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  #3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition 1. Surprisingly productive over the weekend 2. Got at least one good night's sleep 3. Washed the sheets this morning and none of the pillow cases got caught in the corners of the fitted sheet and stayed soaking wet through the dryer cycle

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  #3GoodThings EOW Edition 1. Relatively low-effort work day 2. Wife noticed we'd been charged twice for a vet visit last week, but the receptionist I talked to was courteous, apologetic, and issued a refund almost immediately; I was genuinely surprised how quick and hassle-free the conversation was 3. Payday

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  #3GoodThings 1. Went over long-term finances with my wife last night, and things look generally good 2. Another meeting that I was totally winging it on that still went well 3. Pleased with the Thoth action figure yesterday for my Egypt diorama

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  #3GoodThings 1. US election results; I am genuinely stunned at how positive those are 2. I mean, seriously! Wow! 3. It's actually a little hard for my brain to process anything else ATM -- did I say "wow" already?

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  #3GoodThings 1. Weather is really nice this morning, so I was able to enjoy a quiet breakfast on the patio 2. Managed to convince my contrarian-for-the-sake-being-contrarian direct to not do the dumb-ass thing he was planning to do that would've needlessly pissed off everyone above my pay grade 3. Did the adult thing and scheduled enucleation surgery for the dog; the growth in her eye doesn't seem to be bothering her YET but it will undoubtedly do so within the next year so we're g...

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  #3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition 1. Interview went reasonable well this AM 2. Not a great night's sleep, but feel surprisingly resting 3. Got our election votes in

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  #3GoodThings EOW Edition 1. The CORS policy errors I've been dealing with on my personal comics page seem to have resolved themselves overnight (I'm presuming someone finally got around to rolling out the recent PHP updates) 2. Learned of the launch later today of "The Raven Society" project at BBTS; I'd assumed it would be MONTHS before we even got any more info 3. Despite it being a rough week mentally and emotionally, I still have things a LOT easier than a LOT of peop...

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  #3GoodThings 1. My... unconventional idea for a work meeting actually kind of worked (better PowerPoint presentation skills by studying the old Who's on First? routine) 2. Got a very nice compliment from one of my direct reports... with *my* boss listening! 3. Got the new Lara Croft figure in the mail; I still wasn't 100% sure it would ever arrive

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  #3GoodThings 1. Interview yesterday went reasonably well; follow-up scheduled for Friday 2. Managed to finish up all the writing I had *intended* to do over the weekend but wasn't able to because of being sick 3. Sleep schedule is out of whack from being in bed for a day and a half, but I think I did get enough sleep to get through today

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  #3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition 1. Got my annual COVID and flu vaccines over the weekend 2. Despite feeling bad yesterday, COVID test was negative (just an unusually bad vaccine reaction, I guess?) 3. An old friend I haven't talked to in ages reached out to me yesterday

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  #3GoodThings EOW Edition 1. Got an interview lined up for Monday 2. No meetings today 3. Payday

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  #3GoodThings 1. Found a good resource for parsing all the comparatively obscure local candidates on this year's ballot 2. While the number of internet security blow-ups yesterday did impact some of the sites I work on, none of it required any effort (and the accompanying panic) on my part 3. Thought of a way I can customize a *true* first appearance Dr. Doom action figure using materials I already have on-hand

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  #3GoodThings 1. Finally able to download a copy of the "Capturing Bigfoot" documentary to see what the fuss is about 2. Came across an interesting spin on a prepping idea; need to investigate further to see if it's a legit option but if it is, it would be the first decent new (to me) idea I've seen in a few years 3. Relatively low-effort work day

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  Catching up on #3GoodThings 1. Finished and pleased with my "The Complete Infinity War" comic project 2. Caught up on a couple movies and several books over the weekend 3. Annual meeting with our financial advisor went really well; we're in better shape than I thought

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  #3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition 1. Finished cataloging all my comic stuff. I might still go through and do some ancillary material (Big Little Books, prose novels, etc) but I've got my primary collection done finally 2. Won a game of Shattered Pixel Dungeon. it was REALLY difficult for me to win the first time I did so; it's not exactly easy for me now but I definitely have MUCH better odds 3. Wife made chicken vindaloo for dinner last night

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  #3GoodThings EOW Edition 1. Not a great night's sleep, but I think I got enough of it at least 2. No meetings today 3. Payday

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  #3GoodThings 1. Got a really strong, third party report yesterday that makes my team look 500x better than the comparable team at the company that just bought us out. It's emotionally validating and *hopefully* helps in securing my team members' jobs 2. Lost power yesterday afternoon and it was essentially a non-event; yay, preparedness! 3. Minimal effort day at work today

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  #3GoodThings 1. Resolved an issue with a motion sensor 2. Got a problematic download to work properly 3. My Tuesdays are usually very meeting-heavy, but at least one of them got canceled today

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  #3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition 1. Finished cataloging my comics, graphic novels, manga, magazines, and collected newspaper strips; only have books left to do 2. Finally got around to start watching "The Daleks' Master Plan" for the first time 3. My one meeting for this morning just got canceled

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  Missed a week of #3GoodThings, so a catch-up should be (theoretically) easy... 1. Designed and 3D printed a 'plug' to secure my outdoor security camera cord in place where it enters the house; I spent maybe a half hour on both the design and printing, and it worked perfectly right off the bat 2. Won a game of Shattered Pixel Dungeon with the updated side quest 3. Came up with a 'solution' about what to do with this extra mini-bookshelf that I recently had to upgrade

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  #3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition 1. Noticed and fixed a minor shelf issue before it became an *actual* issue 2. Got all my brand new and very obscure comics cataloged 3. Rough night of sleep but I've got several options for dealing with it at my disposal; also it's a fairly slow morning

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  #3GoodThings EOW Edition 1. Even with Monday having been a holiday, I feel like it was a challenge just to get through the week; but I did indeed make it to Friday 2. Low effort work day 3. Payday

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  #3GoodThings 1. My 'big' meeting of the day went well 2. Coming up on my wife's and my annual review of our finances and making a concerted effort to take good notes last year has already paid off in saving the frustration of trying to find everything I needed; yay, past me! 3. Got notice that a figure that was 'sold out' is getting a larger run so I won't have to muck about with overpriced secondary market nonsense

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  #3GoodThings MidWeek Edition 1. The original page of comic art I received yesterday was even more interesting and cleverly executed than I'd anticipated 2. Fairly last minute plan for a meeting tomorrow that requires minimal effort and has a good chance of being both useful and amusing 3. "Solved" a few minor database issues that I'd been largely avoiding looking at

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  #3GoodThings Monday Morning Edition 1. Spent more time reading comics the past day or so than I have in probably a couple months 2. Have had a surprisingly long string of good nights' sleep 3. Labor Day holiday

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  #3GoodThings EOW Edition 1. My wife's birthday 2. Resolved a database networking issue that kept me from accessing my comics DB from multiple computers 3. I've got today *and* Monday off work for an extra long Labor Day weekend

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  #3GoodThings 1. My pirate Santa action figure arrived yesterday 2. Fixed my milk frother (hopefully permanently this time) 3. It's taking a while and it's a bit tedious, but I am still pleased with how my comics cataloging is going; I'm going to be pretty jazzed to finally get things set up and part of my 'normal' operations

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  #3GoodThings 1. External CD/DVD drive showed up a little earlier than I was expecting yesterday and it seems to work okay; I've already salvaged 500+ digital comics from old CD-ROMs 2. Came up with a decent/new/original topic for the weekly team meeting I've been running for 5 years now; always feels like a challenge to not repeat myself 3. Very hot and exceptionally muggy outside, but the a/c is working fine, so I'm still pretty comfortable

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  #3GoodThings EOW Edition 1. Repaired the cheap milk frother my wife got a while back and suddenly stopped working a few days ago 2. No work meetings today 3. Payday

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  #3GoodThings 1. Got some good suggestions on ways to improve my resume; another set of eyes always helps 2. Solved a mildly annoying (and admittedly totally inconsequential) file formatting problem 3. Finally got word that a preorder I was increasingly concerned about is ready to ship