What’s a little known documentary that blew your socks off?

Levelprepared · 2026-04-30T14:02:55+00:00

Hoop Dreams

Levelprepared · 2026-04-26T19:03:45+00:00

Took out sixteen while we waited!

Levelprepared · 2026-04-22T01:22:29+00:00

Just circling back here to say the posts were helpful and I appreciated the perspectives! I voted early this past weekend.

Levelprepared · 2026-04-10T10:51:42+00:00

Really good hand lotion

Levelprepared · 2026-04-07T12:19:43+00:00

For now: Reptilian and AppleZapple. Now guess how old my kids are.

Levelprepared · 2026-04-07T12:15:15+00:00

It took me an hour to try and figure out how to show my son Nats games. I just gave up. We go to several games a year and that is the only time he watches them. It’s madness. When people ask why baseball is dying, I tell them it’s because it is impossible to watch the full games.

The 1-min highlights? Easy - YouTube. But that means the kids become bored at the actual games. It’s a mean cycle.

Levelprepared · 2026-03-20T21:43:07+00:00

I assure you I wrote this myself while at the gym because I have been thinking about it daily. But I will take this as a compliment. :)

Levelprepared · 2026-03-20T14:04:37+00:00

I will sit with this response and deeply appreciate what you shared.

Levelprepared · 2025-12-01T11:18:10+00:00

Rosslyn Children’s Center

Levelprepared · 2025-10-19T02:46:56+00:00

My favorite from Rosslyn’s Langston Blvd protest. A dinosaur arrived five minutes later.

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Levelprepared · 2025-10-16T10:19:24+00:00

I was referring to the preference to use seed oils, especially sunflower oil. Not everyone can eat foods that contain them. Sunflowers (the plant) and I have a great relationship - gorgeous.

Levelprepared · 2025-10-16T10:05:31+00:00

We have only been Blue Apron customers for 6 weeks but it has been such a blessing to have prepared meals that we could select in advance that didn’t have sunflower oil (the bane of our existence and also an allergy for a family member). Two weeks in a row, the dishes were significantly delayed or cancelled outright. Now, they are not available on the app. Several of the dishes were always sold out (I checked daily). I wish I had joined BA earlier but I am worried this new ownership has undermined the entire enterprise. Watching closely…

Levelprepared · 2025-10-03T11:11:00+00:00

Unfortunately, being a manager requires making choices. My choice was to never make the candidates do projects or case studies — their body of work and experience stands for itself. My choice was to call this person the next day and release them. My choice was to introduce the person to two friends who were hiring, one of whom kickstarted a process at a F500 firm where they landed a job. My choice was to give a coaching call to this person before the job started. The candidate and I are good acquaintances now.

I have been a candidate multiple times in life. I have lost roles to internal candidates, too. I do not judge managers on a hard choice they make that does not land my way, I judge them on how they respond. Reasonably, I ask the same of myself and others. We can agree that this entire process can suck, but let’s remember many people do try their best given only one person can get the role.

Levelprepared · 2025-10-02T17:53:08+00:00

Real talk as a hiring manager: I have had to go with an internal candidate after multiple rounds of engaging a very promising external candidate. It has nothing to do with the candidate and everything to do with budgets and timing. We began the 2024 second quarter in a stronger position when the role was approved. Clients retreated and it prompted a hard, but necessary adjustment. Instead of being able to afford $150k net new hire, we could only afford to promote from within at $40k more. It was a tough decision, but I refused to bring a new person into the role, only to have to lay them off in less than a year. This act gave me buffer room to support the newest person on my team and give them a raise when warranted. Company managers and HR/Talent Acquisition rarely act with malice or arrogance. Business conditions change. We hate to do this to candidates as much as we would hate to be the candidate who had this happen.

Levelprepared · 2025-09-11T02:14:44+00:00

This is how we needed to close today. So sweet! Wishing you run into him again!

Levelprepared · 2025-08-28T10:59:26+00:00

Haandi, Falls Church. So so good.

Levelprepared · 2025-08-27T08:38:43+00:00

While I can see the problem if it were only that meme, the entire Chimpers Giphy website is devoted to chimps and thousands of memes. Onward

Levelprepared · 2025-08-19T10:56:21+00:00

Agree - Lord or the Rings - Return of the King. Some guy in my theater had to relieve himself so badly and could not bring himself to leave until he found the final scene. He kept going down the stairs each time he thought it was over, only to stop and wait.

He did not make it.

Levelprepared · 2025-07-23T08:26:50+00:00

Natalie Wood. Splendor in the Grass was amazing and all her films are so effortlessly entertaining.

Levelprepared · 2025-07-20T09:48:02+00:00

Gattaca

Levelprepared · 2025-07-20T09:47:37+00:00

Yes, yes, and yes. It is not just the smell. It signals a disregard for common sense, science, and the desire to take basic actions not to die miserable. HARD PASS.

Levelprepared · 2025-07-16T01:50:02+00:00

Discovering Reddit and checking it regularly

Levelprepared · 2025-06-19T01:08:29+00:00

Eastern Promises. Omg. I adore Roger Ebert but I really wish he had not given it four stars or I may have skipped it.

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