Eric Bailey
@ericvbailey.bsky.social
Mild-mannered husband-father office manager by day, cozy quirky anti-billionaire indie game developer by night. Writing, coffee, Jesus, whimsy, mischief. Bad jokes? ericvbailey86@gmail.com. https://tinybookshelf.itch.io
had something funny to say but forgot, my bad everybody
Today was "furnish my resignation letter/two-week's notice and begin the transition process" day at work. In my feels a little bit. Life is compelling.
when you overhear your boss say "that's what Eric said!" to a coworker down the hall but your ears don't bother catching anything else from the conversation 😭😅
realizing i have forum posts older than some of the players in tonight's NBA game
of all the weird little pixeljunk reaction gifs and memes and pieces of reply-section detritus, i do admit i've grown fond of this one
still having a little trouble wrapping my brain around this one !
Eric Bailey@ericvbailey.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are now (2026) farther in time from the debut of the iPhone (2007) than the debut of the iPhone was from the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989).
I don't know, couldn't get a good look inside their box. 🫤
Aaron, just Aaron@a-j-ruszk.bsky.social · 2mo agoBut were the cats on your way to St Ives?
No, but you would not BELIEVE what I just saw on my trip to St. Ives.
Aaron, just Aaron@a-j-ruszk.bsky.social · 2mo agoHave you met a traveller from an antique land?
"GAZE UPON MY WORKS YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR!" -- message left by Korg'makh, Destroyer of the Mighty, an ancient warrior who roamed the lands and tortured the mighty, killing them in nasty ways, leaving their heads on pikes for all to observe and such
Schrödinger's Ship of Theseus: Placed in a box is a version of the Ship of Theseus thought experiment in which all words have been changed from the original. Until this version is observed, we cannot know whether or not it is still in fact the Ship of Theseus thought experiment.
We are now (2026) farther in time from the debut of the iPhone (2007) than the debut of the iPhone was from the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989).
One of my mom's favorite jokes -- Q: Why did the elephant paint its toenails red? A: So it could hide in the gumball machine!
a bit of over-sharing -- i have arrived at a fairly confident realization that i am a worse driver when i am stressed/feeling anxious but even scarier might be the realization that if this is true for me, then in all likelihood it is true for many others as well
am encountering a rapid-fire string of people saying very kind things to me, unsolicited and by surprise ... very suspicious 😠
it's been a journey but I GOT A NEW JOB 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Eric Bailey@ericvbailey.bsky.social · 3mo agoMultiple interviews with them, still neither rejected nor given an offer. It's a unique situation, I think some would still find room for optimism, but I grow weary of the tension.
• High Fantasy • Low Fantasy • Hard Science Fiction • Soft Science Fiction wait this doesn't seem quite right
