Jay Jackson

18 days before my very first international flight and I’m wondering why I’m not panicking yet.

Nice! Two of my favorite authors in my state this weekend. And one attended my Alma mater. 👍

The man has ZERO diplomatic bones in his body. ZERO.

Working on a PR while waiting for my wife to finish her networking event with a friend. I think I chose wisely.

I cut my teeth on IRC when I entered college in 1996. Was in a chat room when I learned about Princess Di’s death.

I was very young when I watched it and I recall it being one of the first “grown up” movies I watched repeatedly on my own. Just loved it so much.

I just lost my dad to cancer on the 9th 3 months after he was diagnosed. So, yes, fuck cancer.

Someone did not read A Tale of Two Cities. And a history book.

My daughter bet us 2 million dollars it would snow in next few weeks. Who do I hit up for a loan?

I root for pretty much any city I’ve been in, and I’ve never been to LA.

It’s strange how time is ever so slow when your parent passes. Trying to clear up my father’s affairs this week before the funeral and all I really want to do is to sleep.

For about 15 years in my career, my company would shut down between Christmas and New Year's. I do miss that and my brain probably is still in that mode as I'm not as productive as I need to be this week.

My wife is a resume consultant and career coach. She definitely can give you pointers.

Yeah. My state, folks. TBH, there are a lot more people with common sense than you would think here. It’s the state legislators that are making us look extremely silly.

That reminds me of that one time my father in law sold a car and a week later realized he forgot about the gun he had hidden in a secret compartment in the driver’s door.

Thanks for this. I also follow family_it_guy on Instagram. His stuff is very insightful on keeping family secure as well.

That's our philosophy at home. Our kids know they are in a safe space and we are always available to them no matter what. We do keep them accountable and always have conversations with them, even when it gets difficult because, it's paramount they KNOW they can always talk to us. My wife is amazing.

We are never allowing our kids to play Roblox because of the stories I’ve heard about it.

My kids found my old gameboy advance micro and they are excitedly going through stash of cables to find the charger for it. I’m actually looking forward to seeing them play it.

This and Christmas Chronicles

That reminds me of an article in The Wired I read about this. The premise was engaging with users that were in AI “relationships”. It’s somewhat unsettling for me.

A good friend of mine who’s a sports fan once said, “sports is a waste of time.” I think of it once in a while when my favorite team is at the tail end of a loss. It helps a bit.

Seeing the sign that a fan made mocking us about the last win against them made my blood boil. Hopefully Elko has that on loop for next year.

My Texas grad sister just sprinkled a dose of “karma’s a bitch” at me about that today, and, honestly, I have no comeback for that.

Getting an oil change day before Thanksgiving isn’t recommended, I would say. Everyone wants to go home early.

Dunno about games but watching the original Tron on it was a gem.

Actually, I’m in a good place this year and more calm now regardless of the result. In fact, the only worry my wife has when my family comes over is my brother in law’s yelling at the TV because he believes he can coach his Texas team to victory.

My kids are doing their part, that is for sure.

I remember an interaction in college when a couple guys in a truck rolled up next to a woman in a car in the street in front of me. The passenger rolled down the window to talk to her. When she didn’t respond, he gave her the finger out the window as they drove off.

Maybe he’s saying they need to make more improvements to Electron. Because we all know it can be a resource hog when we need more compute.