Revelry Reverie

On my work anniversary, I got an email from our HR group that said this: Congratulations Zandy! You’ve been with Automattic for 9 years now! Happy Matticversary!  Some stats from the last year: Posts: 160 (1674 likes!) Comments: 537 (973 likes!) Days AFK: 53  Kudos Given: 31  Kudos Received: 18 When reflecting over the past year, think about whether there…

My friend and coworker Liz sent the kids these owl pellets to dissect. They are so cool! They are full of bones, and come with a little map to help you figure out what kind of animal it might be. This is exactly the type of thing we like to do and the kids loved…

This past Friday (December 3) was my 9 year anniversary at Automattic. I’m sure I’ve talked about this in past anniversary posts, but I remember when I’d been at A8c about 2 or 3 years, and some folks were celebrating 5 years, and I was just astounded. It seemed so long! And not many people…

Grant doesn’t forget about stuff. You can’t distract him by saying, “let’s save that for the weekend,” on, say, a Monday and hope he forgets. He will not. Case in point: he came home from school on Monday and said, “mom, let’s write a story!” And I, up to my arms in cooking dinner and…

I think he’s happy we are home.

We should all be swearing more. Sometimes there is nothing as satisfying as a truly extravagant cuss. It fills up your senses. It empowers and relaxes. The science says that it helps increase pain resistance by a third. Here are my thoughts around swearing. Obvious disclaimer First, don’t use slurs or hate language. There is…

They fought over who would go first and even Grant (who was very concerned) thought it didn’t hurt.