An interesting thing about the YouTube Algorithm just dawned on me while watching a series of videos by MrPete222, aka Tubalcain, aka Lyle Peterson – a retired HS Metal Shop teacher. He’s not the only machinist I follow on YT, and there are plenty of other crafts-persons I follow who are not machinists as well.… Continue reading All Star Shop Teachers
Category: Mental Health
English Is Not That Hard
…except when it is. Mark – a pretty funny guy – is mocking IQ45’s misunderstanding of “hundredth”. Follows that by incorrectly using an apostrophe to pluralize SAT (it should be simply “SATs”). Why do so many struggle with the apostrophe? I wonder. I’ve seen this “1/100th” thing a few times lately. It’s not clear that… Continue reading English Is Not That Hard
Social Anxiety at McDs
Mild Social Anxiety No, technically, I’ve not been diagnosed. This is conjecture, but based on pretty solid evidence. Firstly, with one rare exception, every time I have gone to a (mental or medical) Health Professional with a confident idea of what’s wrong with me, they wind up coming to precisely the same conclusion. The exception:… Continue reading Social Anxiety at McDs
I’m Not Mad – He Did A Great Job
…but it was not bargain. As you probably know, I’m an introvert, and don’t really like talking to people. Once I get started, sometimes, it’s like someone put a nickel in me, and I won’t stop talking. And I know, to non-introverts, that looks like someone who likes talking to people. No, that’s the mental/verbal equivalent of starting… Continue reading I’m Not Mad – He Did A Great Job
CW For The Aging Brain
I’ve been a Licenced Amateur Radio Operator since Spring of ’92, but in those early years, I was more into local VHF than the long-distance HF stuff (what non-hams call “Shortwave”). And even when I did dabble on HF, I had only studied Morse Code enough to pass the 5wpm requirement at that time. Mere… Continue reading CW For The Aging Brain
A Man Of Extremes
In some ways, I’m very difficult to peg. Every time I’ve taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® test, I find myself recognizing when a particular question is trying to ascertain whether I am Introverted or Extroverted. And every time, I try to go with the first situation that pops into my head, but I immediately think of… Continue reading A Man Of Extremes
It’s Your Lucky Day, Sir
The freeway this morning was a little wet, but that has not typically caused a noticeable change in traffic speeds. Up near County Road J where I-35E Southbound is still only 2 lanes, it tends to be going around 79mph (posted: 70) at 6:15am M-F. Today, it was 72-ish, with more flickering of brake lights… Continue reading It’s Your Lucky Day, Sir
MyKronoz ZeTime is a Whiny Bitch
I guess I haven’t much of anything to add to that.
Voithover
I’m in a Facebook group about using Audacity for Voiceover work. Someone in the group who has a self-proclaimed “prominent lisp” was using “DeEsser” and “DeClicker” plugins to reduce it. She posted some edited vs unedited examples. I’m surprised the tech cleaned it up as much as it did. Were it me, I’d fix it… Continue reading Voithover
What’s It Like Having a Stalker?
The following is a blog-excerpt from a very interesting, amusing, and scarily forthright person I follow on Twitter. I’m in a very happy, stable relationship, and yet I have 2-3 enormous crushes. There’s one guy who works at my gym, for example. I can hardly look at him without feeling my face go all hot.… Continue reading What’s It Like Having a Stalker?