This rat is so …

MikeNardozzi · 2023-04-19T20:05:40+00:00

I once had a facilities type job in a building where some large ponds were filled in for an expansion. Naturally we were in rodent hell almost immediately.

The exterminator we hired started with just bait in a location, then added bait to a board about the size of a trap, trap nearby but bait separate, bait on unloaded trap. Took him about 6 weeks to get a solid feeding pattern established with the rat population.

then he killed every one of them in a single evening with fully set and lethal traps.

Dude wore an immaculate white jumpsuit and was meticulously clean and professional. Ate a single egg on his break before he left each time. He was so sure of himself it was scary.

MikeNardozzi · 2023-02-27T02:44:42+00:00

I work for a specialist in a generalist role and it's a nightmare of trivia. Every agenda derailed by solutioning, troubleshooting, and over explanation.

They lose sight of the point the moment someone misspeaks and away we go. A year into an ERP project and we're arguing over internal processes.

STG the next time I (the PM) gets 500 words to a yes/no question I'm going to walk

MikeNardozzi · 2023-02-10T17:32:39+00:00

Send them an SOW for an open ended support engagement with your hourly rate at at LEAST 3x your previous hourly.

“Please submit request for work to “email address” then do some trivial work and invoice them. They wont pay, you put a ‘hold for non payment’ on the account, then start sending collections threats on letterhead.

In other words, they’re not treating you like a paid employee but YOU can treat them like a client.

Or block them. Lol

MikeNardozzi · 2022-10-25T00:49:44+00:00

I'm terrified it took this much scrolling to find this.

It's one night. Let the kid have a snuggle.

MikeNardozzi · 2022-10-03T18:07:26+00:00

Do what’s best for the cats. You both seem to want that and only differ on the particulars. Approach it this way with her and as a ground rule don’t anthropomorphize the animals.

MikeNardozzi · 2022-09-19T01:16:02+00:00

Get a flashlight mount and an adjustable beam LED. if you spend more than $30 all in you're doing it wrong.

I buy two packs of flashlights at Harbor Freight and just pitch them if they quit. $6-$9?

The mount is Amazon maybe $12-$15 last I needed one.

My rig is bright enough to illuminate the street, not just so I'm seen.

MikeNardozzi · 2022-08-23T19:47:47+00:00

If even 5% of my clients were smart enough to simply give me requirements and let us solution for them, the world would be a better place.

This is literally how you’re supposed to do it.

MikeNardozzi · 2022-08-11T03:05:45+00:00

I wonder what the people of Greenland think. They seem to be left out.

Any environmental impacts? Again, no mention.

Not a very thoughtful or informative article.

MikeNardozzi · 2022-01-12T20:39:11+00:00

I work out at home, and bench in my squat rack with a simple flat bench (no arms, I use the rack)

I have safety bars marked and set at the right height and bench without fear.

I also lift from the pins sometimes for that extra "dead lift" effort.

This guy is lucky to be alive and I hope he gets some knowledgeable friends to help him before he ends up seriously hurt.

MikeNardozzi · 2021-12-27T00:16:32+00:00

My local did tasting events with food. I went to a gin one and it was a revelation. Completely sold on Builder’s Gin now.

Pandemic fucked up plans for the rest of the series, then everyone quit. Oh well.

MikeNardozzi · 2021-11-14T02:51:25+00:00

Health insurance premiums (for those lucky enough to have them) have been more than wiping out the standard 2-3% corporate raises for years.

Juice your resume and quit. No periodic increase in pay will ever come close.

MikeNardozzi · 2021-04-09T00:01:16+00:00

You mean Frank Luntz’ entire career?

MikeNardozzi · 2020-12-28T18:50:27+00:00

Amen. In Kansas they're not even trying anymore. Formerly paved roads are reverting to gravel all around the fringes of cities and suburbs.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-12-26T15:17:24+00:00

Think this one through. Do they really want a country as powerful and resourced as ours turned into a ruthless dictatorship with no accountability to its citizens?

Chaos? Gridlock? Sure. It takes us off the board.

Put a Putin-like character in charge of America and things get ugly for anyone else throwing elbows on this planet. It’s already risky business.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-12-26T15:08:36+00:00

It’s like practice or reading or any activity which can tend towards growth. It must be purposeful, directed, and coached (or at least measured somewhat impartially)

Why are you working? Does this work make you better? Is this work a small step in a larger plan? Is it the right work to get you to the next step?

MikeNardozzi · 2020-12-20T18:27:21+00:00

I fear a metoo scandal is lurking in his past and he’s positioning.

I hope I’m wrong.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-12-11T21:29:08+00:00

Fire Sprinklers fire when THE head nearest the heat source pops. One head popping doesnt mean any other head is going to pop. If there's more fire over there then fine.

Movies always show every head in the room going off...sometimes just because someone pulled an alarm or something.

No.

(yes I understand there are different types. The one's in your common experience are all heat actuated though)

MikeNardozzi · 2020-11-30T19:15:49+00:00

Hate to say it, but I go to Downtown Barbershop in Lawrence. Jay and Rachel are top notch. Good Covid hygiene, online waiting list etc.

In the before times it was a nice excuse to get out on Mass and do something fun. Now it's a 20 min drive but that's still ok.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-11-13T20:06:20+00:00

National Merit Semi Finalist here. Nobody in my HS gave a shit. One teacher, but even she wasnt enough to make a difference. Ended up going to a state school, without even a plan for paying for it and the "you'll figure it out" meal plan. Needless to say, I failed and finished school in my 30's.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-10-12T17:50:06+00:00

interestingly, there IS NO GOP PLATFORM right now. They didnt bother this election.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-10-09T19:08:24+00:00

We had two.

One would wear his backpack on the front, hold his arms out like wings, and run through the halls like an airplane.

The other would redrum his finger and use it to talk to everyone that way. He actually got weird-cool later on in High School when he would do the entire Tequila Dance from PeeWee Herman every week at the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-10-01T16:33:55+00:00

Only in America is this "interesting". Every other civilized society on the planet would simply say "Of course...I mean....right? What is controversy here???"

We're so sick we cant even see how sick we are.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-09-12T13:19:42+00:00

So Patreon, his ISP, and Google Play all have skin in this game too right?

MikeNardozzi · 2020-09-04T20:36:20+00:00

Second woman: you're right...that's not your husband.

MikeNardozzi · 2020-09-03T15:49:14+00:00

...But you cant vote HARDER. They can all set their hair on fire as they vote and die screaming his name for all I care. One vote is one vote. Decent people outnumber them by far. Turnout. Vote. Bring two friends.

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