Bryan Robb

  • There’s a guy in CA with the same name as me who keeps trying to use my Gmail account as an alias for another email address. I also keep getting receipts from his business expenses, and I’ve even received some legal documents from his attorney a couple times. I’ve emailed the guy several times now and he just doesn’t respond. Boomers!

  • My car is seemingly getting close to its last leg and wouldn’t start this morning. My wife and I are considering just creating a ride-hailing budget instead of getting a new second car. Was looking at EVs but to get into anything new would be at least a $500/mo payment not including electricity, insurance, and maintenance. That’s a lot of Lyft rides.

  • Sometimes when I’m milling about Metro I think about how shoddy some of the suburban construction is and imagine how absolutely fucked we’d be if we had some big employers evaporate like Detroit did a few decades ago (ahem, *cough*). At least a lot of the building stock in was made of super high quality materials. The amount of T-111 sided 1980s boom-time tract housing in the area is wild, and it would be absolutely eviscerated.

  • We’ve been looking at real estate a little bit. I don’t understand how people afford Multnomah County property taxes. It’s gotta be one of the highest property tax burdens in the country. In some cases, the monthly property tax payment would be as high as our PITI in Washington County.

  • Every morning is like a game of whack-a-mole trying to make the phone notifications go away. I especially hate having unread emails. Lately I’ve been thinking maybe I’ll just have them marked as read the moment they hit the inbox.

  • A little over a month until I’m 42, which happens to be how old Elvis was when he died. I just watched him perform Unchained Melody live in Rapid City in 1977 on YouTube, and damn, he was looking pretty rough. I guess I do too, if I’m being honest with myself.

  • Looking back at my science classes growing up, so much stuff was taught like religion. Recently even the Big Bang is being called into question. I think we need to be more careful about how we teach sciences. No wonder people are skeptical of things like vaccines.

  • If the condition in which our post offices currently exist is any indication as to the health of our nation…

  • Was thinking today that by the time my mom was my age (41), she already had one kid in college, another was a soldier at war in Iraq, and a third kid with their driver’s license.

  • At Kaiser Permanente in Beaverton bc my kid cut the webbing on his thumb with a tape measure. Already been here an hour and they say it’s going to be 2 more hours before he can see a doctor and maybe get stitches. I feel like this location, despite being newish, is way too small to serve this area.

  • Was having a conversation with some coworkers and they said that their kids, who are adults, can’t read cursive because they were never taught it in school. Also learned that a younger coworker has trouble with it, too. I’m blown away that apparently this is really common.

  • At this point of the winter, I’m just looking forward to the middle of March when sun sets after 7 p.m.

  • My 4-year-old: “Zoey just said ‘uh-oh’!
    “What? Dogs can’t talk dude!”
    “Yes she can! I heard her say ‘uh-oh’ in dog Spanish!”

  • Detroit is truly one of the greatest cities in the U.S. Living in the PNW the last 8 years, I miss it. I miss the people, the architecture, the food, the music venues, the vibe.

  • If I had a Time Machine, I’d go back to the 60s and early 70s and fill it with pre-CBS Fender Princeton Reverb amps. Absolutely obscene what these little 12W fart machines are going for these days. 🎸

  • Speaking of movies, the first one I ever saw in theaters was The Boy Who Could Fly, in 1986 while I was in kindergarten. My mom took me to the Court Theater in Saginaw, Michigan. Hadn’t watched it since, so I’m watching it now.

  • As a guitarist, the most disappointing part about watching Wayne’s World is when Wayne picks up the Stratocaster and is denied playing Stairway to Heaven…despite not even coming close to actually playing Stairway to Heaven.

  • Took my 4-year-old to the taco truck tonight. Kid was bugging me about it all week. Definitely my child 🙂

  • New Outlook out of office reply:
    Sorry I missed your message. My wife is on another Every Plate kick and currently we’re on week 3 of overly involved home cooked meals. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I’m now taking PTO starting at 3 so I can leave work early enough to make sure dinner is ready before bedtime. Thanks for your understanding and happy new year.

  • Wife is on an Every Plate kick again (like Hello Fresh), and currently we’re on week 3. Someone please just put me out of my misery, double tap to the back of the head. Nothing like having to leave work early just to make sure dinner is ready before the kids’ bedtimes. Think my clients will understand if I use an Outlook out of office reply?

  • Neat little detail in the client.

  • How do some tech jobs get away with using in their title? I remember some dude who was calling himself an engineer got the smack down from Oregon’s licensure board.

  • Anyone thinking about going to the APA conference in Philadelphia this year? I’m interested in going, mostly because I’ve never been to Philly before and I like the project related conference tours, but I’m also kinda scared to ask if we have the budget for cross-country travel. Someone give me a marketable excuse 🙂

  • Got a flu shot and a Covid booster today, one in each arm. 5 hours later, still no ill effects. Hoping I don’t wake up tomorrow with chills or body aches.

  • I understand hashtags don’t work on M.b but what I don’t understand is why they don’t work when a post that contains them is syndicated elsewhere.