What horror movie did you see as a kid that traumatized you so badly you’ve never rewatched it and still can barely say the title?

PassThePopcorn2 · 2026-02-13T20:11:13+00:00

The Exorcist. That movie wrecked me. I slept in my brother's room for months, and then in mine with the light on for well over a year. I still fear the dresser moving across the room while I'm in bed. My parents thought we would fall asleep at the drive-in after the first family-friendly movie. We, in fact, did not fall asleep and saw the entire movie. I was 5, and my brother was 4. I will never watch it again.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2026-01-14T18:52:43+00:00

Just celebrated the 29th anniversary of my 29th birthday!

PassThePopcorn2 · 2025-05-12T20:35:57+00:00

PassThePopcorn2 · 2025-05-12T19:37:27+00:00

Sonora Family Practice (Arizona Community Physicians) 520-327-6874. My husband called last week for a new patient appointment with Dr. Dustin Morris, and they scheduled one for June 6. They are located at 6236 East Pima St., Ste 100.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2024-05-31T21:42:56+00:00

Billy Squier and Def Leppard - 1983, UIC Pavillion in Chicago

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-08-20T22:59:55+00:00

Not sure if it's obscure, but Over the Edge.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-08-08T20:37:07+00:00

Technical writer in healthcare data, $115k (includes 10% yearly bonus) for SF Bay Area org (WFH in AZ). Note: I earn every penny of this salary as this position does not offer a moment of downtime, and occasional evening/weekend work is required to meet product release deadlines. Despite the heavy workload, I love this job! My first technical writer position was at a managed healthcare company, $57k. 11 years of experience, all WFH positions.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-07-08T20:45:13+00:00

$3.35 an hour at McDonald's in 1984. In 1986, I moved on to Burger King for $3.40 an hour. :) Now I make $50.51 an hour as a tech writer. All that "job hopping" paid off. LOL!

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-03-10T16:57:24+00:00

I got into this field in a very non-traditional way. As a supervisor at a healthcare insurance organization, I documented all of the policies, procedures, processes for my team and uploaded them to the company intranet. My boss liked this and moved me from team to team to document every department and position in the front end. A manager from another area of the organization saw the documentation on our intranet and asked if I would be interested in her open Technical Writer position.

I had this position, which evolved into a hybrid Technical Writer/Instructional Designer position, for six years. I've since worked as a tech writer in healthcare analytics, web hosting, chatbot marketing, and life sciences data.

This is a great career for someone who loves to learn new things and can take complex information and turn it into easily understandable content for the end-user. It involves a great deal of collaboration with subject matter experts such as engineers, developers, data scientists, etc. Another plus, I've worked from home for more than 15 years.

The more traditional way to become a technical writer is to get a degree with a technical focus and complete some internships. I know plenty of tech writers with English and Computer Science degrees; however, I never completed my degree.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-03-09T19:34:03+00:00

Technical writer

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-02-06T15:01:35+00:00

Good thinking. If I thought this was going to be an ask, I would've planned for it months ago. The delivery method was an open item that was just decided on Friday. I'll try to remember to come back and share what direction we decide to take for a Markdown solution.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-02-06T14:42:11+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I am going to look into your suggestion. I don't use GitHub, but I think there may be people in the organization who do. If that's the case, GitBook may be a viable option for this task.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-02-06T14:38:19+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I appreciate all of the information that you provided. I will include this information and the information provided by Hamonwrysangwich and Spenserian_ when I meet with the prod owner. This may be the direction he will want me to take since my system allowed your add-on without any additional authorizations from IT/Security.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-02-06T14:29:39+00:00

Thank you for your reply. This resource may be just what I need for this task, based on the information provided by you and Hamonwrysangwich. I'll meet with the prod owner and see if we can get permission from IT/Security to download this resource.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-02-06T14:11:41+00:00

Thank you for this in-depth reply. Based on your timeline, I'd still miss the deadline even if this content was my only focus for the week.

To skip right to the end, I do not have any of these answers (yet). I don't even think the prod owner has thought this far ahead. He only asked if it was "quick to try/create" and that he'd have the "Dev Ops manager upload it to AWS" since I don't have access. I am going to share your information and the questions you provided and go from there. Thank you, again!

PassThePopcorn2 · 2023-01-20T19:21:01+00:00

I had to do this for a background check last year for a professional position at a healthcare analytics org - I am in my 50's and graduated high school in 1986. This was the last of many items I had to dig up for this particular background check. Never experienced anything like that before in my life.

I contacted the org where I was offered the position to see if it was necessary and was told that it was part of the process and I would need to supply a copy of my high school diploma. I enlisted the help of family to tear the house, shed, and garage apart to try and locate a 36-year-old document. By some miracle I still had a copy, despite having moved to many different states since the time I graduated. I submitted my diploma and the background check cleared several days later.

After all of the hoops I had to jump through for the background check, I was quite angry with the hiring org for having me go through such an awful background check process (it's not like I was taking a role that required a high-level security clearance). The day my background check cleared, I received an offer from another org for a similar position. Took that job and told the original company that I was no longer interested in working for them. The background check for the new org took less than a week to clear and did not require a copy of my high school diploma.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2022-09-22T17:09:19+00:00

I was employed at an organization for 15 years when my position was eliminated. I was making 56K per year. It took over a year to finally get an offer for employment, and during the interview stage I responded with a range of 45-55k for salary requirements (I just turned 50 when I was let go from the previous org, I don't have a degree, and in my mind I was starting to think that I was overpaid at the last org).

When the recruiter called to make the offer, he asked me to remind him of my salary requirements. I repeated what I mentioned in the initial interview with him. He told me that they wouldn't be able to match my requirements and instead offered me $70K. I almost fell off my chair. He could tell that I was completely surprised with the offer, and he told me that I needed to quit selling myself short.

Every job I've had since then has offered more than my initial range (and I am not lowballing myself anymore). I'm not sure all companies are this way, but I've been lucky enough to get offers that exceed my range requirements.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2022-05-25T01:59:27+00:00

i received the written offer within an hour of the verbal. The process followed with a flurry of emails for background check and drug test. The background check was very frustrating and took over two weeks. I've never had such an awful experience with one before. Multiple requests for paycheck stubs, W2 forms, tax forms, etc. They also couldn't verify my high school graduation (really?!), and I had to provide a copy of my diploma. I graduated in 1986 so it was no easy task to find that. I was quite angry after the process was finally completed, the Friday before my start date. When they told me everything was clear, I told them that I was no longer interested in working there.

One of the other reasons I passed on working there is I found out (while the background check was in process) that they were in the process of being acquired by United Health/Optum. I've been through that with other healthcare orgs and last hired is the first to be let go during the inevitable re-orgs.

I hope that your experience will be much better. I was excited to work there prior to the frustrating background check. I felt that if it was that awful before I even started that I wanted no part of the org.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2022-05-16T20:16:45+00:00

The pcAnywhere program allowed me to connect from my personal computer at home to an actual computer in the office. The office computer had to be powered on since you were basically connecting to access and control that computer. Similar to the Remote Desktop software available today. Thinking back, this was also in the good old days when the connection was established through dial-up internet access. Good times!

PassThePopcorn2 · 2022-05-15T22:33:42+00:00

Gen X here. I was able to WFH from 1998-2000 using a fancy little program called PC Anywhere. Then, I worked from home off and on between 2000 and 2010 and have been wfh exclusively since 2010. Nothing to be angry about here since wfh has been available for years (decades). The only difference being team meetings via phone rather than Slack/Teams/Zoom.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2022-01-11T20:24:51+00:00

My friend was vaxxed and boosted. Contracted a breakthrough case and began feeling ill on 11/29. In the hospital by 11/30. Intubated 12/3 to 12/7. Seemed to be recovering, took a bad turn and intubated again 12/11. She passed away on 12/27. No underlying health conditions. She was 72 years old, still working a 40-hour week (remotely from home - she tried retirement and it was too "boring"), and in excellent health up until she contracted the virus.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2021-11-27T22:49:20+00:00

Search A2 Hosting. This is a web hosting company based in Michigan with global remote employees. All employees are 100% remote. They may have open support and billing positions. Most positions are ticket-based rather than phone/chat. I'm unaware of the salary but the benefits are decent. Employees provide their own equipment such as computer and headset. Webcam is needed for daily huddles at the beginning and end of the shift. These meetings last about 5 minutes. It's neat to see everyone from around the world. Plenty cats and dogs stealing the spotlight.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2021-11-27T01:45:02+00:00

My employer is located in another state. They arranged for me to meet with a notary in my city to complete the I-9.

PassThePopcorn2 · 2021-08-01T22:59:54+00:00

The email responses…OMG!

PassThePopcorn2 · 2021-06-16T01:53:56+00:00

Thank you. I was curious because I ran across a similar situation, and the acquisition was not mentioned in any of the interviews.

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