I've been using this account as my primary for about a week now, and I'm think I'm settled on using it for the foreseeable future, so I guess it's time to do another #introduction post.

I'm a dad of four kids, and a web developer. I have a college degree in #Theater (or #Theatre) and had aspirations of being an actor. I kind of fell into web development as a career. It was a hobby back in high school, and I just needed to pay some bills after college, so I ended up doing this.

I always have aspirations to do other things, but for now, I'm pretty happy spending most of my time as a dad and husband.

Some day, I'd like to get back into #acting, or maybe do some #VoiceActing. I also enjoy #writing and will, from time to time, post some #MicroFiction, usually from somebody's #WritingPrompt.

I love #StarTrek, and usually watch at least one episode nearly every day. I like all #SciFi really, though, as well as #fantasy. I used to read a lot, but find I don't have as much time or mental capacity for it as I used to. I also enjoy watching #anime, and have really been enjoying the new episodes of #Bleach lately.

Feel free to follow me if you think we have similar interests, and I may follow you back, if I think likewise.

#WebDev #PHP #BackEnd #Laravel #introductions #Parenting #DadLife

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-american-endorses-joe-biden1/

Just a reminder: four years ago Scientific American endorsed a presidential candidate for the first time in its 175-year history.

At the time, they endorsed Joe Biden because Trump's anti-science rhetoric and policies resulted in the needless death of millions from the pandemic.

Trump has not improved on the last four years. He continues to spread disinformation on countless topics, making life worse for others. His latest nonsense lies about Haitian immigrants is just one of countless examples.

#HarrisForPresident #NeverAgainTrump

I started working at my current job three weeks ago. That was after three months of being laid off.

It was not my first choice, but it was the first company to offer me a job. And it paid more than my previous job. But the benefits are not great, and the work is not exactly what I wanted to be doing. I'm certainly capable of doing it (been doing it for years), and it's not going to make me miserable. But I wanted to expand my experience a bit more, and this job won't give me that.

Well, last week, another company that I'd interviewed at offered me a job.

It's for more pay, and better benefits, and the work is more in line with what I was hoping for.

I certainly didn't want to quit my new job after just one month, but it seems like I'm going to. This is an opportunity I can't really pass up, and it's really going to help me better provide for my family.

But I really like my new boss here, and I'm not sure how I'm going to tell them that I'm leaving. I did tell the new job that I wouldn't be able to start until the end of this month, so that gives me some time. It even gives me some time to back out if I really feel like I have to.

It's quite the conundrum, and I'm not looking forward to giving notice. I've never liked giving notice before, but this time feels especially bad.

Don't throw sodium chloride at people. That's a salt.

#Humor #DadJoke #DadJokes

My sons (ages 7 and 9) share a room, and have been difficult going to bed lately. They're often up well after we send them to bed, making a lot of noise and keeping everyone else awake.

They're a little old to be reading kids' bedtime stories to them, so I tried a different approach tonight.

I read them The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, with as much pathos as I could muster.

It seemed to work. They are quiet now, and I expect will be fully asleep soon.

#BedtimeHorror #Parenting #Raven #Poe