Random Rants

[GraemeE]

@goosehd if it wasn't for the hard labor part I'm inclined to agree with @tody

Bonus the use of "laneway" makes me think of letterkenny shenanigans

[goosehd]

Not going to lie and say that I'm not looking forward to the occasional beer or three. Need to stay hydrated...

[J-IV]

Good on you for helping though @goosehd . A stocked beer fridge sounds like a little exciting if you ask me, especially if it's beers I haven't tried yet.

To contribute - just came off a State call and heard our program is going to take a huge hit on the budget. Expecting up to 50% for next year. The feeling of uncertainty and doom in the office this past month has been somewhat mitigated but folks are definitely feeling it now. Fun times ahead - guess I should go stock my beer fridge too, huh?

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd just dump all the snow in your asshole neighbours driveway. Who says work can’t be fun?

[goosehd]

@J-IV ...wishing you the best and was in the same position back in 2008. Sleepless nights are no joke.

For the record, we did lose our jobs but made a decision to do something that we both love and to never work for anyone but ourselves again.

For as dark as it looks, the sun is shining over the horizon.

[Oaktavia]

@GraemeE end of the laneway, don't come up the property.

[J-IV]

@goosehd I appreciate the reassurance and kind words. I’m sure I’ll be okay (albeit a little more ornery to my leadership), my heart just goes to the school districts we serve. Ultimately the kids will be the ones affected.

Just gotta keep paddling until the next wave comes. Or the next snow storm? I had a witty ending but totally lost it.

[steelworker]

@Matt said in Random Rants:

My admonishment was sharp and loud. You could have heard a pin drop afterwards.

Im guessing you werent wearing dinosaur crocs.

[Mizmazzle]

@J-IV we have a lot of teachers in my building that are feeling this same anxiety that are on staff through special grant funding. It's rather unnerving.

[J-IV]

@Mizmazzle just got to keep on, keeping on. Hope it’s not so bad in your neck of the woods

[Mizmazzle]

@J-IV lotta nervous folks about. I work in Aurora, Colorado. Which has been one of the target cities mentioned in speeches and on the news a lot. We have a very large immigrant community in the neighborhoods surrounding my school. We just try our best to create a caring environment that fosters compassion and growth.

[J-IV]

@Mizmazzle said in Random Rants:

We just try our best to create a caring environment that fosters compassion and growth.

That part.

[mclaincausey]

The US is beyond effed right now. We had a great run.

[RobeOfTheMagi]

Rest of the free world is heading in the same direction. But I guess that's no consolation.

I always turn to Alan Watts' old lectures when I feel somewhat daunted.

[louisbosco]

maybe..

[endo]

just two letters, Ye

[mclaincausey]

How a black man can be a literal Nazi is beyond the pale. (See what I did there?)

Ye has major Clayton Bigsby energy.

[Tago Mago]

@mclaincausey that will always be one of the funniest pieces by Chappelle. Always reminds me of this one as well:

Ooooh the racism, it's killing me inside

[endo]

that video is hilarious, and somewhat foreseeing regarding all the (seeing) blind pleople atm

[Mizmazzle]

We just found our my partner reading interventionist had her position cut for next year. The funding for her job was through a federal reading grant that has been eliminated. Rather devastating for her and the students she serves.
While my job is secure (my position is a standard, district funded role), the amount of kids that will fall into my service will have more than doubled...