Max's Miscellaneous Musings

Yesterday, I took my car in for a service.  The 100K service was $666.  Then, I got a call from them telling me the brake pads were fucked and needed to be replaced.  Add another $600, for a total of $1270-odd. I have never resented my car quite as muc… more »

Thank Gawd It's Friday.  Week one back at work is almost done.  It took a whole day and a half to get me to the point where I wanted to resign (again/still).   The problem with taking four weeks off work is that now I have zero leave balance (thanks to b… more »

Lately, the following things have been disproportionately pissing me off: Loose != Lose. Biggest Loser Club members, I'm looking at you! It's written on every single fucking page in a huge banner, and you STILL get it wrong! You are not big loosers… more »

Dear moronic co-worker, If I have taken remote control of your computer, and am in the middle of applying updates to it, do not take that as an opportunity to switch the bloody thing off. There's a reason I locked the console. There's a reason it sa… more »

I'm on call this week, lucky me, so the work mobile is on 24/7, and sits on my bedside table. I received two text messages from CSC (our outsourcer) at midnight last night, telling me a production-critical problem existed at one of our sites and that th… more »

I've put on a shitload of weight the last couple weeks. I'm talking kilos. I haven't exercised enough and I haven't eaten properly, so it's really no surprise. I don't want to have to spend the rest of my life exercising like crazy or watching every s… more »

#1: I am still on the never-ending hunt for a new bike. I went into NRG cycles at Jindalee yesterday and had a chat with them. They asked me if I'd considered a women's-specific bike, and I have to say it hadn't even occurred to me. Anyway, they asked… more »

Day one back at work after a week off, and within minutes I wanted to throttle everyone within reach. Lots of dumb stuff, but the last straw was yet another fuckup related to this fucking printer project. I lost it and emailed the boss that I was a hai… more »

No university medal for me. Some other nerd is actually graduating with a GPA of 7. :'( :'( :'( more »

Do not change the format of a data feed, then tell me about it after the fact, with a one-line email that says, "We've changed the format of the feed, so make sure you adjust your systems before auto-importing it". Dickheads. :roll: Lots of love, Ma… more »