The most depressing work days are when I have to fight yesterday's battles today. And i don't have the fucks to give atm.
@bikepedantic fewer than normal, eh?
@geoff_green my edges are dulling in old age
@bikepedantic it was a classic Harry Truman move to become incensed and write a letter to the object of his ire, which he would then throw away after he finished it. Sometimes his secretaries intercepted the letters.
Other times they were not interdicted at all
@Kevin I do this with email, and did this with tweets - write a response to something that ticked me off, to get it out of my head, wait 24 hours, then decide whether to send, edit, or delete. Need a drafts folder here!
@bikepedantic tell me about it, today's issue is where will my lawn crews park if you remove street parking? Resisting the urge to scream, how about your driveway
@bikepedantic Oh yes, the rear-guard defense is ever present in this business. You have to be perpetually able to explain/justify things you thought were broadly understood and agreed upon...
<types and deletes a half-dozen career-unsavvy things>