Current Post On Trae’s Blog:
My grandmother died last night. This wasn't a shock or a surprise. Her health has been on the decline, and she's been in hospice for the last month. She lived a long life, and in her final days she was surrounded by her three adult children.
My grandma was a kind woman. She wasn't perfect, but I always felt loved in her presence. She was a retired kindergarten teacher, and was still working when I was a kid. I have so many happy memories sitting at her kitchen table, and I'm going to carry those with me for the rest of my life. She was also proof that anyone who claims that you get more conservative as you get older is full of shit, because she certainly didn't.
I think it's interesting how the body processes grief sometimes. I don't know that I'll cry, but over the past month, knowing this was coming, I've felt a tension in my gut. Now that she's passed, instead of relief that tension is replaced by a sense of emptiness. That something is missing that should still be there. Something has been taken away, and I feel it.
Of course, as I wrote that, I immediately started crying... so I guess my body processes grief in pretty ordinary ways too.
I wanted to come up with something profound linking this to Beltane, which we sit in the middle of right now, but it just seemed hackneyed. Like I was trying to dig out some greater significance when the truth is death comes whenever it wants. The only predictable thing about it is that it's the end of all of our journeys. I hope that when I pass I'm so lucky to have lived such a long life with people that I love around me in my final days.
For the record, I will be fine. I just needed to get these words out while they were still in my head. I don't have some rousing conclusion or deep insight to tack on here at the end, just that gut feeling that something is missing.
Because it is.
![Nerd & Tie[dot]Social Forums](https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/natsocial-nicepreview-square-300x300.png)
Is Garner using “everyone” in a manner both analogous and opposite to “how are we doing?”
He thinks something, and because he’s clearly right, everyone else must agree with him and just not be willing to say it. Because if they don’t then he might be wrong, and that’s just inconceivable.
(also, WOW, dude is sure blaming Lynn for his own damn problems, isn’t he?)
Lynn should just walk away and tell that staff to go find a new webmaster
To paraphrase an earlier comic: “Yeah, I don’t know why you’d think that was an option.” considering who is involved here.
One tactic is to say, “Hey guys, Garner tells me that I’m annoying everybody and acting superior. I’m really sorry about that. So I’m going to resign right now so you can find a webmaster that can work with you better.”
I was going to say that Lynn’s anger management therapist earned her money only if Lynn never came looking for a fight to begin with.
But instead, I’ll recognize the obvious progress she must have made to not throttle this guy.
Hahahahahahhaha!
Oh, god, I have been in a very similar situation. A con in my area had an entire dept quit, and came to my con to recruit people as a stop gap so they could rebuild their staff. We showed up and were treated like we carried the plague. it was like, well, why did you ask us here if you didn’t actually want the help?
It’s official – Garner is a complete bag of garbage. If you have an issue with someone, you don’t forcibly drag it into public view behind their back and take steps to “get back” at them. You don’t put a business other people have worked hard for at risk. You don’t spend hours wasting other people’s time. You go and talk to the other person.
Yeah, this may be something of a hot topic for me. I find these kind of people to be some of the lowest forms of scum.
….I still kinda hoping for a Garner sized hole in the wall…
Why cause property damage when you can just replace the website with a page that say “i quit its his fault dont call me” wouldnt even need to remove the site just change all the folder names
Fight? Fight? Fight? Fight? Fight?
Eight! Eight! Eight! Eight! Eight!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brAHpMxXt00&list=PL2EA30775CC195E3A