Apr 06, 2026 from Peter's Path Monthly update #0431 • March 2026 Posts The following posts were written last month. Books Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Development E2EE Backend ...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com You Don’t Have To Crust The Process Read You Don’t Have To Crust The Process Cashier: "Okay, that'll be ready in six to seven minutes." Me: "Really?! That's very fast." Cashier: "We… uh… we work fast!" Me: "I mean, I know my pizza ca...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com This Is Tire-ing On An Epic Scale Read This Is Tire-ing On An Epic Scale Me: "We only sell auto tires here. There's a farm supply store at—" Customer: "—Tire is in your store name! That means you have to sell it!" Me: "As I was say...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Egg-sactly Where You Left It Read Egg-sactly Where You Left It Growing up, our family always made an evening of coloring Easter eggs. We typically used crayons, which melted quite nicely on the freshly boiled eggs. We also use...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Nature Called… And Landed Read Nature Called… And Landed Then I hear a crack above my head, and two things fall and land on me. The first is a thin branch, not very long but very fragile, doing no damage and kind of just ro...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Yippee-ki-yay Every Half Hour Read Yippee-ki-yay Every Half Hour Waaay back in the early 90s, I used to work in the office at a ten-screen movie theater. A woman calls, and I can tell she is already irate: Caller: "YOU have a s...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read For about 3 years, my brother-in-law may have been on the lowest sodium diet that has ever been imagined. It was not doctor prescribed nor even recommended as far as I know. It was self-impose...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com The Water Cycle Meets The Generational Wealth Cycle Read The Water Cycle Meets The Generational Wealth Cycle A bunch of teenagers are on a school trip to the ski resort (it's an expensive school). I've gone over the basics of the lesson and then ask...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com One Shocking Misunderstanding After Another Read One Shocking Misunderstanding After Another Me: "What makes you think you need defibrillation?" Patient: "I don't know if I got indigestion or not, but if we shock it, it could, like, get the ...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read It’s Remembrance Sunday, November 10 (Veteran’s Day would be the US equivalent) and my dad had to pop out for a few things and to run one of the cars so the battery doesn’t go flat. On the way...
Apr 06, 2026 from Adventures in Open Source Software Killing Open Source NOTE: As usual, this blog expresses my opinions and not those of my employer I first got exposed to modern open source in the late 1990s, and I think it was via Red Hat Linux version 5, or perhaps ...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read My eight-year-old is reading a book aloud, One Monster After Another, which features a succession of monsters advancing the plot like they’re part of a Rube Goldberg device. Several pages in a...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com A Bad Read On A Good Deed Read A Bad Read On A Good Deed She began fumbling in her purse for her keys. Then, as she was leaving, she said, "And here’s a little something to support your work," producing something folded in ...
Apr 06, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 6] - Monday, with Government Weather NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 6]Day Six Well, if it’s got to be Monday, at least it’s a Monday during Na/GloPoWriMo, so the work-week can start off with a bountiful crop of poems! Our featured participant ...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I’m five-foot-five (1.65m)–this is relevant. I’m reading a notice board at work when I hear a coworker walk up behind me. I start to move to the side so the other person can also read the boar...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Tax: The Naked Truth Read Tax: The Naked Truth Customer: "That's ridiculous! Why do I have to pay tax?" Me: "...Because everyone has to. Government regulations." Customer: "Well then, if I have to pay tax, I want a 10%...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read In a prehistoric time (the mid 1980’s) I was interviewing for a position as a high school teacher in a district about 100 miles from my house. If hired, it would have meant quickly looking for...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read Canada might not be the land of permanent snow that the stereotype proclaims, but when it does snow, it does UGLY things to the roads, and street maintenance isn’t always on the ball. Everyone...
Apr 06, 2026 from Thejesh GN Uma’s first proper trail walk at Bidjigal Reserve It wasn’t planned that she would walk all the way. I was ready to carry her at least three-fourths of the way. I would have been more than happy if she had walked a kilometer. But it so happened th...
Apr 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Eggs-actly The Right Amount Read Eggs-actly The Right Amount Customer: "Where are all your chocolate eggs?" Me: "Easter is over, madam." Customer: "Yes, I know that! I mean, where are all the discount eggs?" Read Eggs-actly T...