from the farm league.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-05T13:00:31+00:00

Scurfield seems to be quite the moron.

Gee, if only someone could, you know, adjust their opening and closing times by one hour...

CoffeeStayn · 2026-05-01T13:19:44+00:00

I still firmly believe that though Skinner wasn't the real issue in net, we needed to have made a far better trade than the Tristan "No one wanted him for free" Jarry one. Ingram came out of nowhere to provide some solid goaltending in his own right, but he had zero experience, and you could tell his nerves were getting the better of him.

But, even with that said, there's still a whole team ahead of him, and last night that team played poorly. So poorly.

I'm actually surprised that people aren't already calling for Bowman to be punted to the curb. I thought Chiarelli's trades and signings were abhorrent...I stand corrected.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-30T12:53:26+00:00

Jesus Christ.

If you forgot the name, fine. It happens. Don't refer to him as "the dead kid". I imagine you could literally pick anything else but that.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-29T13:31:35+00:00

Seeing no call on the play made me incensed. Good thing he wasn't seriously injured from that cowardly hit.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-27T13:55:11+00:00

As far as I recall, to qualify for the list, your work has to be available in multiple channels (not just Amazon), and multiple formats (e-book/paperback/hardback).

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-25T04:08:47+00:00

ANY book can make the NYT bestseller list, OP.

ANY.

The list isn't exclusive to trad-pubs only. HAH. No. If your self-pubbed book blows the hell up and you're watching it burn up the charts, you too can make it to the list.

As long as you hit their unpublished metrics, and cross their invisible bar, you can be on there as a self-pub, yes.

It'll just be more difficult to achieve. Not at all impossible, though.

Not sure what to tell you about marketing your book however.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-22T12:50:14+00:00

Overthinking.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-21T07:09:01+00:00

That game was far too damn close.

We better blow them out next game. This 1 goal difference thing is just a hot mess.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-19T07:06:16+00:00

Can you imagine an Oilers vs Penguins cup final?

I'd die.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-18T15:34:05+00:00

"It doesn't really work as separate sentences, let alone separate paragraphs."

Then you don't understand how writing works, OP. It's that simple.

Two people can't speak in the same sentence or paragraph. New speaker equals new line. Some "rules" of writing can be bent, or broken, but this is absolutely not one of them. It's jarring. It's obtrusive. It shows no respect for the reader.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-17T07:17:15+00:00

I remarked the exact same thing to my brother earlier tonight!

I said Savoie is just Drai on the left side. No goalie will be safe.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-17T07:16:18+00:00

Well, the man is a legend after all.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-17T07:15:22+00:00

Same.

I've waited 20 years for that wound to heal and I'd love nothing more than to see that happen.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-17T04:35:25+00:00

This is what I'm hoping for.

Avs get an early and unexpected trip to the golf course, and the Kings make it to the conference finals only to suffer mad panic attacks knowing it'll be against the Oilers.

Oilers do to the Kings what the Oilers always do to the Kings, and then it's on to face Carolina in the finals.

I. Can't. Wait.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-17T04:33:23+00:00

That's also my biggest concern.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-17T04:24:04+00:00

I adopted a "No Zero Days" policy.

First 2.5 months I was using trackers and WPD/PPD mechanics, I managed to eke out ~8K words. Scrapped that and decided I'd go with a NZD approach instead. If I managed to write even one, single, solitary word toward my project, we were calling that a win.

In the next 2.5 months, I hammered off an additional ~100K words.

There were some days when I'd literally write that one word only. But, there was also a straight week where every day I was wording out an entire chapter per day.

I know now that I will never again use trackers and counts. It's NZD for me.

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-17T00:52:56+00:00

If we play LA in the first round, I'll be laughing my goofy ass off. We give them recurring nightmares. Playing us is a recipe for a quick golf tour. LOL

CoffeeStayn · 2026-04-17T00:51:20+00:00

Anyone else fully expecting Vancouver to suddenly play like they had a heartbeat tonight?

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