There is something that outlives the body. There is something that knows your voice before your name. There is something that forgives the wound before the apology. There is something that holds the silence when the room empties. There is something that buries its dead and sets the table anyway.…
The Great Gamer Tag Identity Crisis of the early 90s. WarMachine. I don't know where it came from. Ozzy had War Pigs but that wasn't it. Somewhere in my head there's a ghost reference, a song or a lyric or maybe just the word…
We were discussing today how recently, one of her business partners did her and her other business partner dirty, very similar to what happened to me earlier in 2024. She said “how do people like this lie, and lie, and lie and think it won’t catch up to them?…
"Cops are at their house again" a neighbor told us. We installed external cameras and internal garage cameras nearly two years ago. We called them the "Chad Detection Cams" and they pickup motion, and sound, ALL SOUNDS including talk 😄 We told our kids they couldn'…
There is an endless understanding of love that comes over me when we are together. The noise stops. Not fades, stops. Like a hand pressed over a wound. Everything slows. And I realize I am not lost. I am only somewhere I have never been with someone who knows the…
With recent events around us, as unexpected goodbyes are happening, I'm reminded how fragile life is. Hug your people. 🫂 Call your parents. 🤟 Call everyone. 📣 Be present. Keep sewing those blankets of memories. In the end, that is...... all .... we ..... get ............. to ............. leave ............... behind. ❤️ Jake https://lnkd.in/gcxX7haB…
With the help of AI, I was able to install my first electrical outlet, and it works too ⚡ Oh, and I’m almost a master plumber now.Yesterday, AI walked me through installing a toilet. I’m still chiseling a trench through my living room floor for the pipe that…
Today, I heroically ascended the 3nd floor staircase in my house — no oxygen tank, just pure grit. At the top, I snapped a selfie, then I descended back down, clutching my Liquid Death. I then stepped outside, rang the bell, kissed my Chevelle, and basked in the glory of my…
ACL. ACL. ACL. You might be using this pattern right now. Following it. Borrowing from it and you have no idea it has a name. At NinjaCat, one of the first tasks handed to me when I joined, was making our MongoDB data warehouse more reliable and scalable. I did…
I don't know you. But I saw you on the platform. Shoulders curled like you were protecting something already gone. I don't know what happened. I wasn't there. But your grief found me anyway. Slipped under my ribs. Made a home it didn'…