Malfeasant

My dad had one years ago - house was built in the mid 60s. Phoenix area. No basement. Concrete slab. So yeah, the slab was poured with that pit in it, under it was just dirt.

Holy shit indeed... The reflection on is identical too...

And if there are toddlers around, maybe an eye or two...

My uncle used to design and build houses. Normally he didn't work for anyone - he'd take out a loan, buy a piece of land, design a house custom fit to the contours of the land, subcontract some parts, but he did the carpentry with some hired help, and when it was all done, he'd sell it (he was a realtor too) and as far as I know always made a profit, though some did better than others...

One year I went to work for him. But he was doing it differently that time, some wealthy developer had hired him to build his own house. I remember him talking about what a big mistake that was turning out to be, the guy kept changing his mind about what he wanted when we were halfway done with something - for example when he saw the rough openings for the windows, he decided they weren't big enough and he wanted bigger. Problem was, my uncle had already ordered the windows (custom sized of course) and they were already built, just not delivered yet... But the guy had money to burn, so he paid for both sets... Anywho, my uncle had designed the roof to be held up by some hefty beams, and had intended them to be unpainted, so had sourced the high quality (expensive) ones. After we set the beams- most by crane, but one short one was in such an odd position we had to do it by hand- heaviest thing I've ever lifted and I only had one end... a motorcycle engine was light in comparison... anywho, he brought his wife to look at the progress, she took one look at the beams and said "... and we'll paint those lavender..." I could just about hear the steam coming from my uncle's ears.

It's funny, my job has been pushing AI hard for a couple years now... So I've been using it on them. I had it write my year end review 2 years ago, because I absolutely hate that I have to do that rather than my manager, and it was all bullshit, but I got a good raise. Last year I tried to be honest, and ended up half assing it, but because I was doing well and everyone knew it (so arguably I shouldn't need a year end review in the first place) I got a promotion and another big raise. Now I'm using it to write my goals, another thing that I hate having to do myself, but the problem is, by now I don't want to put any effort into it, so it's half assing it, and what it put together sounds great, but there's no way to measure it, therefore no way to achieve the goals... By the time I put the effort into giving it the data it needs to make something useful, I could have just done it myself...

Several years ago, I bought a color laser printer/scanner. It cost about twice what an inkjet one costs. It has now lasted twice as long as the average inkjet, and no sign of that changing. And it doesn't have any of the subscription bullshit. Money well spent.

My mom taught me boiler management when I was ~12 years old...

You have never lived with a hoarder...

I bought a used electric car. I just put my foot down and it goes ... Well, it doesn't go voom, it just goes. Might squeel the tires a little, but otherwise silent power.

Summer child?

"no true vegetarian"

In all seriousness, I would prefer a picture of a baboon's anus. Visually, they're not that different, but at least a baboon's anus serves a purpose.