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Dear Chipublib: why?

- June 6, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

It is a constant source of frustration for me that the Chicago Public Library overdrive setup only allows a person to have 5 digital holds at a time. I can …

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A photo I took of Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica in San Jose that has been verically channel shifted.

Stray Travel Thought

- May 29, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

May is a truly miserable time of year to visit Costa Rica, so my recent trip wasn’t exactly a barrel of laughs. But one of the biggest things I kept …

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For those keeping score

- May 28, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

I was on eight flights last week. That is too many flights. I hope to never do that again. I slept most of yesterday, but I feel like I still …

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Too busy to function

- May 22, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

since my last post i spent a week in cleveland for a conference, i ended my previous job, i started a new job, and now i’m in costa rica for …

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Gift of Bart Simpson on a bus, waving his cap with the caption "SO LONG, SUCKERS"

Hell in a handbasket

- May 1, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

Not long after I posted my last post, my boss suddenly had a bevy of harried questions for me, not all of which made complete sense. She scheduled two meetings …

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Static-y red background. Cartoon hand holding up a sign that says "Last Chance"

Last day in the office

- May 1, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

Not technically my last day on the job. I’ll be available for questions and calls as necessary while I’m at PyCon, but this is functionally my last day. I’ve been …

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The new slack logo, deconstructed to follow the popular "Loss" meme format.

The Minorest of Gripes

- April 26, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

The beginning of a Slack correspondence does not need to start with “Good Morning” or “Hi jess” or “Hello, can I ask you a question?” Slack is an informal medium …

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"is this a pigeon meme" with the primary character wondering if a firm timeline for my last day is negotiable.

Getting the hell out

- April 25, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

I gave my notice. It went fine at first. My boss was super gracious and I wondered if she’d been body snatched. Then, of course, 10 minutes later she pulls …

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Simple random pixel glitch applied to the PyPi logo

Babby’s first python package

- April 25, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

https://pypi.org/project/betterreads/ It’s finally live! I detached the fork and decided to take on this project as my own a little over a month ago, and I’ve finally done enough to …

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Morning invocation

- April 24, 2019 | March 21, 2022 - jess

A friend of mine has given me a prayer/mantra/wish to get me through these last few standups. Please grant these men the strength to not say every dumb fucking thing …

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