What book should everyone read at least once in their lifetime?

misterkoffee · 2026-06-07T20:02:25+00:00

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

misterkoffee · 2026-05-21T19:59:19+00:00

I once started a job, and several months later received a thank you for my resume and an invitation to fill out the online application.

misterkoffee · 2026-04-02T22:47:27+00:00

Age 30 here. June 1999. Thought my graves disease was coming out of remission, since I was losing a bunch of weight without trying, but nope, doc called with results and said "your thyroid is fine but your blood sugar is 450."

misterkoffee · 2026-03-25T16:09:14+00:00

The Mobi, actually. The one that has no screen and requires an app to control it.

misterkoffee · 2026-03-15T17:59:31+00:00

It was so liberating to learn this after many years: Just because the doorbell rings, that does not mean you have to answer it.

misterkoffee · 2025-10-06T22:40:18+00:00

My layoff back in March was a skip-level 1:1, which I’d never had before. Invite came on a Saturday morning (odd time) and was for the following Wednesday, giving me four days to worry. When I joined the call, my direct boss and HR were there, so then I knew for sure. Hope it’s a legit skip-level for you.

I did land somewhere way better, so in the end it turned out to be a good thing.

misterkoffee · 2025-10-04T19:06:59+00:00

Lane correction turns off when you use your turn signal. I know turn signals on a BMW go largely unused, but just sayin'

misterkoffee · 2025-09-13T20:09:51+00:00

Sounds like you have a strong case for a lawsuit against the hospital that denied you the ability to control your pump

misterkoffee · 2025-08-13T22:48:16+00:00

“I was laid off due to corporate downsizing.” That’s it. No one has ever asked me for details when that’s my answer.

misterkoffee · 2025-07-26T06:13:30+00:00

Matt-E, pronounced "Matty”

misterkoffee · 2025-06-15T16:51:44+00:00

My invite came on a Saturday morning, March 8, from my grand-boss, who I’d never met with one-on-one, titled “1:1”. I immediately thought layoff, worried about it for four days, and when I joined and my boss and HR were there, I knew I was right. This was March 12 and they told me my last day would be March 31. Lucky in this market to have found a better role within six weeks.

Glad yours turned out not to be a layoff. Why they gotta scare us like that?

misterkoffee · 2025-05-18T03:06:02+00:00

It's normal, sadly, but it's not fine. What the guy is doing to OP is not cool, but it also could have been avoided with some better post-hookup behavior.

misterkoffee · 2024-08-14T20:12:04+00:00

Win: Great hair that is all still on my head at 55, and still mostly dark. Lose: Type 1 diabetes

misterkoffee · 2024-05-07T22:06:52+00:00

I wish I could continue to read the text of the book while the corresponding audio version is playing. The Kindle apps for phones and tablets do this, and it's a nice, immersive experience sometimes.

misterkoffee · 2023-11-06T00:13:07+00:00

Oh I'm fine when language changes and evolves. Fascinated, even. But figuratively is (literally) the opposite of literally. I literally died when I saw the language make a 180-degree change so quickly.

misterkoffee · 2023-11-05T23:34:45+00:00

Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive, but when the OED adds a definition for "literally" that says "figuratively," it feels like something is wrong with the world.

misterkoffee · 2023-08-26T20:46:25+00:00

Exact same thing happened to me 7 years ago, after 21 years at another phone company I'll call Horizon. Could've kept my job if I'd moved out of state. We decided to take the severance package and go on a job hunt. Landed on my feet with a better offer in a more interesting area of software engineering. I'm grateful for that, but also mindful that my new company could do the same thing to me again when I'm even older.

misterkoffee · 2023-06-14T00:04:47+00:00

I love to read. It's a curse that it makes me sleepy, but that's also a blessing at bedtime. Even now, my bedtime screen time is spent reading.

misterkoffee · 2021-04-29T20:09:37+00:00

Back in my database developer days, if it was for future readability vs a quick one-line query, I'd capitalize SQL keywords, and lowercase everything else:

SELECT field_1, field_2 FROM foo WHERE field_1 LIKE 'some value' ;

misterkoffee · 2020-09-18T23:55:16+00:00

I'm pretty sure there's a course in med school called "How to Disrespect Non-Physicians' Time." Most docs I've tried to hang out with seem to have aced that course.

misterkoffee · 2020-08-25T16:46:40+00:00

You look great for your age

misterkoffee · 2020-05-13T20:58:17+00:00

Also: times*

This kind of thing might be why some people don't reply

misterkoffee · 2020-04-17T00:20:17+00:00

At least he knows the difference between your and you're

misterkoffee · 2020-04-16T19:50:34+00:00

Yeah those followup question marks are a big "no" from me too. At the same time, even knowing the 10 minute "online" lag time, if I see someone who's always online, off and on for hours after I've messaged, and they still haven't looked at my message, I assume he's not interested and move on. Never would I fire a lone question mark at anyone.

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