Vail Henry
@v-a-i-l.bsky.social
Excel junkie. Force of nature. Collector of cats.
Something about winning 500 games of Wordle in a row makes me think this distraction is not with the time. Maybe I’ll start playing in French.
May 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Something about winning 500 games of Wordle in a row makes me think this distraction is not with the time. Maybe I’ll start playing in French.
I’ve learned to tile over laminate countertops, and I’m starting to update my ugly pink kitchen counters (since I can’t afford new countertops) with some of the gorgeous tile I bought at construction auction. I feel happy getting to work with tile again.
Here’s the first skim layer of thin set.
Here’s the first skim layer of thin set.
May 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’ve learned to tile over laminate countertops, and I’m starting to update my ugly pink kitchen counters (since I can’t afford new countertops) with some of the gorgeous tile I bought at construction auction. I feel happy getting to work with tile again.
Here’s the first skim layer of thin set.
Here’s the first skim layer of thin set.
Community has been a gift lately. See comments.
April 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Community has been a gift lately. See comments.
I sold off another piece of my future to pay for today. That leaves rather little. A year ago, I knew I was embarking on the biggest financial risk of my life, but it’s still unclear if I’m going to win or lose at this.
April 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I sold off another piece of my future to pay for today. That leaves rather little. A year ago, I knew I was embarking on the biggest financial risk of my life, but it’s still unclear if I’m going to win or lose at this.
Proud of my “other” nation: We’ve been fostering so much growth that we are the first indigenous nation accredited by the International Economic Development Council as an economic development organization. Plus Steven Paul Judd (who is Choctaw) is making a new movie “Brave” with our advisement.
April 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Proud of my “other” nation: We’ve been fostering so much growth that we are the first indigenous nation accredited by the International Economic Development Council as an economic development organization. Plus Steven Paul Judd (who is Choctaw) is making a new movie “Brave” with our advisement.
Okay, but is your sexy-assed bedroom complete without scaffolding?
April 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Okay, but is your sexy-assed bedroom complete without scaffolding?
There was a time before Facebook when I had an LJ page and would write for the sake of writing. I lost that to some degree as Facebook became my primary social activity. Now that I’ve left, I feel like I have to turn back 20 years of conditioning to write for its own sake again.
April 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
There was a time before Facebook when I had an LJ page and would write for the sake of writing. I lost that to some degree as Facebook became my primary social activity. Now that I’ve left, I feel like I have to turn back 20 years of conditioning to write for its own sake again.
Saturdays can be a bit lonely. It’s been a month since my last sip of alcohol, which is how I’d normally deal with it. Usually, this more introverted life suits me great. Today, I’m piling chores on myself to cope. The upside is that, after nearly a year, it’s starting to feel like a home here.
March 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Saturdays can be a bit lonely. It’s been a month since my last sip of alcohol, which is how I’d normally deal with it. Usually, this more introverted life suits me great. Today, I’m piling chores on myself to cope. The upside is that, after nearly a year, it’s starting to feel like a home here.
Things are great. I’m just introverted.
March 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Things are great. I’m just introverted.
Time to start flying the BLM flag again. I was so proud of DC when they created the BLM plaza. It was such a testament to the importance of every voice, a commitment that we’d hear each other.
All the love, hope, and persistence we have as a people is still here because we are still here.
All the love, hope, and persistence we have as a people is still here because we are still here.
March 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Time to start flying the BLM flag again. I was so proud of DC when they created the BLM plaza. It was such a testament to the importance of every voice, a commitment that we’d hear each other.
All the love, hope, and persistence we have as a people is still here because we are still here.
All the love, hope, and persistence we have as a people is still here because we are still here.
Sales rep: This seems like such a great work environment.
Me: It really is.
Rep: It reminds me of Chik-fil-a in how everyone is so well trained.
Me: Let’s not use that example; they donate to anti-LGBT hate groups.
Rep: I just meant how nice they are.
Me: I wouldn’t know; I don’t go in there.
Me: It really is.
Rep: It reminds me of Chik-fil-a in how everyone is so well trained.
Me: Let’s not use that example; they donate to anti-LGBT hate groups.
Rep: I just meant how nice they are.
Me: I wouldn’t know; I don’t go in there.
March 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Sales rep: This seems like such a great work environment.
Me: It really is.
Rep: It reminds me of Chik-fil-a in how everyone is so well trained.
Me: Let’s not use that example; they donate to anti-LGBT hate groups.
Rep: I just meant how nice they are.
Me: I wouldn’t know; I don’t go in there.
Me: It really is.
Rep: It reminds me of Chik-fil-a in how everyone is so well trained.
Me: Let’s not use that example; they donate to anti-LGBT hate groups.
Rep: I just meant how nice they are.
Me: I wouldn’t know; I don’t go in there.
It’s the last night of the Star Trek cruise, and I’m having the last alcoholic drink of my life.
Bartender Victor prepared something wonderful, and I’m enjoying this last round with one of my life’s dearest and most important friends, Beto.
Bartender Victor prepared something wonderful, and I’m enjoying this last round with one of my life’s dearest and most important friends, Beto.
March 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It’s the last night of the Star Trek cruise, and I’m having the last alcoholic drink of my life.
Bartender Victor prepared something wonderful, and I’m enjoying this last round with one of my life’s dearest and most important friends, Beto.
Bartender Victor prepared something wonderful, and I’m enjoying this last round with one of my life’s dearest and most important friends, Beto.
Flying out of the tiny local airport is kinda a bust. On 2 of 2 tries they have had flight delays upwards of 3 hours. Currently waiting through a 5 hour delay; the terminal is heated to 50-55 degrees, I chose a coat based on the warmer destination climate, and there are no hot food/beverage vendors
February 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Flying out of the tiny local airport is kinda a bust. On 2 of 2 tries they have had flight delays upwards of 3 hours. Currently waiting through a 5 hour delay; the terminal is heated to 50-55 degrees, I chose a coat based on the warmer destination climate, and there are no hot food/beverage vendors
I still need to use Facebook for work. Since they lifted the effort to make it a safer online community, work is flooded with spoofing / phishing messages. There is no longer a way to report them, no way to stop them, no way to remove them. What’s left of Facebook is sabotaging itself.
February 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I still need to use Facebook for work. Since they lifted the effort to make it a safer online community, work is flooded with spoofing / phishing messages. There is no longer a way to report them, no way to stop them, no way to remove them. What’s left of Facebook is sabotaging itself.
The dear friend who looks out for you so loyally that they ask if you’ve had a Covid booster before you go to that Highly Populated Thing. And they were right; you hadn’t even thought of it.
Some friends I’m keeping forever, no matter what.
Some friends I’m keeping forever, no matter what.
February 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The dear friend who looks out for you so loyally that they ask if you’ve had a Covid booster before you go to that Highly Populated Thing. And they were right; you hadn’t even thought of it.
Some friends I’m keeping forever, no matter what.
Some friends I’m keeping forever, no matter what.
Whatever happens with this country in the coming years, we will still be here. We will still be part of it. However bad it eventually gets, it cannot be all bad because we will still be here to extend goodness.
Perhaps more powerful, we will still know that each other is here.
Perhaps more powerful, we will still know that each other is here.
February 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Whatever happens with this country in the coming years, we will still be here. We will still be part of it. However bad it eventually gets, it cannot be all bad because we will still be here to extend goodness.
Perhaps more powerful, we will still know that each other is here.
Perhaps more powerful, we will still know that each other is here.
I baked 15 pies yesterday, having finally roasted the huge Blue Hubbard pumpkin I bought in the fall. Plus some apple pies from the tree in my yard, plus some strawberry & autumn olive* pies using autumn olives I picked from trees on my work’s property.
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More in first comment.
February 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I baked 15 pies yesterday, having finally roasted the huge Blue Hubbard pumpkin I bought in the fall. Plus some apple pies from the tree in my yard, plus some strawberry & autumn olive* pies using autumn olives I picked from trees on my work’s property.
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More in first comment.
The factory is closing until Thursday to keep everyone safe. I dropped my accounting class, so I have TWO magically uncommitted days! I can clean every floor in this house and practice that older method of cutting crown molding. Bliss!
Here’s Nuka living the good life with Cleocatra’s affection.
Here’s Nuka living the good life with Cleocatra’s affection.
February 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The factory is closing until Thursday to keep everyone safe. I dropped my accounting class, so I have TWO magically uncommitted days! I can clean every floor in this house and practice that older method of cutting crown molding. Bliss!
Here’s Nuka living the good life with Cleocatra’s affection.
Here’s Nuka living the good life with Cleocatra’s affection.
I scored a 44% on my first accounting midterm. I’m not learning well via this class format, which is basically “read your book; good luck.” I need a lecture and to be walked through problems in order to follow the mindset.
Maybe the effort to get a CPA is not a good use of my time.
Maybe the effort to get a CPA is not a good use of my time.
February 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I scored a 44% on my first accounting midterm. I’m not learning well via this class format, which is basically “read your book; good luck.” I need a lecture and to be walked through problems in order to follow the mindset.
Maybe the effort to get a CPA is not a good use of my time.
Maybe the effort to get a CPA is not a good use of my time.
What is up with accounting that it’s a very specific discipline with aggressively vague names for concepts?
The term is “temporary difference.”
Me: Sure, everything is temporary and different and temporarily different all the time.
Accounting: No. That’s a particular tax situation.
The term is “temporary difference.”
Me: Sure, everything is temporary and different and temporarily different all the time.
Accounting: No. That’s a particular tax situation.
February 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
What is up with accounting that it’s a very specific discipline with aggressively vague names for concepts?
The term is “temporary difference.”
Me: Sure, everything is temporary and different and temporarily different all the time.
Accounting: No. That’s a particular tax situation.
The term is “temporary difference.”
Me: Sure, everything is temporary and different and temporarily different all the time.
Accounting: No. That’s a particular tax situation.
Sometimes my job is Excel and data analysis and financial analysis. Sometimes my job is creating stuff like this: www.facebook.com/share/v/14oU...
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February 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sometimes my job is Excel and data analysis and financial analysis. Sometimes my job is creating stuff like this: www.facebook.com/share/v/14oU...
I regret watching the documentary “The Day the Music Died.” It’s promoted as revealing line-by-line what McLean meant in his “American Pie” lyrics, but smugly, he stays mum on the biggest unknowns (e.g., Who is the Jester?).
The song is better if you leave it wrapped in mystery.
The song is better if you leave it wrapped in mystery.
February 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I regret watching the documentary “The Day the Music Died.” It’s promoted as revealing line-by-line what McLean meant in his “American Pie” lyrics, but smugly, he stays mum on the biggest unknowns (e.g., Who is the Jester?).
The song is better if you leave it wrapped in mystery.
The song is better if you leave it wrapped in mystery.
Bengal cats: Houteeni’s little spotted belly!
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Bengal cats: Houteeni’s little spotted belly!