I love staying in hotels. There's something so fun and novel about living in a clean, liminal place that's not a home or an apartment for only a few days. It makes me feel like I'm starting anew. I love the complimentary breakfast, even if the eggs are super watery. I love the social awkwardness that comes with standing in an elevator with a bunch of strangers, shuffling around to stand in the right positions. I love going down to the lobby to get some snacks. If I could be Eloise and live at a…

Happy Sunday, computer appreciators and C++ Connoisseurs! We're back, once again, this week with a batch of code-intensive internet comedy ! Like many other professions, but specifically this one, programmers have to think on the fly. It doesn't matter what the product is, issues need to be fixed near immediately. The company website isn't functioning as it should be, who else do you call other than the programmer ? They need to be alert 24/7 to fix any issue. Office hours don't apply when the…

I will survive!

The grind continues

Another day, another dollar

Job woes

I don't want to alarm any educators who are here for some escapist memes about their profession. If you don't wish to discuss the brisk nature of the summer holiday , you can scroll right past this. For those of you who are similarly freaking out about how quickly the summer is going by, hello. I am so sorry that you have to return to the hellscape that is school in a few short weeks. Some people don't think teachers deserve to have their summers off, but I think teachers deserve even more time…

Most people who work full-time jobs can relate to the feeling that their lives completely revolve around work. Balancing work and life can be a huge challenge, and it often feels like we have to put our personal lives on hold in order to excel professionally. Even basic tasks like spending time with friends and family, managing the administrative duties of our personal lives, and engaging in leisure activities can be hard to fit into a full schedule. Despite the challenges, many people find way…

I'm fighting for my life in Excel, in desperate need of a vacation, and drowning in emails... Is this the American Dream?

As a child, we never saw ourselves growing into a slave to our computers and a 9-5 (let's be real, often 8-8) schedule. We thought we were going to marry Jonathan Taylor Thomas , travel the world, maybe have a few kids, and enjoy our lives dining at fancy restaurants and shopping at designer clothing stores. Things went a bit differently than we expected. The unsurprising truth is that we all hate working. Why do we even do this? Like, all of us, collectively? What's the point? Can't we just al…