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2026 New Year's resolution post (reviews of new foods).

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An amazing anecdote from early on in the construction of the World Trade Center. Everyone wanted to come see the construction site; some people got the VIP treatment.

(music video: "16 Military Wives" - The Decemberists [2005])

it is often said, when someone is talking about public-facing work, that People Do Not Read, and this is very often true. you post a sign, people will walk by it and you'll just have to tell them whatever the sign said. sometimes when i am a customer, i catch myself doing this. it's fairly universal. it's like saying "you too" when you meant "thank you"; everyone does it and the employee involved barely notices. it doesn't even stick in my memory unless someone walks past the sign, i talk to them, and they intentionally continue to press the issue.

except tonight at work, i had not one but two people walk by me, see the sign, read the sign, and turn around before i could say a word. delightful, but a little weird.

1. my room faces east and tends to accumulate heat, even with blackout curtains

2. it’s been hot as fuck here lately, and still warm enough and/or polluted enough at night that opening the window wouldn’t help

3. running computer games makes my laptop heat up to worrying levels, making both me and the room hot

4. overheating makes me feel ill and miserable

The observatory at the original World Trade Center... from the outside. Inside, you can see the distinctive white railings. Above the observatory, the 108th floor Mechanical Equipment Room.