Fun fact: the y in "ye" when used as a definite article is actually a thorn: þ and still pronounced as "th." This is from the character y being used as a replacement for þ in early printable typesets that did not include it. The unrelated second person plural pronoun "ge" also became "ye" and the two became confused in common usage. So, if you ever hear someone say "yee olde ..." or similar instead of "thee olde ...", please remember how I'm a smug, self-satisfied bastard.

Just encountered a similar situation where the company is drastically lowering the max bankable paid time off hours to "encourage people to take PTO." Drastically = 75% reduction. What this will result in is everyone taking PTO in December to keep from losing it altogether...which is the end of the fiscal year when business demands and responsibilities are at their highest. Every time demands aren't met they do a round of layoffs, which of course never touches senior management, the board, or owners, who cause the failures in the first place with their "vision." Making the cut again doesn't sound as appealing each time it happens, but I love my work and the team I work with, so I stay but never feel a sense of security.

Just not Spokane, or anywhere outside the SeaTac metro area really. Like Oregon: welcoming, inclusive people, except for most places outside of Portland, Eugene, Bend.

My heart goes out to myself, trying to make sense of something I wrote 2 years ago that's been chugging along happily without any issues or complaints. All I need to do is update node from 10 to 16, but tests are failing for me locally even in 10.