Bad business people confuse me. Went to the nearest Orange Leaf tonight. First time. I walk in. About three tables of families chewing on frozen yogurt. Cool. Machines on the wall, toppings at the ready. But nobody at the counter. Five minutes. Girl comes out, says "What can I get you?

The Angels are gonna unload everybody not named Mike Trout by the end of today, huh?

Apparently it's a "my non-scientist opinion is better than either your non-scientist opinion or the scientists you are reading reports from and I'm not because I don't believe them and you shouldn't either" kind of morning

Isn't it amazing that no matter where he is, even if he just got there, people always know where to reach Perry Mason by phone? Restaurants, clients, police stations, businesses, doesn't matter.

Bonus A: Do your homework. Make a plan, don't just wing it. Break it into pieces and measure any effort to gauge progress. And remember, it's only a plan until you metaphorically get punched in the face, which you will, maybe repeatedly. Be ready to adjust. #FreelanceFriends

A3: tough answer here, a pivot depends more on getting over what just happened (client dropped you like a rock, months of prospecting and no bites, ...) and committing to a pivot with a plan for success, then being agile to tweak it. Past difficulty is not an indicator. #FreelanceFriends

A2: I've been tempted to pivot several times in two decades, but the advice a friend got many years ago resonates: do not give up your network, even if it feels dormant. Incremental tweaks, yes. But I've seen people with weak/no networks forced to pivot off an idea. #FreelanceFriends

I'm Don, and in the wilderness north of San Antonio, we have a lake again after recent rains. We also have a pup cleared for public interaction after shots, we took here on her first park trip this morning. Oh, and I have a 5000 word white paper on satellite network design in WIP. #FreelanceFriends

Pondering Carrie Fisher's jilted fiancé character in the Blues Brothers. How does a hairdresser have access to that kind of firepower? There's a hint that she's got connections through her dad to the Romanian mob in Chicago, but still - she has, and knows how to use, a LAWs. Hilarious.

Apparently God wants to go boating here. Canyon Lake is up 19', just 2' shy of normal, after this week's flooding rains. That will take us from almost all boat ramps closed to all ramps open. Good for local economy, bad for peace and quiet.

Good seeing everyone today. Hopefully, tornadoes and floods here will let up soon, praying for people and animals. Everyone out there stay well in the heat and smoke! #FreelanceFriends

So, our annual article got published in Microwave Journal a couple days ago. Cool. But all the buzz is the competitor got their company name in the title of their article in the same issue. That should be a gigantic no-no, but it seems the new editors at the pub let it slide. #FreelanceFriends

On a happier note ... Stevie Nix is now 16 weeks, 37 lbs at her third shot visit last week. We're on a harness and have made it down to the corner and back. Public outings, like the local people park, cleared for next week. Sister also got adopted, brother is waiting. #FreelanceFriends

Oh, deadbeat client. Contracted for 3 white papers, 2500-3000 words each. First one grew through reviews to 4900 words - complex topic. I'm about to lay down the law - either we do one more paper at 4500-5000 words, or two papers at 2500 words. I'm already paid a fixed fee. #FreelanceFriends

Hi all, I'm Don, just doing a lot of checking on folks we know up the Guadalupe River. Crest entering Canyon Lake (where we live) last year was 30' - they are projecting 37' a bit after midnight tonight. #FreelanceFriends

James Bandit

kim@kimmymonte.bsky.social · 3w ago

your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals

Argentina has found like three more gears to put England on the ropes

One of my clients worked hard to get CHIPS act funding for a project before this moron got involved and pulled it. This new fantasy is complete BS. This needs to stop.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump on the CHIPS Act: "If you weren't transgender, you didn't qualify. So they'd get the money, they'd look all over for transgender people to run the company."

Geez, stay classy, Philly.

"60 seconds to go" ish

Signs of societal decline: they've incorporated massive vocal intonation and head/torso gesturing into Password. Fun, but Allen Ludden would have thrown people off set for cheating.

You can hear the desperation in the voices of the US homer announcers on Fox.

Is that bad goalie play? That looked bad.

Pickford literally saved that game

At the risk of sounding like a Progressive homeowner, "You know, if every soccer game were like this, more Americans would watch."

Pretty sure that Mexico player just said to Harry Kane on the ground, "It sounds like you're arguing."

Row, Norway, Row

My dad had "Make the World Go Away" by Eddy Arnold on repeat. My mom, who was 15yrs younger, was Team Tom Jones all day.

Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social · last mo.

what's the music your parents played all the time when you were a kid? for me, it's a dead heat between Neil Diamond and Linda Ronstadt

Hard earned Finals for the Knicks, happy for them.

The Spurs do not have any idea how to finish a close game. Youth and inexperience.