Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Snow Regrets Read Snow Regrets My dad grew up on an old farm built into the side of a valley. The surrounding fields are rented to a neighbouring farm, but during winter, they become one enormous two-hundred-me...
Sep 27, 2026 from Matthew Brunelle's Blog NixCon 2026 These notes are a little raw, I'll come back to clean things up after the conference. On this page As I mentioned in my post on swap, zram, zswap and hibernate, I went to NixCon2026 at Jagiellonian...
Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Love At First Wipeout Read Love At First Wipeout My best friend once tried to impress a girl by pretending he knew how to skateboard. He borrowed someone’s board outside a bar, rolled about three metres, hit the tiniest...
Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com The Shell Game Read The Shell Game Customer: "The spider roll looks like there’s shrimp in it! I'm not eating that!" I'm a manager, and I take allergies very seriously. Me: "Sir, I can assure you that it is not s...
Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I’m the Lead Concierge at a luxury apartment building. Part of my job is training new desk staff — a process often complicated by my property manager, who’s as soft-hearted as she is conflict-...
Sep 27, 2026 from Galaxy Garden New House Keys as Mid-Autumn Festival Present It is a Mid-Autumn Festival custom to gift mooncakes. In this Mid-Autumn Festival in 2026, we both bought and received mooncakes, but also received a different, special present: the keys to our new...
Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I’m working at a movie theater that happens to be showing Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake. I’ve just had to deal with someone who had come here for a different movie, seen the ads for Alad...
Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read This happened a bit ago during a Home Ec class, specifically Fashion Design, where we were learning sewing, both by hand and with a machine. We are making tote bags, which is basically our uni...
Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I don’t know where to put this. My eighth grade English teacher is also the homeroom teacher of a second grade class, and in that class there’s a boy who bullies almost every student. It doesn...
Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read (I am at my father’s celebration of life ceremony. Held at the home he had damn near built with his hands from the ground up with me my brother and step mom. I am an out trans woman. Have been...
Sep 27, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read In France, the election of student representatives often takes place during advisory class. ( We are supposed to have 10 advisory classes per year but only one for students représentative élec...
Sep 27, 2026 from Roy Tang Weeknotes 2026-09-27 The World I think there was a UN general assembly meeting last week where Trump and Netanyahu both spouted off so much nonsense. My Week Google Fit says I walked 70,357 steps from last Sunday to ye...
Sep 27, 2026 from Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed Are LLMs 'Other Minds'? On whether LLMs and agentic AIs are a positive and beneficial invention, I tend to lean more toward optimism. Although they can certainly make mistakes and hallucinate, they are useful. Regardless ...
Sep 26, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Me, Myself, And Ideal Dating Partner Read Me, Myself, And Ideal Dating Partner I'm ringing up a gentleman who's buying a half-bottle of sparkling wine, and I notice that he's also carrying a small bouquet of flowers from the store acr...
Sep 26, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Wireless, Powerless, Hopeless Read Wireless, Powerless, Hopeless Customer: "My internet is down!" Me: "Yes, I'm sorry. The tower serving your area has lost power because of the fire." Customer: "Well, I have power." Me: "Are y...
Sep 26, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com As A Rule Of Thumb, Don’t Do That, Part 2 Read As A Rule Of Thumb, Don’t Do That, Part 2 Me: "[Friend], what did you do? This is not a simple cut or scrape; it's clean, but you probably need stitches." Friend: "It's just the meat slicer, a...
Sep 26, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com It’s Giving “I’m Looking For A Book, It’s Blue” Energy Read It’s Giving “I’m Looking For A Book, It’s Blue” Energy Me: "Hi! I was wondering if you had [engine part] in stock for my car. My VIN is—" Employee: "—Wait. You have your VIN?" Me: "Yes, I have...
Sep 26, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Trash For Cash Read Trash For Cash Customer: "I threw the receipt away." Me: "You threw it away?" Customer: "Of course I did. It was a receipt. I thought the minutes would go onto my phone." Me: "Automatically?" ...
Sep 26, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Donut Underestimate Regional Idioms Read Donut Underestimate Regional Idioms Me: "Hey, I'm gonna head to Dunkin's. Do you want a donut?" Husband: "Oh my god, so much." Me: "Is this a Boston Creme kind of day? Or do you want a jelly?"...
Sep 26, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Refusing To Listen Is Not Us Not Telling You Read Refusing To Listen Is Not Us Not Telling You Caller: "You will waive those fees and turn me back on, or I am cancelling this account and letting the owner know. He is a friend of mine, and I w...
